best quarterly stock increases 1970s

CVS Health (CVS) had the best quarter in the 1970s by a US stock in Q1 1975, returning 125.5%.

ASSETQUARTER% RETURN
CVS Health (CVS)
Q1 1975
125.47%
Pentair (PNR)
Q1 1976
114.75%
Teradyne (TER)
Q1 1975
112.49%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
Q1 1975
112.12%
Walt Disney (DIS)
Q1 1975
111.59%
Sysco (SYY)
Q1 1975
101.24%
La-Z-Boy (LZB)
Q1 1975
100.11%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Q2 1972
100%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Q3 1973
100%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Q1 1975
100%
Avnet (AVT)
Q1 1976
91.35%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
Q1 1975
76.61%
General Dynamics (GD)
Q2 1978
76.15%
General Dynamics (GD)
Q2 1975
73.68%
H&R Block (HRB)
Q3 1973
73.16%
Revvity (RVTY)
Q4 1974
72.47%
Nabors Industries (NBR)
Q2 1975
71.43%
S&P Global (SPGI)
Q1 1975
70.91%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
Q1 1977
70.69%
H B Fuller (FUL)
Q1 1974
70.36%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
Q2 1975
69.75%
PLDT Inc ADR (PHI)
Q3 1973
68.69%
Trinity Industries (TRN)
Q1 1975
67.56%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
Q2 1977
67.54%
Badger Meter (BMI)
Q1 1975
66.67%