best performing stocks in the sandp 1945 to 1995

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1945 and 1995 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 196,255.7%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1945-1995
196,255.74%
Nike (NKE)
1945-1995
144,636.36%
US Bancorp (USB)
1945-1995
130,952.94%
Altria (MO)
1945-1995
36,920%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1945-1995
23,744.03%
Walmart (WMT)
1945-1995
20,329.82%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1945-1995
15,966.37%
Merck (MRK)
1945-1995
14,946.56%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1945-1995
9,858.51%
Boeing (BA)
1945-1995
9,714.15%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1945-1995
9,465.83%
HP (HPQ)
1945-1995
9,430.39%
Sysco (SYY)
1945-1995
7,056.11%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1945-1995
6,905.33%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1945-1995
6,115.22%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1945-1995
6,105.15%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1945-1995
5,822.1%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1945-1995
5,266.99%
Paychex (PAYX)
1945-1995
5,025.37%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1945-1995
4,764.6%
Oracle (ORCL)
1945-1995
4,715.86%
Medtronic (MDT)
1945-1995
4,641.64%
Amgen (AMGN)
1945-1995
4,217.29%
General Dynamics (GD)
1945-1995
4,044.23%
Fastenal (FAST)
1945-1995
4,043.5%