best performing stocks in sandp of 1980

Western Digital (WDC) had the highest return in 1980 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 229.2%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Western Digital (WDC)
1980
229.17%
Lennar (LEN)
1980
200.02%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1980
169.58%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1980
143.03%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1980
134.8%
Union Pacific (UNP)
1980
125.96%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1980
120.36%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1980
116.9%
Humana (HUM)
1980
106.91%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980
105.78%
Halliburton (HAL)
1980
100.13%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1980
93.66%
Progressive (PGR)
1980
85.14%
Walmart (WMT)
1980
82.93%
Nucor (NUE)
1980
82.67%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1980
79.15%
Dover (DOV)
1980
78.65%
Revvity (RVTY)
1980
78.51%
Sysco (SYY)
1980
78.13%
Chevron (CVX)
1980
76.5%
State Street (STT)
1980
70.18%
Rollins (ROL)
1980
64.89%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1980
63.02%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1980
59.18%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
1980
53.67%