best large cap stocks q4 1978

Merck (MRK) had the highest return in Q4 1978 by a large-cap US stock, returning 13.6%.

ASSETQUARTER% RETURN
Merck (MRK)
Q4 1978
13.58%
Boeing (BA)
Q4 1978
11.74%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
Q4 1978
11.05%
3M (MMM)
Q4 1978
9.28%
International Business Machines (IBM)
Q4 1978
8.95%
Danaher (DHR)
Q4 1978
7.46%
Kroger (KR)
Q4 1978
6.37%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
Q4 1978
5.3%
Edison International (EIX)
Q4 1978
4.46%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
Q4 1978
4.33%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Q4 1978
3.01%
HP (HPQ)
Q4 1978
2.44%
Pinnacle West Capital (PNW)
Q4 1978
1.87%
Coca-Cola (KO)
Q4 1978
0.81%
Deere (DE)
Q4 1978
0.43%
Chevron (CVX)
Q4 1978
0%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Q4 1978
0%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
Q4 1978
-0.3%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
Q4 1978
-1.38%
S&P Global (SPGI)
Q4 1978
-1.51%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
Q4 1978
-1.79%
American International (AIG)
Q4 1978
-2.4%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
Q4 1978
-2.77%
General Dynamics (GD)
Q4 1978
-3.35%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
Q4 1978
-3.44%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.