what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from april 1977 to january 1985

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between April 1, 1977 and January 31, 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 6,071.8%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
6,071.79%
Walmart (WMT)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
2,751.02%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
1,445.1%
PulteGroup (PHM)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
1,298.74%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
1,269.03%
Home Depot (HD)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
1,114.88%
Sysco (SYY)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
992.49%
Teradyne (TER)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
824.24%
Boeing (BA)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
738.77%
State Street (STT)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
720.69%
Revvity (RVTY)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
706.23%
General Dynamics (GD)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
672.27%
Altria (MO)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
650%
Ball (BALL)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
475.14%
Western Digital (WDC)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
455.57%
Loews (L)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
452.94%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
450.4%
Progressive (PGR)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
430.92%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
428.85%
Comcast (CMCSA)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
428.62%
S&P Global (SPGI)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
418.01%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
413.46%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
395.32%
Kroger (KR)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
368.72%
Analog Devices (ADI)
4/1/1977 - 1/31/1985
361.4%