best performing large cap stocks august 1978

Medtronic (MDT) had the highest return in August 1978 by a large-cap US stock, returning 22.7%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Medtronic (MDT)
August 1978
22.71%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
August 1978
16.76%
WW Grainger (GWW)
August 1978
14.45%
Clorox (CLX)
August 1978
10%
Boeing (BA)
August 1978
9.95%
American International (AIG)
August 1978
8.74%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
August 1978
8.72%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
August 1978
8.71%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
August 1978
8.48%
Pentair (PNR)
August 1978
8.29%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
August 1978
7.59%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
August 1978
7.22%
CVS Health (CVS)
August 1978
6.96%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
August 1978
6.29%
Coca-Cola (KO)
August 1978
5.62%
Revvity (RVTY)
August 1978
5.29%
Bank of America (BAC)
August 1978
5.21%
McCormick (MKC)
August 1978
5.19%
International Business Machines (IBM)
August 1978
4.9%
DTE Energy (DTE)
August 1978
4.75%
Chevron (CVX)
August 1978
4.75%
Sysco (SYY)
August 1978
4.65%
3M (MMM)
August 1978
4.56%
Eaton (ETN)
August 1978
4.38%
US Bancorp (USB)
August 1978
4.32%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.