best performing mid-cap stocks in the year 1980

ConAgra Foods (CAG) had the best year in 1980 by a mid-cap US stock in 1980, returning 169.6%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1980
169.58%
Tidewater (TDW)
1980
130.68%
Sealed Air (SEE)
1980
123.82%
Helmerich and Payne (HP)
1980
120.55%
Kirby (KEX)
1980
119.05%
Trinity Industries (TRN)
1980
114.07%
AZZ (AZZ)
1980
108.01%
Avnet (AVT)
1980
99.03%
Wolverine World Wide (WWW)
1980
80.6%
Gap (GAP)
1980
80%
Federal Signal (FSS)
1980
79.31%
Murphy Oil (MUR)
1980
67.6%
Hexcel (HXL)
1980
64%
MSA Safety (MSA)
1980
62.85%
Teleflex (TFX)
1980
60.91%
Flowserve (FLS)
1980
58.06%
Chesapeake Utilities (CPK)
1980
56.81%
RLI (RLI)
1980
54.87%
Associated Banc (ASB)
1980
50%
New York Times (NYT)
1980
47.27%
Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR)
1980
44.56%
Worthington Industries (WOR)
1980
43.67%
Mattel (MAT)
1980
43.33%
Tutor Perini (TPC)
1980
41.18%
Tegna (TGNA)
1980
38.8%
Mid-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap between $2B and $10B.