best performing large cap stocks 1980

Carlisle Companies (CSL) had the highest return in 1980 by a large-cap US stock, returning 246.3%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1980
246.32%
Western Digital (WDC)
1980
229.17%
CACI International (CACI)
1980
165.9%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1980
142.88%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1980
134.76%
Sony (SONY)
1980
133.96%
Stryker (SYK)
1980
130.2%
Union Pacific (UNP)
1980
125.98%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1980
116.89%
Arrow Electronics (ARW)
1980
112.9%
EQT (EQT)
1980
110.31%
American Financial (AFG)
1980
109.6%
Humana (HUM)
1980
106.91%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980
105.85%
Service Corporation International (SCI)
1980
103.19%
Halliburton (HAL)
1980
100.14%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1980
100%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1980
93.68%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1980
84%
Nucor (NUE)
1980
82.66%
Walmart (WMT)
1980
82.59%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1980
79.17%
Dover (DOV)
1980
78.64%
Revvity (RVTY)
1980
78.51%
Sysco (SYY)
1980
78.16%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.