best performing sandp 500 stock 1979

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) had the highest return in 1979 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 184.6%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1979
184.62%
Medtronic (MDT)
1979
116.52%
Teradyne (TER)
1979
115.14%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979
95.19%
APA (APA)
1979
88.52%
Honeywell International (HON)
1979
82.51%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979
76.92%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979
69.99%
Western Digital (WDC)
1979
60%
Walmart (WMT)
1979
47.31%
Snap-On (SNA)
1979
47.26%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1979
35.66%
McCormick (MKC)
1979
34.46%
HP (HPQ)
1979
32.41%
Halliburton (HAL)
1979
32.15%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1979
31.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1979
29.45%
Danaher (DHR)
1979
27.67%
Sysco (SYY)
1979
26.58%
Pfizer (PFE)
1979
23.57%
Target (TGT)
1979
23.27%
Travelers Companies (TRV)
1979
22.55%
Chevron (CVX)
1979
20.26%
Deere (DE)
1979
18.1%
Eaton (ETN)
1979
17.83%