best performing stocks in the sandp past 40 years

Laboratory Corporation of America (LH) has had the highest return between March 9, 1985 and March 9, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 50,605,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
50,605,900%
Nike (NKE)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
2,910,640.74%
Altria (MO)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
1,605,177.78%
US Bancorp (USB)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
1,355,051.52%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
722,896.32%
Amgen (AMGN)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
388,953.89%
Apple (AAPL)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
312,818.85%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
294,880.99%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
292,859.58%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
280,922.44%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
233,555.3%
Danaher (DHR)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
228,423.71%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
202,933.53%
Fastenal (FAST)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
202,894.92%
Progressive (PGR)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
189,737.18%
Amazon (AMZN)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
163,353.65%
Home Depot (HD)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
157,556.9%
Paychex (PAYX)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
150,223.21%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
149,600.46%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
131,544.87%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
124,782.81%
Stryker (SYK)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
118,728.32%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
118,142.11%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
108,349.32%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
3/9/1985 - 3/9/2025
103,705.77%