best performing stocks in the dow 1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return in 1981 by a US stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), returning 166.7%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981
166.67%
Home Depot (HD)
1981
66.47%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1981
41.19%
Nike (NKE)
1981
30.3%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1981
27.86%
Travelers Companies (TRV)
1981
26.13%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1981
23.89%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1981
23.13%
American Express (AXP)
1981
13.34%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1981
11.81%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1981
10.92%
Merck (MRK)
1981
3.07%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1981
1.45%
3M (MMM)
1981
-2.37%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1981
-4.31%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1981
-11.06%
Chevron (CVX)
1981
-13.71%
Apple (AAPL)
1981
-35.9%
Boeing (BA)
1981
-46.61%