best performing sandp 500 stocks in the last 50 years

Nike (NKE) has had the highest return between February 6, 1975 and February 6, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,389,445.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
3,389,445.45%
US Bancorp (USB)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
2,786,958.82%
Walmart (WMT)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
1,766,451.72%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
759,624.26%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
496,962.62%
Danaher (DHR)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
488,678.8%
Oracle (ORCL)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
331,930.95%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
311,196.76%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
285,186.83%
Home Depot (HD)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
246,368.14%
Paychex (PAYX)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
245,217.07%
Apple (AAPL)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
235,193.52%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
226,030.39%
Progressive (PGR)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
217,367.25%
Aflac (AFL)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
201,952.73%
Amazon (AMZN)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
193,640.77%
Fastenal (FAST)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
186,549.75%
Sysco (SYY)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
184,396.12%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
169,773.22%
General Dynamics (GD)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
163,144.95%
Stryker (SYK)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
161,278.89%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
155,430.52%
Rockwell Automation (ROK)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
151,389.36%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
150,716.19%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
2/6/1975 - 2/6/2025
145,253.8%