best performing mid cap stocks in 1980

ConAgra Foods (CAG) had the highest return in 1980 by a mid-cap US stock, returning 169.6%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1980
169.65%
AZZ (AZZ)
1980
160%
Tidewater (TDW)
1980
130.68%
Powell Industries (POWL)
1980
129.16%
Kirby (KEX)
1980
119.05%
Trinity Industries (TRN)
1980
114.09%
Avnet (AVT)
1980
99.03%
Federal Signal (FSS)
1980
79.28%
Murphy Oil (MUR)
1980
67.6%
Hexcel (HXL)
1980
64%
MSA Safety (MSA)
1980
62.87%
Teleflex (TFX)
1980
60.91%
Chesapeake Utilities (CPK)
1980
56.81%
RLI (RLI)
1980
54.88%
Kennametal (KMT)
1980
54.76%
Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT)
1980
51.95%
Associated Banc (ASB)
1980
50%
Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR)
1980
44.57%
Mattel (MAT)
1980
43.33%
HNI (HNI)
1980
42.6%
Tutor Perini (TPC)
1980
41.18%
Tegna (TGNA)
1980
38.79%
Flowers Foods (FLO)
1980
38.3%
HF Sinclair (DINO)
1980
34.34%
VF (VFC)
1980
33.1%
Mid-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap between $2B and $10B.