best performing stocks in 1980 over 1 billion market cap

Carlisle Companies (CSL) had the highest return in 1980 by a US stock with a market cap of $1B+, returning 246.4%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1980
246.41%
Western Digital (WDC)
1980
229.17%
Moog (MOG.A)
1980
201.19%
Lennar (LEN)
1980
200.02%
Conagra Brands (CAG)
1980
169.68%
CACI International (CACI)
1980
165.9%
AZZ (AZZ)
1980
160.01%
Spectrum Brands (SPB)
1980
158.8%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC)
1980
150.98%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1980
143.13%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1980
134.82%
Sony (SONY)
1980
133.94%
Tidewater (TDW)
1980
130.68%
Stryker (SYK)
1980
130.27%
Powell Industries (POWL)
1980
129.15%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1980
126.42%
Union Pacific (UNP)
1980
125.97%
Kirby (KEX)
1980
119.05%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1980
116.8%
Trinity Industries (TRN)
1980
114.06%
Arrow Electronics (ARW)
1980
112.9%
EQT (EQT)
1980
110.41%
American Financial (AFG)
1980
109.59%
Humana (HUM)
1980
106.91%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980
106.55%