best sandp 500 stocks 1986

Nike (NKE) had the highest return in 1986 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 644.2%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1986
644.19%
US Bancorp (USB)
1986
101.18%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1986
100.3%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1986
94.79%
Altria (MO)
1986
92.68%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1986
89.15%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1986
88.27%
Merck (MRK)
1986
84.61%
Apple (AAPL)
1986
83.99%
Paychex (PAYX)
1986
83.52%
JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT)
1986
83.05%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1986
82.08%
Medtronic (MDT)
1986
80.13%
Western Digital (WDC)
1986
76.19%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1986
65.16%
Amgen (AMGN)
1986
64.45%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
1986
62.95%
Best Buy (BBY)
1986
62.39%
Nordson (NDSN)
1986
61.64%
Sysco (SYY)
1986
61.47%
Lennar (LEN)
1986
58.94%
NVR (NVR)
1986
58.76%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1986
58.32%
Progressive (PGR)
1986
54.53%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1986
54.1%