best performing large cap stocks 1970-1979

Boeing (BA) had the highest return between 1970 and 1979 by a large-cap US stock, returning 601.2%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1970-1979
601.21%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1979
457.75%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1970-1979
442.36%
Altria (MO)
1970-1979
397.54%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970-1979
231.37%
Deere (DE)
1970-1979
230.77%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1979
228.3%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1979
212.73%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1970-1979
172.7%
HP (HPQ)
1970-1979
167.37%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
1970-1979
145.16%
Kroger (KR)
1970-1979
134.77%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1970-1979
120.39%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1970-1979
112.05%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970-1979
109.18%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1970-1979
99.65%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1970-1979
95.77%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1979
86.53%
Teradyne (TER)
1970-1979
83.24%
Edison International (EIX)
1970-1979
81.12%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1970-1979
81.12%
Pentair (PNR)
1970-1979
81.07%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1970-1979
75.6%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1970-1979
75.52%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1970-1979
74.91%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.