best performing sandp 500 stocks 1979

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) had the highest return in 1979 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 184.6%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1979
184.58%
Medtronic (MDT)
1979
116.47%
Teradyne (TER)
1979
115.16%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979
95.19%
APA (APA)
1979
88.52%
Honeywell International (HON)
1979
83.03%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979
76.92%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979
69.99%
Western Digital (WDC)
1979
60%
Walmart (WMT)
1979
47.59%
Snap-On (SNA)
1979
47.26%
McCormick (MKC)
1979
34.51%
HP (HPQ)
1979
32.37%
Halliburton (HAL)
1979
32.16%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1979
31.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1979
29.45%
Danaher (DHR)
1979
27.74%
Sysco (SYY)
1979
26.64%
Pfizer (PFE)
1979
23.59%
Target (TGT)
1979
23.29%
Travelers Companies (TRV)
1979
22.56%
Chevron (CVX)
1979
20.27%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
1979
20.01%
Deere (DE)
1979
18.1%
Eaton (ETN)
1979
17.85%