best s and p stock performance 1972

HP (HPQ) had the highest return in 1972 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 101.4%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
HP (HPQ)
1972
101.37%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1972
72.19%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1972
58.51%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1972
57.84%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1972
47.08%
Merck (MRK)
1972
45.41%
Chevron (CVX)
1972
45.38%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1972
44.46%
Deere (DE)
1972
44.35%
Halliburton (HAL)
1972
44.11%
Boeing (BA)
1972
33.92%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1972
32.51%
3M (MMM)
1972
28.45%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1972
24.29%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1972
23.45%
Ford Motor (F)
1972
22.74%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1972
21.16%
PG&E (PCG)
1972
20.7%
International Paper (IP)
1972
19.64%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1972
18.9%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1972
18.64%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1972
14.47%
American Express (AXP)
1972
12.85%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1972
12.09%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1972
11.9%