Medtronic (MDT) had the highest return in 1979 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 119%.

best performing stocks in the sandp 1979+
ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Medtronic (MDT) 1979 118.97%
General Dynamics (GD) 1979 95.21%
APA (APA) 1979 88.51%
FedEx (FDX) 1979 77.14%
Lockheed Martin (LMT) 1979 76.92%
Revvity (RVTY) 1979 71.49%
Walmart (WMT) 1979 47.62%
Dupont De Nemours (DD) 1979 35.65%
HP (HPQ) 1979 32.42%
Halliburton (HAL) 1979 32.16%
Motorola Solutions (MSI) 1979 31.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY) 1979 29.44%
Sysco (SYY) 1979 26.61%
Chevron (CVX) 1979 20.27%
Deere (DE) 1979 18.1%
American International (AIG) 1979 17.82%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX) 1979 17.11%
Consolidated Edison (ED) 1979 16.43%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP) 1979 15.42%
PG&E (PCG) 1979 14.26%
Kroger (KR) 1979 13.31%
Walt Disney (DIS) 1979 11.84%
Eaton (ETN) 1979 10.75%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 1979 10.49%
Merck (MRK) 1979 10.06%

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