biggest stock return in 1978

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in 1978 by a US stock, returning 156.5%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1978
156.48%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978
73.81%
Seaboard (SEB)
1978
73.03%
Revvity (RVTY)
1978
69.33%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1978
68.78%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978
68.71%
WD-40 (WDFC)
1978
63.09%
New York Times (NYT)
1978
49.67%
Deere (DE)
1978
46.72%
3M (MMM)
1978
35.98%
Sysco (SYY)
1978
35.16%
Nordstrom (JWN)
1978
35.13%
Kroger (KR)
1978
34.52%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1978
30.77%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978
29.99%
American International (AIG)
1978
26.87%
Merck (MRK)
1978
26.43%
Pfizer (PFE)
1978
25.59%
Ducommun (DCO)
1978
25.43%
HP (HPQ)
1978
24.16%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1978
24.05%
Pentair (PNR)
1978
22.93%
Chevron (CVX)
1978
20.58%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1978
20.13%
Ball (BALL)
1978
19.23%