50 best performing large cap stocks 1972

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return in 1972 by a large-cap US stock, returning 102.1%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1972
102.05%
HP (HPQ)
1972
101.43%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1972
72.18%
Altria (MO)
1972
70.45%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1972
54.15%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1972
47.03%
Deere (DE)
1972
46.03%
Merck (MRK)
1972
45.39%
Chevron (CVX)
1972
45.38%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1972
44.45%
Boeing (BA)
1972
33.92%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1972
32.5%
3M (MMM)
1972
28.45%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1972
24.29%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1972
23.42%
Ford Motor (F)
1972
22.7%
PG&E (PCG)
1972
21.24%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1972
21.16%
Kellanova (K)
1972
19.9%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1972
18.91%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1972
18.66%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1972
16.67%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1972
14.47%
General Dynamics (GD)
1972
13.41%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1972
12.36%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.