best performing sandp500 stocks 1970s

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

ASSETDECADE% RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1970s
601.21%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970s
457.75%
Altria (MO)
1970s
397.54%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970s
231.37%
Deere (DE)
1970s
230.78%
Chevron (CVX)
1970s
228.3%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970s
212.73%
HP (HPQ)
1970s
167.37%
Kroger (KR)
1970s
134.77%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1970s
120.39%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1970s
115.93%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970s
109.18%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1970s
103.87%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1970s
99.65%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1970s
95.77%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970s
86.54%
Teradyne (TER)
1970s
83.24%
Edison International (EIX)
1970s
81.12%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970s
81.12%
Pentair (PNR)
1970s
81.07%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1970s
75.6%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1970s
75.52%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1970s
74.91%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1970s
60.78%
Merck (MRK)
1970s
57.53%