best performing large cap stocks 1970-1976

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1970 and 1976 by a large-cap US stock, returning 278.2%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1976
278.18%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1970-1976
184.61%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1976
138.73%
Deere (DE)
1970-1976
133.62%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1970-1976
121.8%
Halliburton (HAL)
1970-1976
108.64%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1970-1976
106.89%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1970-1976
98.1%
Boeing (BA)
1970-1976
94.36%
HP (HPQ)
1970-1976
93.5%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1976
93.22%
Kellanova (K)
1970-1976
92.35%
International Paper (IP)
1970-1976
88.3%
Target (TGT)
1970-1976
86.57%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1970-1976
81.76%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1976
77.02%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970-1976
75.97%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1970-1976
63.06%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1970-1976
61%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1970-1976
57.31%
US Bancorp (USB)
1970-1976
45.1%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1970-1976
42.36%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1970-1976
41.07%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970-1976
38.07%
Merck (MRK)
1970-1976
36.09%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.