best performing sandp 500 stocks 1970 through 1979

Boeing (BA) had the highest return between 1970 and 1979 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 601.2%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1970-1979
601.21%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1979
457.47%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1970-1979
393.4%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970-1979
231.35%
Deere (DE)
1970-1979
230.83%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1979
228.28%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970-1979
222.06%
Honeywell International (HON)
1970-1979
219.69%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1979
212.96%
FedEx (FDX)
1970-1979
206.16%
Halliburton (HAL)
1970-1979
191.39%
HP (HPQ)
1970-1979
167.34%
Kroger (KR)
1970-1979
134.52%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1970-1979
120.43%
Walmart (WMT)
1970-1979
114.91%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970-1979
109.16%
Target (TGT)
1970-1979
106.65%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1970-1979
103.87%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MRSH)
1970-1979
99.64%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1970-1979
95.75%
APA (APA)
1970-1979
88.51%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1979
86.54%
Teradyne (TER)
1970-1979
83.24%
Edison International (EIX)
1970-1979
81.11%
Pentair (PNR)
1970-1979
81.09%