what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from september 1976 to january 1986

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between September 1, 1976 and January 31, 1986 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 8,125.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
8,125.94%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
3,859.26%
Walmart (WMT)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
3,677.14%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
2,051.7%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
1,973.39%
Loews (L)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
1,708.32%
State Street (STT)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
1,377.81%
Sysco (SYY)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
1,367.28%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
1,319.66%
Progressive (PGR)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
1,169.88%
Boeing (BA)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
999.87%
Altria (MO)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
975%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
951.85%
PulteGroup (PHM)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
881.92%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
859.68%
Revvity (RVTY)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
858.79%
Home Depot (HD)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
813.1%
Equifax (EFX)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
807.34%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
750.75%
General Dynamics (GD)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
701.88%
Comcast (CMCSA)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
680.39%
Aflac (AFL)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
676.86%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
588.68%
Edison International (EIX)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
553.55%
S&P Global (SPGI)
9/1/1976 - 1/31/1986
545.76%