best performing stocks in the sandp 1972 to 1979

Boeing (BA) had the highest return between 1972 and 1979 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 895.6%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1972-1979
895.63%
General Dynamics (GD)
1972-1979
553.14%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1972-1979
393.41%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1972-1979
339.78%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1972-1979
245.05%
Revvity (RVTY)
1972-1979
231.35%
Deere (DE)
1972-1979
230.78%
Halliburton (HAL)
1972-1979
191.41%
HP (HPQ)
1972-1979
183.73%
Chevron (CVX)
1972-1979
161.2%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1972-1979
120.41%
Walmart (WMT)
1972-1979
114.04%
Target (TGT)
1972-1979
106.66%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1972-1979
99.65%
Kroger (KR)
1972-1979
88.11%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1972-1979
84.76%
Teradyne (TER)
1972-1979
83.23%
Pentair (PNR)
1972-1979
81.09%
Edison International (EIX)
1972-1979
75.7%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1972-1979
75.57%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1972-1979
60.84%
PG&E (PCG)
1972-1979
56.87%
Medtronic (MDT)
1972-1979
53.31%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1972-1979
52.85%
US Bancorp (USB)
1972-1979
51.96%