best performing large cap stocks may 1979

American Express (AXP) had the highest return in May 1979 by a large-cap US stock, returning 9.6%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
American Express (AXP)
May 1979
9.63%
Danaher (DHR)
May 1979
8.14%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
May 1979
6.59%
PG&E (PCG)
May 1979
6.22%
CMS Energy (CMS)
May 1979
5.63%
Edison International (EIX)
May 1979
5.59%
WW Grainger (GWW)
May 1979
4.41%
Textron (TXT)
May 1979
3.42%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
May 1979
3.31%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
May 1979
2.96%
Exelon (EXC)
May 1979
2.87%
DTE Energy (DTE)
May 1979
2.54%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
May 1979
2.34%
Medtronic (MDT)
May 1979
2.29%
Xcel Energy (XEL)
May 1979
2.2%
Cummins (CMI)
May 1979
2.04%
Evergy (EVRG)
May 1979
1.93%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
May 1979
1.89%
McCormick (MKC)
May 1979
1.77%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
May 1979
1.75%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
May 1979
1.64%
Deere (DE)
May 1979
1.53%
Eaton (ETN)
May 1979
1.47%
GE Aerospace (GE)
May 1979
1.42%
McDonald’s (MCD)
May 1979
1.14%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.