best performing stocks in 1960s by year

McDonald’s (MCD) had the best year in the 1960s by a US stock in 1967, returning 194.7%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1967
194.74%
Xerox (XRX)
1963
170.48%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1965
158.39%
Xerox (XRX)
1965
104.82%
Boeing (BA)
1964
91.3%
Boeing (BA)
1965
89.8%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1965
87.97%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1969
69.45%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1967
68.77%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1967
61.15%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1969
58.61%
HP (HPQ)
1965
58.17%
General Dynamics (GD)
1965
57.13%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1968
54.57%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1965
54.14%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1964
53.27%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1965
52.95%
Xerox (XRX)
1967
52.26%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1967
47.88%
Kroger (KR)
1968
47.65%
General Dynamics (GD)
1964
45.85%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1963
43.54%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1964
42.68%
Merck (MRK)
1965
42.01%
Merck (MRK)
1963
41.03%