what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from august 1982 to january 2000

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between August 1, 1982 and January 31, 2000 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 78,386.8%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
78,386.79%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
70,715.22%
Microsoft (MSFT)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
55,207.58%
Home Depot (HD)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
53,949.51%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
52,086.21%
Oracle (ORCL)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
39,371.06%
Paychex (PAYX)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
23,747.07%
Altria (MO)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
23,345.45%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
21,625.64%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
19,206.98%
Amgen (AMGN)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
18,427.14%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
17,446.94%
US Bancorp (USB)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
16,502.85%
Danaher (DHR)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
15,002.12%
Walmart (WMT)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
14,008.95%
Best Buy (BBY)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
12,635.94%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
12,400.28%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
11,782.37%
Aflac (AFL)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
11,293.87%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
10,958.69%
McDonald’s (MCD)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
10,409.11%
Hubbell (HUBB)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
9,866.9%
State Street (STT)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
9,467.28%
Medtronic (MDT)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
8,836.27%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
8/1/1982 - 1/31/2000
8,810.17%