best performing sandp 500 stocks 1978

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in 1978 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 156.5%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1978
156.48%
W R Berkley (WRB)
1978
109.15%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978
73.77%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1978
68.69%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978
67.69%
Revvity (RVTY)
1978
63.38%
Deere (DE)
1978
46.72%
3M (MMM)
1978
35.98%
Sysco (SYY)
1978
35.16%
Kroger (KR)
1978
34.46%
Snap-On (SNA)
1978
33.94%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1978
30.79%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978
30%
American International (AIG)
1978
26.87%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1978
26.63%
Merck (MRK)
1978
26.42%
Pfizer (PFE)
1978
25.61%
HP (HPQ)
1978
24.15%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1978
24.08%
Pentair (PNR)
1978
22.93%
Chevron (CVX)
1978
20.57%
Ball (BALL)
1978
19.21%
PNC Financial Services (PNC)
1978
18.47%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
1978
16.56%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1978
16.04%