worst performing dow jones stocks in 1979

3M (MMM) had the lowest return in 1979 by a US stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), returning -16.8%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
3M (MMM)
1979
-16.85%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1979
-16.74%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1979
-12.8%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1979
-9.47%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979
-4.95%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1979
7.52%
Boeing (BA)
1979
8.22%
American Express (AXP)
1979
8.9%
Merck (MRK)
1979
10.04%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1979
11.82%
Chevron (CVX)
1979
20.27%
Walmart (WMT)
1979
46.99%