what were the best-performing stocks in the sandp 500 from september 1978 to august 1979

Danaher (DHR) had the highest return between September 1, 1978 and August 31, 1979 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 77.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Danaher (DHR)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
77.61%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
72.47%
Kroger (KR)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
47.05%
Medtronic (MDT)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
38.66%
HP (HPQ)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
29.59%
Snap-On (SNA)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
27.95%
Western Digital (WDC)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
27.78%
Walmart (WMT)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
27.41%
Chevron (CVX)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
26.99%
Deere (DE)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
26.91%
Revvity (RVTY)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
25.52%
General Dynamics (GD)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
25.3%
McCormick (MKC)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
21.27%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
18.2%
Merck (MRK)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
17.8%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
17.27%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
15.45%
Eaton (ETN)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
15.2%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
14.16%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
13.49%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
12.31%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
11.86%
Target (TGT)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
11.18%
Halliburton (HAL)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
11.13%
Edison International (EIX)
9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979
10.67%