best large cap stocks q1 1976

Pentair (PNR) had the highest return in Q1 1976 by a large-cap US stock, returning 114.8%.

ASSETQUARTER% RETURN
Pentair (PNR)
Q1 1976
114.75%
Cummins (CMI)
Q1 1976
62.42%
Teradyne (TER)
Q1 1976
57.14%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
Q1 1976
54.05%
General Dynamics (GD)
Q1 1976
41.84%
Textron (TXT)
Q1 1976
38.51%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
Q1 1976
33.89%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Q1 1976
33.34%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
Q1 1976
32.28%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
Q1 1976
32.14%
CVS Health (CVS)
Q1 1976
31.96%
Ford Motor (F)
Q1 1976
31.12%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
Q1 1976
29.96%
Medtronic (MDT)
Q1 1976
29.87%
New York Times (NYT)
Q1 1976
26.3%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
Q1 1976
24.73%
Bank of America (BAC)
Q1 1976
24.06%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
Q1 1976
23.81%
Deere (DE)
Q1 1976
23.59%
HP (HPQ)
Q1 1976
22.36%
Eaton (ETN)
Q1 1976
21.7%
Walt Disney (DIS)
Q1 1976
21.19%
WW Grainger (GWW)
Q1 1976
20%
Ball (BALL)
Q1 1976
18.94%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
Q1 1976
17.73%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.