best performing stocks in the s and p december 1972

Walt Disney (DIS) had the highest return in December 1972 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 18.8%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Walt Disney (DIS)
December 1972
18.83%
HP (HPQ)
December 1972
15.94%
McDonald’s (MCD)
December 1972
15.54%
Halliburton (HAL)
December 1972
9.9%
GE Aerospace (GE)
December 1972
7.17%
Walmart (WMT)
December 1972
7.08%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
December 1972
6.96%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
December 1972
6.59%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
December 1972
6.37%
Ford Motor (F)
December 1972
5.62%
Merck (MRK)
December 1972
5.37%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
December 1972
5.24%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
December 1972
4.95%
Coca-Cola (KO)
December 1972
4.23%
Altria (MO)
December 1972
4%
American Express (AXP)
December 1972
3.6%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
December 1972
3.11%
International Business Machines (IBM)
December 1972
2.81%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
December 1972
2.52%
Chevron (CVX)
December 1972
2.41%
PG&E (PCG)
December 1972
2.1%
International Paper (IP)
December 1972
1.83%
3M (MMM)
December 1972
0.89%
Hubbell (HUBB)
December 1972
0.35%
PepsiCo (PEP)
December 1972
0.3%