worst performing stocks in 1974 over 1 billion market cap

Bank of America (BAC) had the lowest return in 1974 by a US stock with a market cap of $1B+, returning -81%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Bank of America (BAC)
1974
-81.01%
Diodes (DIOD)
1974
-76.92%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC)
1974
-72.44%
Teradyne (TER)
1974
-68.42%
CNA Financial (CNA)
1974
-66.53%
La-Z-Boy (LZB)
1974
-65.68%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1974
-60.7%
Trinity Industries (TRN)
1974
-58.11%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1974
-57.3%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1974
-56.77%
CMS Energy (CMS)
1974
-56.59%
Snap-On (SNA)
1974
-55.55%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1974
-54.76%
Clorox (CLX)
1974
-52.28%
Chemed (CHE)
1974
-51.35%
Medtronic (MDT)
1974
-51.28%
Sysco (SYY)
1974
-50.32%
WW Grainger (GWW)
1974
-49.45%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1974
-48.39%
Cummins (CMI)
1974
-48.21%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1974
-46.43%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1974
-46.41%
Tennant (TNC)
1974
-46.15%
Avnet (AVT)
1974
-45.9%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1974
-44.71%