best performing stocks in the sandp 1974 to 1981

Lockheed Martin (LMT) had the highest return between 1974 and 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,285.5%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1974-1981
1,285.52%
Boeing (BA)
1974-1981
966.15%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1974-1981
639.04%
General Dynamics (GD)
1974-1981
555.1%
Kroger (KR)
1974-1981
345.93%
Revvity (RVTY)
1974-1981
345.04%
Sysco (SYY)
1974-1981
343.24%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1974-1981
327.15%
Ball (BALL)
1974-1981
295.87%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1974-1981
257.03%
CVS Health (CVS)
1974-1981
247.07%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
1974-1981
203.94%
Chevron (CVX)
1974-1981
200.4%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1974-1981
197.4%
Eaton (ETN)
1974-1981
195.77%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1974-1981
156.85%
State Street (STT)
1974-1981
154.75%
Pentair (PNR)
1974-1981
137.46%
Stryker (SYK)
1974-1981
132.5%
Altria (MO)
1974-1981
114.18%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1974-1981
105.85%
HP (HPQ)
1974-1981
103.65%
Humana (HUM)
1974-1981
102.92%
PG&E (PCG)
1974-1981
101.6%
Deere (DE)
1974-1981
100.44%