Spectrum Brands (SPB) had the highest return in 1979 by a US stock, returning 168.3%.

best performing stocks 1979
ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Spectrum Brands (SPB) 1979 168.25%
Medtronic (MDT) 1979 118.97%
BP PLC ADR (BP) 1979 108.87%
General Dynamics (GD) 1979 95.19%
APA (APA) 1979 88.51%
FedEx (FDX) 1979 77.14%
Lockheed Martin (LMT) 1979 76.92%
Revvity (RVTY) 1979 71.49%
Avnet (AVT) 1979 64.8%
Matson (MATX) 1979 52.61%
Walmart (WMT) 1979 47.62%
Dupont De Nemours (DD) 1979 35.66%
HP (HPQ) 1979 32.36%
Halliburton (HAL) 1979 32.16%
Motorola Solutions (MSI) 1979 31.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY) 1979 29.44%
WD-40 (WDFC) 1979 28.3%
Tutor Perini (TPC) 1979 27.5%
Sysco (SYY) 1979 26.61%
Alcoa (AA) 1979 21.39%
Xerox (XRX) 1979 21.35%
Chevron (CVX) 1979 20.27%
Deere (DE) 1979 18.1%
American International (AIG) 1979 17.82%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX) 1979 17.11%

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