best performing stocks in s and p 500 in 1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return in 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 161.8%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981
161.79%
Viatris (VTRS)
1981
104.55%
Sysco (SYY)
1981
47.46%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
1981
45.73%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1981
41.95%
Walmart (WMT)
1981
41.09%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1981
39.03%
Aon (AON)
1981
36.17%
American International (AIG)
1981
29.5%
Kroger (KR)
1981
28.05%
Exelon (EXC)
1981
25.87%
Ball (BALL)
1981
25.1%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1981
23.39%
WEC Energy (WEC)
1981
23.18%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1981
23.14%
CSX (CSX)
1981
21.45%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
1981
20.66%
Entergy (ETR)
1981
18.95%
Genuine Parts (GPC)
1981
17.38%
Altria (MO)
1981
17.01%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1981
16.18%
PG&E (PCG)
1981
15.03%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
1981
14.55%
Duke Energy (DUK)
1981
13.8%
Dominion Energy (D)
1981
11.91%