best perfoming stocks in the sandp in 1973

Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) had the highest return in 1973 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 22.7%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1973
22.7%
Revvity (RVTY)
1973
20.35%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1973
18.23%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1973
15.39%
Deere (DE)
1973
13.54%
Medtronic (MDT)
1973
8.85%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1973
7.58%
Bank of America (BAC)
1973
6.75%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
1973
2.33%
Pfizer (PFE)
1973
1.97%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1973
0.1%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1973
0%
Teradyne (TER)
1973
-0.64%
Altria (MO)
1973
-1.81%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
1973
-3.32%
WW Grainger (GWW)
1973
-4.81%
Campbell’s (CPB)
1973
-5.74%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1973
-6.01%
HP (HPQ)
1973
-6.56%
US Bancorp (USB)
1973
-6.68%
3M (MMM)
1973
-7.74%
Merck (MRK)
1973
-8.09%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1973
-9.32%
Chevron (CVX)
1973
-9.44%
Kroger (KR)
1973
-9.44%