best performing stocks in the dow 30 in 1979

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return in 1979 by a US stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), returning 47%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1979
46.99%
Chevron (CVX)
1979
20.27%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1979
11.82%
Merck (MRK)
1979
10.04%
American Express (AXP)
1979
8.9%
Boeing (BA)
1979
8.22%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1979
7.52%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979
-4.95%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1979
-9.47%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1979
-12.8%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1979
-16.74%
3M (MMM)
1979
-16.85%