what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from january 1985 to january 1990

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between January 1, 1985 and January 31, 1990 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 20,762.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
20,762.5%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
9,287.88%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
1,834.11%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
883.95%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
878%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
843.01%
Loews (L)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
805.2%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
803.45%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
788.98%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
738.98%
Rollins (ROL)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
663.27%
CMS Energy (CMS)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
634.07%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
626.06%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
621.02%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
563.29%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
492.73%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
481.97%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
481.95%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
428.8%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
417.47%
Medtronic (MDT)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
410.91%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
395.18%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
394.82%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
382.58%
Equifax (EFX)
1/1/1985 - 1/31/1990
375.34%