best performing large cap stocks 1970-1978

Boeing (BA) had the highest return between 1970 and 1978 by a large-cap US stock, returning 547.9%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1970-1978
547.93%
Altria (MO)
1970-1978
369.47%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1978
229.09%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1978
185.77%
Deere (DE)
1970-1978
180.08%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1978
172.99%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1970-1978
155.71%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1970-1978
143.16%
New York Times (NYT)
1970-1978
110.38%
Kroger (KR)
1970-1978
108.63%
HP (HPQ)
1970-1978
101.94%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1970-1978
100.86%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970-1978
96.62%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1970-1978
89.32%
Pentair (PNR)
1970-1978
81.07%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970-1978
79.68%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1970-1978
75.18%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1978
64.03%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970-1978
60.69%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1970-1978
51.52%
Merck (MRK)
1970-1978
43.14%
DTE Energy (DTE)
1970-1978
41.15%
US Bancorp (USB)
1970-1978
40.84%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1970-1978
40.58%
3M (MMM)
1970-1978
40.05%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.