best performing stocks in the sandp 1975 to 2025

Laboratory Corporation of America (LH) has had the highest return between 1975 and 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 46,003,900%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
1975-2025
46,003,900%
Altria (MO)
1975-2025
11,629,900%
Nike (NKE)
1975-2025
2,876,718.18%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-2025
2,580,203.03%
US Bancorp (USB)
1975-2025
2,485,782.35%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1975-2025
696,223.53%
Danaher (DHR)
1975-2025
475,304.16%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1975-2025
473,331.19%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-2025
301,119.51%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1975-2025
273,391.27%
Oracle (ORCL)
1975-2025
267,713.69%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1975-2025
251,340.68%
Paychex (PAYX)
1975-2025
247,896.72%
Progressive (PGR)
1975-2025
243,658.74%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1975-2025
221,019.39%
Apple (AAPL)
1975-2025
220,670.01%
Home Depot (HD)
1975-2025
214,747.03%
General Dynamics (GD)
1975-2025
212,779.75%
Aflac (AFL)
1975-2025
207,854.55%
Fastenal (FAST)
1975-2025
193,224.87%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1975-2025
173,090.48%
Amazon (AMZN)
1975-2025
157,996.8%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1975-2025
154,528.93%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
1975-2025
149,691.05%
Stryker (SYK)
1975-2025
148,372.51%