best large cap stocks 1978

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

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1978
156.48%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978
73.78%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1978
68.76%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978
67.63%
Revvity (RVTY)
1978
63.38%
Deere (DE)
1978
46.72%
3M (MMM)
1978
35.99%
Sysco (SYY)
1978
35.25%
Kroger (KR)
1978
34.52%
Snap-On (SNA)
1978
33.94%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1978
30.77%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978
30.01%
CNA Financial (CNA)
1978
26.98%
American International (AIG)
1978
26.88%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1978
26.64%
Merck (MRK)
1978
26.43%
Pfizer (PFE)
1978
25.6%
HP (HPQ)
1978
24.18%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1978
24.06%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1978
23.02%
Pentair (PNR)
1978
22.93%
Chevron (CVX)
1978
20.59%
Ball (BALL)
1978
19.23%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
1978
16.53%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1978
16.04%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.