best large cap stocks 1970s

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in the 1970s by a large-cap US stock, returning 601.2%.

ASSET DECADE % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1970s
601.21%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970s
445.35%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1970s
442.48%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1970s
393.41%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1970s
266.43%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970s
231.35%
Deere (DE)
1970s
230.78%
Chevron (CVX)
1970s
228.28%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970s
214.55%
Halliburton (HAL)
1970s
191.41%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1970s
172.72%
HP (HPQ)
1970s
167.42%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
1970s
145.16%
Kroger (KR)
1970s
134.67%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1970s
120.41%
Walmart (WMT)
1970s
114.04%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1970s
112.01%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970s
109.2%
Target (TGT)
1970s
106.66%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1970s
99.65%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1970s
95.75%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970s
86.54%
Teradyne (TER)
1970s
83.23%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970s
83.13%
Edison International (EIX)
1970s
81.12%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.