best performing stocks in the sandp mar 1980

Altria (MO) had the highest return in March 1980 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 25%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Altria (MO)
March 1980
25%
Humana (HUM)
March 1980
12.69%
PepsiCo (PEP)
March 1980
11%
General Mills (GIS)
March 1980
10.35%
Nextera Energy (NEE)
March 1980
8.03%
Duke Energy (DUK)
March 1980
7.62%
Lennar (LEN)
March 1980
7.62%
American Express (AXP)
March 1980
7.27%
PPG Industries (PPG)
March 1980
6.98%
Merck (MRK)
March 1980
6.51%
Schlumberger (SLB)
March 1980
6.25%
CVS Health (CVS)
March 1980
5%
Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)
March 1980
4.57%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
March 1980
4.56%
Hershey (HSY)
March 1980
3.7%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
March 1980
3.45%
Pfizer (PFE)
March 1980
3.41%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
March 1980
3.19%
WEC Energy (WEC)
March 1980
3.18%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
March 1980
2.95%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
March 1980
2.67%
Dominion Energy (D)
March 1980
2.61%
McDonald’s (MCD)
March 1980
2.47%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
March 1980
2.13%
Edison International (EIX)
March 1980
2.02%