best performing stocks in the sandp from 1956 to 1962

Chevron (CVX) had the highest return between 1956 and 1962 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 19.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Chevron (CVX)
1956-1962
19.46%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1956-1962
6.74%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1956-1962
3.82%
DTE Energy (DTE)
1956-1962
3.7%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1956-1962
3.42%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1956-1962
2.35%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1956-1962
0.35%
General Dynamics (GD)
1956-1962
-5.03%
Merck (MRK)
1956-1962
-13.22%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1956-1962
-15.48%
Kroger (KR)
1956-1962
-19.75%
3M (MMM)
1956-1962
-20.3%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1956-1962
-22.11%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1956-1962
-22.26%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1956-1962
-24.06%
Boeing (BA)
1956-1962
-27.03%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1956-1962
-28.49%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1956-1962
-32.59%
HP (HPQ)
1956-1962
-34.78%