what were the best performing sandp 500 stocks jan 1983 to jan 1985

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between January 1, 1983 and January 31, 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 277.4%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
277.42%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
270.13%
Danaher (DHR)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
225.27%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
190.48%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
168.13%
Western Digital (WDC)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
163.15%
General Dynamics (GD)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
139.21%
Aflac (AFL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
134.09%
Loews (L)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
133.47%
Arthur J Gallagher (AJG)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
127.1%
Teradyne (TER)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
109.7%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
108.82%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
107.67%
Dominion Energy (D)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
106.81%
Ford Motor (F)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
104.18%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
101.35%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
100%
Eaton (ETN)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
97.56%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
97.37%
Boeing (BA)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
96.64%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
95.12%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
94.57%
Truist Financial (TFC)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
89.93%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
88.02%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1985
85.6%