best performing stocks in the sandp august 1980

Western Digital (WDC) had the highest return in August 1980 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 58.3%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Western Digital (WDC)
August 1980
58.33%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
August 1980
42.38%
McCormick (MKC)
August 1980
28.45%
Comcast (CMCSA)
August 1980
25.86%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
August 1980
23.52%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
August 1980
21.16%
Nordson (NDSN)
August 1980
17.39%
PACCAR (PCAR)
August 1980
15.6%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
August 1980
14.05%
Sysco (SYY)
August 1980
13.47%
APA (APA)
August 1980
13.02%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
August 1980
12.25%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
August 1980
11.53%
S&P Global (SPGI)
August 1980
10.93%
Molson Coors Brewing (TAP)
August 1980
10.24%
Walmart (WMT)
August 1980
10.19%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
August 1980
9.63%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
August 1980
8.9%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
August 1980
8.75%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
August 1980
8.33%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
August 1980
8.29%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
August 1980
8%
Cincinnati Financial (CINF)
August 1980
6.75%
Kimberly-Clark (KMB)
August 1980
6.68%
Regions Financial (RF)
August 1980
6.59%