what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from january 1983 to december 1985

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between January 1, 1983 and December 31, 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,954.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
1,954.95%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
1,394.56%
Loews (L)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
568.46%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
552.02%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
458.39%
Rollins (ROL)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
324.72%
Aflac (AFL)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
271.63%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
258.44%
Arthur J Gallagher (AJG)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
245.78%
Danaher (DHR)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
214.77%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
210.58%
State Street (STT)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
210.19%
Progressive (PGR)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
208.85%
Equifax (EFX)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
208.54%
Cincinnati Financial (CINF)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
199.13%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
189.83%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
187.55%
Dominion Energy (D)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
176.81%
Kellanova (K)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
169.52%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
164.87%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
163.75%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
160%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
154.22%
Ford Motor (F)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
153.66%
Boeing (BA)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1985
152.49%