best performing stocks aug 1979

Carlisle Companies (CSL) had the highest return in August 1979 by a US stock, returning 39.7%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
August 1979
39.73%
Walmart (WMT)
August 1979
31.25%
Western Digital (WDC)
August 1979
27.79%
General Dynamics (GD)
August 1979
26.89%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
August 1979
25.48%
Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP)
August 1979
24.34%
APA (APA)
August 1979
22.7%
La-Z-Boy (LZB)
August 1979
22.51%
CNA Financial (CNA)
August 1979
22.45%
Teradyne (TER)
August 1979
22.28%
Apogee Enterprises (APOG)
August 1979
22.22%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
August 1979
21.43%
HP (HPQ)
August 1979
21.05%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
August 1979
20.22%
Northwest Natural Gas (NWN)
August 1979
20.18%
Danaher (DHR)
August 1979
20.07%
Stepan (SCL)
August 1979
19.5%
Bank of New York Mellon Cor (BNY)
August 1979
17.65%
McCormick (MKC)
August 1979
16.56%
Medtronic (MDT)
August 1979
15.01%
Winnebago Industries (WGO)
August 1979
15%
Ball (BALL)
August 1979
14.87%
Snap-On (SNA)
August 1979
14.44%
WW Grainger (GWW)
August 1979
13.6%
Target (TGT)
August 1979
13.3%