Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return in March 1982 by a US stock, returning 23.6%.

ASSET	MONTH	% RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)	March 1982	23.64%
American Financial (AFG)	March 1982	21.63%
Allient (ALNT)	March 1982	21.05%
Home Depot (HD)	March 1982	17.66%
Telephone and Data Systems (TDS)	March 1982	16.67%
Rand Capital (RAND)	March 1982	15.38%
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT)	March 1982	14.71%
Brown & Brown (BRO)	March 1982	14.57%
VF (VFC)	March 1982	14.52%
Dillard's (DDS)	March 1982	14.2%
Tyson Foods (TSN)	March 1982	13.56%
Gap (GAP)	March 1982	12.17%
North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT)	March 1982	11.88%
Clorox (CLX)	March 1982	11.84%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)	March 1982	11.64%
Walmart (WMT)	March 1982	11.24%
McDonald’s (MCD)	March 1982	11.18%
Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT)	March 1982	11.11%
Altria (MO)	March 1982	11.11%
Air Products and Chemicals (APD)	March 1982	11.11%
Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT)	March 1982	11.07%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)	March 1982	11.01%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)	March 1982	10.86%
Arrow Financial (AROW)	March 1982	10.8%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)	March 1982	10.71%