best performing stocks by year 1972

McDonald’s (MCD) had the best year in 1972 by a US stock in 1972, returning 102%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1972
102.04%
HP (HPQ)
1972
101.33%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1972
72.19%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1972
54.15%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1972
47.03%
Deere (DE)
1972
46.05%
Merck (MRK)
1972
45.4%
Chevron (CVX)
1972
45.38%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1972
44.45%
Halliburton (HAL)
1972
44.11%
Boeing (BA)
1972
33.92%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1972
32.5%
3M (MMM)
1972
28.45%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1972
24.29%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1972
23.44%
Ford Motor (F)
1972
22.7%
PG&E (PCG)
1972
21.24%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1972
21.16%
Xerox (XRX)
1972
19.83%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1972
18.91%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1972
18.66%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1972
16.67%
Unisys (UIS)
1972
16.63%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1972
14.47%
General Dynamics (GD)
1972
13.41%