all stocks in the s and p 500 in 1972

HP (HPQ) had the highest return in 1972 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 101.5%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
HP (HPQ)
1972
101.46%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1972
101.37%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1972
72.18%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1972
54.14%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1972
47.05%
Deere (DE)
1972
46.03%
Merck (MRK)
1972
45.43%
Chevron (CVX)
1972
45.36%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1972
44.48%
Halliburton (HAL)
1972
44.12%
Boeing (BA)
1972
33.92%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1972
32.49%
3M (MMM)
1972
28.46%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1972
24.29%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1972
23.47%
Ford Motor (F)
1972
22.7%
PG&E (PCG)
1972
21.24%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1972
21.16%
International Paper (IP)
1972
19.7%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1972
18.9%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1972
18.82%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1972
14.47%
General Dynamics (GD)
1972
13.38%
American Express (AXP)
1972
12.86%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1972
12.36%