what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from january 1985 to january 1988

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between January 1, 1985 and January 31, 1988 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 6,549.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
6,549.49%
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
4,945.83%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
882.22%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
584.09%
Rollins (ROL)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
555.69%
Loews (L)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
475.34%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
372.19%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
363.91%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
340.18%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
337.52%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
333.41%
Equifax (EFX)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
315.99%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
312.7%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
298.03%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
285.46%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
265.52%
Medtronic (MDT)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
254.68%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
243.02%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
235.45%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
229.56%
Ford Motor (F)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
224.16%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
222.01%
CMS Energy (CMS)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
221.62%
Progressive (PGR)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
212.33%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1988
209.73%