best performers sandp 500 stocks aug 1974

Sysco (SYY) had the highest return in August 1974 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 9.6%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Sysco (SYY)
August 1974
9.55%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
August 1974
9.09%
Ball (BALL)
August 1974
3.68%
Boeing (BA)
August 1974
2.19%
Medtronic (MDT)
August 1974
1.82%
DTE Energy (DTE)
August 1974
0%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
August 1974
0%
HP (HPQ)
August 1974
-1.36%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
August 1974
-1.67%
Chevron (CVX)
August 1974
-2.99%
Exelon (EXC)
August 1974
-3.45%
International Business Machines (IBM)
August 1974
-4.1%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
August 1974
-4.46%
Merck (MRK)
August 1974
-4.68%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
August 1974
-4.9%
Walt Disney (DIS)
August 1974
-5.22%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
August 1974
-6.96%
3M (MMM)
August 1974
-7.23%
Altria (MO)
August 1974
-7.85%
Pinnacle West Capital (PNW)
August 1974
-8.77%
Ford Motor (F)
August 1974
-9.15%
Eaton (ETN)
August 1974
-9.42%
Halliburton (HAL)
August 1974
-9.57%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
August 1974
-10.05%
General Dynamics (GD)
August 1974
-10.39%