best performing s and p stocks 1979 to 1985

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1979 and 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 2,274.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1979-1985
2,274.25%
US Bancorp (USB)
1979-1985
900%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1979-1985
830.78%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1979-1985
714.18%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979-1985
675.51%
Sysco (SYY)
1979-1985
638.66%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979-1985
585.61%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1979-1985
543.42%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1979-1985
532.2%
Aflac (AFL)
1979-1985
496.99%
Ball (BALL)
1979-1985
455.36%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979-1985
400.84%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1979-1985
381.13%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1979-1985
365.22%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1979-1985
352.83%
Loews (L)
1979-1985
329.19%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1979-1985
325.08%
American International (AIG)
1979-1985
296.3%
Kroger (KR)
1979-1985
289.12%
PPG Industries (PPG)
1979-1985
277.81%
Kellanova (K)
1979-1985
275.67%
Dominion Energy (D)
1979-1985
273.69%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
1979-1985
272.94%
PG&E (PCG)
1979-1985
272.24%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1979-1985
267.19%