best performing large cap stocks in the year 1979

Medtronic (MDT) had the best year in 1979 by a large-cap US stock in 1979, returning 116.5%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Medtronic (MDT)
1979
116.47%
Teradyne (TER)
1979
115.16%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1979
113.35%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1979
103.17%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
1979
100%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979
95.19%
APA (APA)
1979
88.52%
Honeywell International (HON)
1979
82.52%
FedEx (FDX)
1979
77.15%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979
76.92%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979
69.99%
Western Digital (WDC)
1979
60%
CNA Financial (CNA)
1979
58.02%
Walmart (WMT)
1979
47.59%
Snap-On (SNA)
1979
47.26%
McCormick (MKC)
1979
34.51%
HP (HPQ)
1979
32.37%
Halliburton (HAL)
1979
32.16%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1979
31.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1979
29.45%
Danaher (DHR)
1979
27.74%
Sysco (SYY)
1979
26.64%
Pfizer (PFE)
1979
23.59%
Target (TGT)
1979
23.29%
Travelers Companies (TRV)
1979
22.56%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.