what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from january 1983 to january 1989

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between January 1, 1983 and January 31, 1989 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 7,803.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
7,803.3%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
2,975.51%
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
2,943.48%
Loews (L)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
1,165.86%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
1,147.24%
Danaher (DHR)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
1,009.06%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
980%
Rollins (ROL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
938.06%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
863.02%
Ford Motor (F)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
728.87%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
681.49%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
636.07%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
559.89%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
525.26%
Aflac (AFL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
515.02%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
489.03%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
476.08%
Equifax (EFX)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
472.77%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
468.3%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
468.01%
Kellanova (K)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
450.73%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
441.77%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
439.9%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
410.28%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
391.2%