best performing large cap stocks from 1975-1979

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) had the highest return between 1975 and 1979 by a large-cap US stock, returning 2,590.4%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1975-1979
2,590.42%
Boeing (BA)
1975-1979
1,006.77%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1975-1979
833.33%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1975-1979
820.39%
General Dynamics (GD)
1975-1979
705.89%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-1979
642.42%
Teradyne (TER)
1975-1979
491.65%
Target (TGT)
1975-1979
484.69%
CNA Financial (CNA)
1975-1979
456.61%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1975-1979
411.87%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1975-1979
373.29%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1975-1979
373.03%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1975-1979
368.42%
W R Berkley (WRB)
1975-1979
364.18%
CVS Health (CVS)
1975-1979
331.33%
Revvity (RVTY)
1975-1979
287.05%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1975-1979
277.92%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-1979
245.3%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1975-1979
225.81%
Kroger (KR)
1975-1979
221.8%
FedEx (FDX)
1975-1979
206.16%
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)
1975-1979
205.64%
Chevron (CVX)
1975-1979
188.76%
New York Times (NYT)
1975-1979
187.51%
Medtronic (MDT)
1975-1979
173.37%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.