best large cap stocks 1978

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in 1978 by a large-cap US stock, returning 156.5%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1978
156.48%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978
73.8%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978
67.77%
Revvity (RVTY)
1978
63.4%
New York Times (NYT)
1978
49.66%
Deere (DE)
1978
46.72%
3M (MMM)
1978
35.98%
Sysco (SYY)
1978
35.34%
Kroger (KR)
1978
34.45%
Snap-On (SNA)
1978
33.94%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1978
30.78%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978
30.02%
American International (AIG)
1978
26.87%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1978
26.62%
Merck (MRK)
1978
26.44%
Pfizer (PFE)
1978
25.59%
HP (HPQ)
1978
24.09%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1978
24.07%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1978
23.02%
Pentair (PNR)
1978
22.94%
Chevron (CVX)
1978
20.59%
Ball (BALL)
1978
19.23%
Altria (MO)
1978
17.68%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1978
16.04%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1978
15.67%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.