best large cap stocks quarter in 1973

Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) had the best quarter in 1973 by a large-cap US stock in Q2 1973, returning 62.1%.

ASSET QUARTER % RETURN
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
Q2 1973
62.07%
General Dynamics (GD)
Q3 1973
61.32%
Teradyne (TER)
Q3 1973
60.34%
Deere (DE)
Q3 1973
54.37%
Textron (TXT)
Q3 1973
49.27%
Walmart (WMT)
Q3 1973
47.17%
Cummins (CMI)
Q3 1973
43.72%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
Q4 1973
43.59%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
Q3 1973
41.19%
Revvity (RVTY)
Q3 1973
40.2%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
Q3 1973
39.73%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
Q3 1973
38.48%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
Q3 1973
38.4%
Medtronic (MDT)
Q3 1973
37.4%
International Paper (IP)
Q3 1973
37.29%
Pentair (PNR)
Q3 1973
33.89%
WW Grainger (GWW)
Q3 1973
33.18%
Ecolab (ECL)
Q3 1973
31.25%
Ball (BALL)
Q3 1973
29.79%
American International (AIG)
Q3 1973
29.12%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
Q3 1973
27.72%
McDonald’s (MCD)
Q3 1973
23.98%
Sysco (SYY)
Q3 1973
23.66%
CVS Health (CVS)
Q3 1973
21.65%
Eaton (ETN)
Q3 1973
21.59%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.