best performing stocks in the sandp 1970 to 1985

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1970 and 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,378.1%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1970-1985
3,378.07%
Boeing (BA)
1970-1985
1,963.86%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1970-1985
1,534.7%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1985
1,299.89%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970-1985
1,055.9%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970-1985
976.9%
US Bancorp (USB)
1970-1985
900%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1970-1985
870.66%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1970-1985
830.78%
Sysco (SYY)
1970-1985
775.93%
Altria (MO)
1970-1985
740%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1970-1985
714.18%
Kroger (KR)
1970-1985
705.31%
Ball (BALL)
1970-1985
599.46%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1985
597.32%
HP (HPQ)
1970-1985
585.77%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1985
585.58%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1970-1985
553.45%
Aflac (AFL)
1970-1985
496.97%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1985
435.08%
PG&E (PCG)
1970-1985
408.82%
Kellanova (K)
1970-1985
399.76%
Western Digital (WDC)
1970-1985
366.68%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1970-1985
360.13%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1970-1985
352.83%