what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from january 1983 to january 1990

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between January 1, 1983 and January 31, 1990 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 10,113.2%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
10,113.19%
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
7,156.52%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
4,412.93%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
1,646.67%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
1,574.94%
Loews (L)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
1,558.48%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
1,481.26%
Danaher (DHR)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
1,048.99%
Rollins (ROL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
962.22%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
878%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
788.98%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
738.98%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
628.46%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
626.06%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
621.67%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
611.81%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
604.09%
Ford Motor (F)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
597.06%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
587.82%
Aflac (AFL)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
567.46%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
551.49%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
548.15%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
545.38%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
528.24%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1983 - 1/31/1990
512.46%