what were the best performing sandp 500 stocks jan 1985 to aug 1987

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between January 1, 1985 and August 31, 1987 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 7,990.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
7,990.91%
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
5,958.33%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
998.83%
Rollins (ROL)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
776.05%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
605.14%
Loews (L)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
596.48%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
573.49%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
506.03%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
451.15%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
446.53%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
441.79%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
404.14%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
372.64%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
369.1%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
365.99%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
362.84%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
362.07%
Equifax (EFX)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
360.78%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
350.11%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
331.42%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
329.44%
Smith AO (AOS)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
325%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
321.54%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
320.6%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
1/1/1985 - 8/31/1987
310.54%