best performing stocks in the sandp past 50 years

Nike (NKE) has had the highest return between February 10, 1975 and February 10, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,121,718.2%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
3,121,718.18%
US Bancorp (USB)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
2,778,135.29%
Walmart (WMT)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
1,838,990.91%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
753,116.91%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
481,645.89%
Danaher (DHR)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
476,305.53%
Oracle (ORCL)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
331,573%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
323,690.52%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
282,214.21%
Home Depot (HD)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
242,237.89%
Paychex (PAYX)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
240,852.38%
Apple (AAPL)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
230,294.74%
Progressive (PGR)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
218,764.63%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
218,072.23%
Aflac (AFL)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
194,965.91%
Amazon (AMZN)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
187,881.95%
Fastenal (FAST)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
187,311.17%
Sysco (SYY)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
183,672.61%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
166,334.23%
General Dynamics (GD)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
166,021.25%
Stryker (SYK)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
158,169.31%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
157,111.27%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
151,618.9%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
143,483.2%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
2/10/1975 - 2/10/2025
138,361.54%