best performing stocks of the 1970 to 1980

Trinity Industries (TRN) had the highest return between 1970 and 1980 by a US stock, returning 1,314.2%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Trinity Industries (TRN)
1970-1980
1,314.18%
Nabors Industries (NBR)
1970-1980
1,195.24%
Apogee Enterprises (APOG)
1970-1980
1,099.47%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC)
1970-1980
1,091.02%
Boeing (BA)
1970-1980
851.15%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1970-1980
808.79%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1980
702.43%
Frequency Electronics (FEIM)
1970-1980
684.59%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1970-1980
634.44%
Spectrum Brands (SPB)
1970-1980
622.15%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1970-1980
610.15%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970-1980
491.49%
FedEx (FDX)
1970-1980
482.67%
Halliburton (HAL)
1970-1980
481.51%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1980
479.4%
Avnet (AVT)
1970-1980
474.67%
Kennametal (KMT)
1970-1980
443.6%
Park Ohio (PKOH)
1970-1980
438.67%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970-1980
409.89%
McEwen Mining (MUX)
1970-1980
400%
Transcat (TRNS)
1970-1980
400%
Western Digital (WDC)
1970-1980
338.92%
Deere (DE)
1970-1980
327.49%
Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP)
1970-1980
325.19%
MSA Safety (MSA)
1970-1980
307.2%