biggest large-cap stock gainers in 1980

Carlisle Companies (CSL) had the highest return in 1980 by a large-cap US stock, returning 246.4%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1980
246.41%
Western Digital (WDC)
1980
229.17%
Moog (MOG.A)
1980
201.19%
Lennar (LEN)
1980
200%
CACI International (CACI)
1980
165.9%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1980
142.97%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1980
134.82%
Sony (SONY)
1980
133.99%
Stryker (SYK)
1980
130.27%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1980
126.42%
Union Pacific (UNP)
1980
125.98%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1980
116.8%
Arrow Electronics (ARW)
1980
112.9%
EQT (EQT)
1980
110.41%
American Financial (AFG)
1980
109.59%
Humana (HUM)
1980
106.91%
Service Corporation International (SCI)
1980
103.21%
Halliburton (HAL)
1980
100.13%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1980
100%
FedEx (FDX)
1980
99.44%
Curtiss-Wright (CW)
1980
96.43%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1980
93.69%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1980
84%
Walmart (WMT)
1980
82.93%
Nucor (NUE)
1980
82.66%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.