what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from september 1981 to august 1987

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between September 1, 1981 and August 31, 1987 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 4,840.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
4,840.74%
Home Depot (HD)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
2,742.69%
Walmart (WMT)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
1,806.25%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
1,637.8%
Altria (MO)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
1,612.5%
Aflac (AFL)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
1,437.37%
Ford Motor (F)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
1,399.86%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
1,299.63%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
813.23%
Loews (L)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
719.38%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
671.82%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
632.46%
Kellanova (K)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
618.2%
Autodesk (ADSK)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
605.11%
Danaher (DHR)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
594.11%
Walt Disney (DIS)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
573.51%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
564.18%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
533.29%
Ball (BALL)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
519.24%
Coca-Cola (KO)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
517.08%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
514.11%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
512.2%
Clorox (CLX)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
509.07%
Hershey (HSY)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
488.19%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
9/1/1981 - 8/31/1987
480.85%