best performing sandp 500 stocks 1978

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in 1978 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 156.5%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1978
156.48%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978
73.78%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978
68.82%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1978
68.76%
Revvity (RVTY)
1978
63.38%
Deere (DE)
1978
46.72%
3M (MMM)
1978
35.98%
Sysco (SYY)
1978
35.25%
Kroger (KR)
1978
34.52%
Snap-On (SNA)
1978
33.95%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1978
30.77%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978
29.99%
American International (AIG)
1978
26.87%
Merck (MRK)
1978
26.41%
Pfizer (PFE)
1978
25.6%
HP (HPQ)
1978
24.13%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1978
24.03%
Pentair (PNR)
1978
22.93%
Chevron (CVX)
1978
20.58%
Ball (BALL)
1978
19.25%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1978
16.04%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1978
13.88%
Walmart (WMT)
1978
13.79%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1978
13.72%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1978
12.02%