best performing sandp 500 stocks 1980

Western Digital (WDC) had the highest return in 1980 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 229.2%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Western Digital (WDC)
1980
229.17%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1980
143.03%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1980
134.79%
Stryker (SYK)
1980
130.15%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1980
126.38%
Union Pacific (UNP)
1980
125.97%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1980
120.36%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1980
116.93%
EQT (EQT)
1980
110.31%
Humana (HUM)
1980
106.91%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980
106.51%
Halliburton (HAL)
1980
100.13%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1980
99.8%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1980
93.66%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1980
84%
Nucor (NUE)
1980
82.7%
Walmart (WMT)
1980
82.59%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1980
79.16%
Dover (DOV)
1980
78.65%
Revvity (RVTY)
1980
78.51%
Sysco (SYY)
1980
78.15%
Chevron (CVX)
1980
76.48%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
1980
72.95%
Texas Pacific Land (TPL)
1980
72.62%
State Street (STT)
1980
70.09%