50 best performing large stocks 1979 to 1981

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) had the highest return between 1979 and 1981 by a large-cap US stock, returning 548.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1979-1981
548.47%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979-1981
421.98%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1979-1981
381.74%
Service Corporation International (SCI)
1979-1981
319.09%
Walmart (WMT)
1979-1981
286.75%
Western Digital (WDC)
1979-1981
253.33%
Essential Utilities (WTRG)
1979-1981
248.47%
Sysco (SYY)
1979-1981
227.29%
Progressive (PGR)
1979-1981
210.84%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979-1981
174.78%
Sony (SONY)
1979-1981
164.13%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
1979-1981
162.42%
CACI International (CACI)
1979-1981
159.07%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1979-1981
157%
State Street (STT)
1979-1981
154.45%
Altria (MO)
1979-1981
150%
Medtronic (MDT)
1979-1981
140.74%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979-1981
139.75%
Stryker (SYK)
1979-1981
132.54%
American Financial (AFG)
1979-1981
126.04%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1979-1981
115.55%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1979-1981
112.31%
Teradyne (TER)
1979-1981
112.09%
Humana (HUM)
1979-1981
102.92%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1979-1981
102.47%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.