best performing large cap stocks 1970-1975

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1970 and 1975 by a large-cap US stock, returning 312.7%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1975
312.73%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1970-1975
114.25%
HP (HPQ)
1970-1975
108.92%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1970-1975
94.5%
Deere (DE)
1970-1975
85.36%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1970-1975
84.02%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1970-1975
65.25%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1970-1975
63.56%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1975
61.11%
International Paper (IP)
1970-1975
57.63%
Halliburton (HAL)
1970-1975
54.08%
Kellanova (K)
1970-1975
49.7%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1970-1975
49.7%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1970-1975
48.9%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970-1975
45.25%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1975
42.17%
Merck (MRK)
1970-1975
35.47%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1975
35.24%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1970-1975
29.68%
Target (TGT)
1970-1975
28.06%
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
1970-1975
22.12%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1970-1975
21.32%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1970-1975
20.46%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1970-1975
16.05%
3M (MMM)
1970-1975
12.02%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.