best performing stocks aug 1979

Carlisle Companies (CSL) had the highest return in August 1979 by a US stock, returning 39.8%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
August 1979
39.77%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
August 1979
31.25%
Western Digital (WDC)
August 1979
27.78%
General Dynamics (GD)
August 1979
26.89%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
August 1979
25.49%
Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP)
August 1979
24.34%
APA (APA)
August 1979
22.7%
La-Z-Boy (LZB)
August 1979
22.52%
Teradyne (TER)
August 1979
22.29%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
August 1979
21.42%
HP (HPQ)
August 1979
21.05%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
August 1979
20.2%
Northwest Natural Gas (NWN)
August 1979
20.18%
Danaher (DHR)
August 1979
20.07%
Stepan (SCL)
August 1979
19.49%
McCormick (MKC)
August 1979
16.51%
Medtronic (MDT)
August 1979
15.01%
Ball (BALL)
August 1979
14.88%
Snap-On (SNA)
August 1979
14.44%
WW Grainger (GWW)
August 1979
13.61%
Pfizer (PFE)
August 1979
13.07%
Stewart Information Services (STC)
August 1979
12.71%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
August 1979
12.44%
Boeing (BA)
August 1979
11.9%
Badger Meter (BMI)
August 1979
11.88%