best performing large cap stocks 1976

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in 1976 by a large-cap US stock, returning 90%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1976
90.01%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1976
73.92%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1976
53%
Chevron (CVX)
1976
48.18%
Eaton (ETN)
1976
47.71%
Ford Motor (F)
1976
47.02%
General Dynamics (GD)
1976
43.31%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1976
43.06%
Kroger (KR)
1976
39.67%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1976
39.32%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1976
35.51%
Textron (TXT)
1976
34.97%
Halliburton (HAL)
1976
34.72%
Kellanova (K)
1976
30%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1976
28.3%
Deere (DE)
1976
26.03%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1976
25.37%
Exelon (EXC)
1976
25.15%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1976
24.51%
PG&E (PCG)
1976
21.54%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1976
21.43%
Altria (MO)
1976
18.94%
Walmart (WMT)
1976
18.09%
DTE Energy (DTE)
1976
14.15%
NiSource (NI)
1976
11.19%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.