best performing sandp 500 stocks 1979

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

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1979
184.63%
Medtronic (MDT)
1979
116.48%
Teradyne (TER)
1979
115.12%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979
95.2%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979
76.92%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979
70%
Western Digital (WDC)
1979
60%
Snap-On (SNA)
1979
47.26%
Walmart (WMT)
1979
46.99%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1979
35.65%
McCormick (MKC)
1979
34.52%
HP (HPQ)
1979
32.38%
Halliburton (HAL)
1979
32.16%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1979
31.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1979
29.45%
Danaher (DHR)
1979
27.55%
Sysco (SYY)
1979
26.67%
Pfizer (PFE)
1979
23.64%
Target (TGT)
1979
23.26%
Chevron (CVX)
1979
20.27%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
1979
19.98%
Deere (DE)
1979
18.1%
Eaton (ETN)
1979
17.87%
American International (AIG)
1979
17.82%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1979
17.11%