highest performing stock in the sandp500 in the year 1976

Cummins (CMI) had the best year in 1976 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC) in 1976, returning 147.1%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Cummins (CMI)
1976
147.14%
Pentair (PNR)
1976
147.07%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1976
124.95%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1976
100%
Boeing (BA)
1976
90.04%
Eaton (ETN)
1976
55.03%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1976
52.99%
CVS Health (CVS)
1976
48.65%
Chevron (CVX)
1976
48.19%
Ford Motor (F)
1976
47.06%
Target (TGT)
1976
45.05%
US Bancorp (USB)
1976
45.04%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1976
43.09%
W R Berkley (WRB)
1976
42.91%
General Dynamics (GD)
1976
42.9%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1976
40.16%
Kroger (KR)
1976
39.78%
Textron (TXT)
1976
36.65%
Teradyne (TER)
1976
35.7%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1976
35.49%
Halliburton (HAL)
1976
34.72%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1976
32.64%
Exelon (EXC)
1976
31.47%
Alliant Energy (LNT)
1976
30.88%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
1976
29.99%