best s and p stocks apr 1974

WW Grainger (GWW) had the highest return in April 1974 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 8.9%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
WW Grainger (GWW)
April 1974
8.94%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
April 1974
6.48%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
April 1974
5.69%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
April 1974
4.06%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
April 1974
3.81%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
April 1974
3.56%
Boeing (BA)
April 1974
3.54%
Honeywell International (HON)
April 1974
3.53%
Pentair (PNR)
April 1974
2.91%
Ford Motor (F)
April 1974
2.12%
McDonald’s (MCD)
April 1974
2.01%
Walmart (WMT)
April 1974
1.82%
Textron (TXT)
April 1974
1.73%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
April 1974
0.42%
Sysco (SYY)
April 1974
0%
Teradyne (TER)
April 1974
0%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
April 1974
0%
Hubbell (HUBB)
April 1974
0%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
April 1974
-0.01%
Merck (MRK)
April 1974
-0.63%
PepsiCo (PEP)
April 1974
-0.84%
Medtronic (MDT)
April 1974
-1.1%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
April 1974
-1.2%
Evergy (EVRG)
April 1974
-1.35%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
April 1974
-1.58%