best performing stocks in the sandp 500 in 1970s

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in the 1970s by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 601.2%.

ASSETDECADE% RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1970s
601.21%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970s
457.97%
Altria (MO)
1970s
397.06%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1970s
393.4%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970s
231.35%
Deere (DE)
1970s
230.83%
Chevron (CVX)
1970s
228.28%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970s
222.06%
Honeywell International (HON)
1970s
219.69%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970s
212.96%
FedEx (FDX)
1970s
206.16%
Halliburton (HAL)
1970s
191.39%
HP (HPQ)
1970s
167.34%
Kroger (KR)
1970s
134.52%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1970s
120.43%
Walmart (WMT)
1970s
114.91%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970s
109.16%
Target (TGT)
1970s
106.65%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1970s
103.96%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MRSH)
1970s
99.65%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1970s
95.75%
APA (APA)
1970s
88.51%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970s
86.54%
Teradyne (TER)
1970s
83.24%
Edison International (EIX)
1970s
81.12%