best performing large cap stocks january 1979

Southwest Airlines (LUV) had the highest return in January 1979 by a large-cap US stock, returning 23.1%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
January 1979
23.08%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
January 1979
21.47%
Pentair (PNR)
January 1979
16.17%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
January 1979
15.97%
S&P Global (SPGI)
January 1979
14.35%
DTE Energy (DTE)
January 1979
12.05%
Snap-On (SNA)
January 1979
11.99%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
January 1979
11.54%
PG&E (PCG)
January 1979
10.67%
Sysco (SYY)
January 1979
10.6%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
January 1979
10.53%
Kroger (KR)
January 1979
10.15%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
January 1979
9.77%
Cummins (CMI)
January 1979
9.4%
EnergySolutions (ES)
January 1979
8.22%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
January 1979
8.1%
American Electric Power (AEP)
January 1979
7.69%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
January 1979
7.56%
Evergy (EVRG)
January 1979
7.24%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
January 1979
7.19%
Travelers Companies (TRV)
January 1979
7.15%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
January 1979
7.02%
Danaher (DHR)
January 1979
6.96%
Textron (TXT)
January 1979
6.83%
Medtronic (MDT)
January 1979
6.64%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.