best performing stocks in the sandp 500 1986

Nike (NKE) had the highest return in 1986 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 651.2%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1986
651.16%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1986
178.78%
FMC (FMC)
1986
121.51%
US Bancorp (USB)
1986
101.17%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1986
100.3%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1986
94.79%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1986
89.52%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1986
88.27%
Merck (MRK)
1986
84.61%
Apple (AAPL)
1986
83.88%
Paychex (PAYX)
1986
83.54%
JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT)
1986
83.05%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1986
82.08%
Medtronic (MDT)
1986
80.12%
Lennar (LEN)
1986
78.85%
Western Digital (WDC)
1986
74.12%
Altria (MO)
1986
68.7%
Amgen (AMGN)
1986
64.44%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
1986
62.95%
Best Buy (BBY)
1986
62.42%
Nordson (NDSN)
1986
61.65%
Sysco (SYY)
1986
61.43%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1986
59.72%
NVR (NVR)
1986
58.76%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1986
58.34%