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%
W R Berkley (WRB)
1978
109.18%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978
73.75%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978
67.79%
Revvity (RVTY)
1978
63.38%
New York Times (NYT)
1978
49.67%
Deere (DE)
1978
46.72%
3M (MMM)
1978
35.98%
Sysco (SYY)
1978
35.36%
Kroger (KR)
1978
34.46%
Snap-On (SNA)
1978
33.95%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1978
30.79%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978
30.01%
CNA Financial (CNA)
1978
26.98%
American International (AIG)
1978
26.87%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1978
26.63%
Merck (MRK)
1978
26.45%
Pfizer (PFE)
1978
25.61%
HP (HPQ)
1978
24.18%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1978
24.02%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1978
23.02%
Pentair (PNR)
1978
22.92%
Chevron (CVX)
1978
20.57%
Ball (BALL)
1978
19.21%
PNC Financial Services (PNC)
1978
18.47%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.