best performing large cap stocks 1970-1977

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1970 and 1977 by a large-cap US stock, returning 267.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1977
267.27%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1970-1977
174.73%
Boeing (BA)
1970-1977
152.62%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1977
126.37%
Halliburton (HAL)
1970-1977
112.49%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1970-1977
110.23%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1970-1977
108.28%
Target (TGT)
1970-1977
100.6%
Deere (DE)
1970-1977
90.91%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1970-1977
87.53%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970-1977
79.23%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1970-1977
73.41%
Kellanova (K)
1970-1977
69.71%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1977
65.27%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1977
64.42%
HP (HPQ)
1970-1977
63.25%
Edison International (EIX)
1970-1977
61.53%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970-1977
58.49%
US Bancorp (USB)
1970-1977
58.33%
DTE Energy (DTE)
1970-1977
56.77%
Kroger (KR)
1970-1977
55.14%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1970-1977
49.52%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1970-1977
47.99%
Pentair (PNR)
1970-1977
47.31%
Exelon (EXC)
1970-1977
43.44%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.