best performing large stocks january 1966 to december 1966

HP (HPQ) had the highest return between January 1, 1966 and December 31, 1966 by a large-cap US stock, returning 33.8%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
HP (HPQ)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
33.79%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
33.64%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
15.25%
3M (MMM)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
14.94%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
12.05%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
12.01%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
8.88%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
5.24%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
4.23%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
3.6%
Boeing (BA)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
0.38%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-1.19%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-5.02%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-10.34%
DTE Energy (DTE)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-11.07%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-14.29%
General Dynamics (GD)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-15.2%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-21.31%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-24.6%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-24.93%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-25.15%
Kroger (KR)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-39.4%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1/1/1966 - 12/31/1966
-43.47%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.