best s and p stocks may 1974

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in May 1974 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 15.6%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Boeing (BA)
May 1974
15.59%
Teradyne (TER)
May 1974
14.29%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
May 1974
14.18%
Nextera Energy (NEE)
May 1974
10.79%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
May 1974
10.71%
Target (TGT)
May 1974
10.53%
Walmart (WMT)
May 1974
7.14%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
May 1974
6.62%
HP (HPQ)
May 1974
6.51%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
May 1974
6.44%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
May 1974
6.44%
WW Grainger (GWW)
May 1974
5.97%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
May 1974
5.8%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
May 1974
5.5%
Pentair (PNR)
May 1974
5.24%
Ford Motor (F)
May 1974
4.83%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
May 1974
3.71%
Pfizer (PFE)
May 1974
3.12%
PG&E (PCG)
May 1974
2.33%
Edison International (EIX)
May 1974
2.11%
Walt Disney (DIS)
May 1974
1.98%
McDonald’s (MCD)
May 1974
1.94%
Coca-Cola (KO)
May 1974
1.64%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
May 1974
1.32%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
May 1974
0.93%