what stock had the highest return in 1972

HP (HPQ) had the highest return in 1972 by a US stock, returning 101.4%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
HP (HPQ)
1972
101.39%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1972
101.33%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1972
72.19%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1972
54.15%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1972
47.08%
Deere (DE)
1972
46.06%
Chevron (CVX)
1972
45.37%
Merck (MRK)
1972
45.34%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1972
44.47%
Halliburton (HAL)
1972
44.12%
Boeing (BA)
1972
33.92%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1972
32.98%
3M (MMM)
1972
28.44%
Alcoa (AA)
1972
26.4%
International Paper (IP)
1972
24.54%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1972
24.3%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1972
23.45%
Ford Motor (F)
1972
22.76%
PG&E (PCG)
1972
21.25%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1972
21.15%
Xerox (XRX)
1972
19.83%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1972
18.91%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1972
16.65%
Unisys (UIS)
1972
16.63%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1972
14.47%