best performing large stocks january 1974 to december 1974

Raytheon Technologies (RTX) had the highest return between January 1, 1974 and December 31, 1974 by a large-cap US stock, returning 47.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
47.74%
Boeing (BA)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
33%
Ball (BALL)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
32.35%
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
24.53%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
11.77%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
7.36%
Edison International (EIX)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
3.25%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
1.73%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
0%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
0%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-0.64%
Kellanova (K)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-1.61%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-2.61%
General Dynamics (GD)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-3.79%
PG&E (PCG)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-3.86%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-6.83%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-9.51%
US Bancorp (USB)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-9.71%
Ford Motor (F)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-11.1%
Deere (DE)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-11.9%
Kroger (KR)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-12.05%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-13.1%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-14.27%
Evergy (EVRG)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-15.93%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/1974
-16.59%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.