best performing stocks in the sandp 1945 to 1980

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1945 and 1980 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,131%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1945-1980
1,131.03%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1945-1980
1,033.06%
HP (HPQ)
1945-1980
1,032.65%
Boeing (BA)
1945-1980
951.41%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1945-1980
829.98%
General Dynamics (GD)
1945-1980
655.77%
Merck (MRK)
1945-1980
622.01%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1945-1980
562.11%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1945-1980
506.31%
Revvity (RVTY)
1945-1980
491.54%
Halliburton (HAL)
1945-1980
473.44%
Chevron (CVX)
1945-1980
461.66%
Deere (DE)
1945-1980
322.45%
Walmart (WMT)
1945-1980
297.37%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1945-1980
272.69%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1945-1980
262.13%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1945-1980
205.65%
Kroger (KR)
1945-1980
169.73%
Sysco (SYY)
1945-1980
155.75%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1945-1980
146.63%
3M (MMM)
1945-1980
136.87%
Union Pacific (UNP)
1945-1980
119.89%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1945-1980
116.88%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1945-1980
108.84%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1945-1980
104.03%