best performing large cap stocks 1976

Cummins (CMI) had the highest return in 1976 by a large-cap US stock, returning 147.1%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Cummins (CMI)
1976
147.13%
Pentair (PNR)
1976
147.09%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1976
124.42%
Boeing (BA)
1976
90.04%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1976
66.87%
Eaton (ETN)
1976
55.04%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1976
52.99%
Alcoa (AA)
1976
52.2%
CVS Health (CVS)
1976
48.59%
Chevron (CVX)
1976
48.17%
Ford Motor (F)
1976
47.03%
US Bancorp (USB)
1976
45%
Target (TGT)
1976
45%
W R Berkley (WRB)
1976
43.33%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1976
43.11%
General Dynamics (GD)
1976
42.87%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1976
40.16%
Kroger (KR)
1976
39.7%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1976
37.5%
New York Times (NYT)
1976
36.87%
Textron (TXT)
1976
36.66%
Teradyne (TER)
1976
35.7%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1976
35.54%
Halliburton (HAL)
1976
34.72%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1976
32.63%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.