best performing stocks in the sandp past 41 years

Nike (NKE) has had the highest return between January 10, 1984 and January 10, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,240,354.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
3,240,354.55%
US Bancorp (USB)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
2,854,017.65%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
780,341.18%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
477,604.92%
Danaher (DHR)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
370,179.94%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
349,301.5%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
308,877.27%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
273,420.21%
Apple (AAPL)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
268,670.76%
Home Depot (HD)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
230,239.08%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
227,948.78%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
221,738.79%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
211,393.45%
Progressive (PGR)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
204,607.42%
Fastenal (FAST)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
182,250%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
182,123.13%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
162,451.51%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
160,234.64%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
149,552.58%
Stryker (SYK)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
147,130.08%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
136,046.15%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
125,089.26%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
115,842.51%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
115,525%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
1/10/1984 - 1/10/2025
98,878.23%