best performing stock 1971 to 1979

Boeing (BA) had the highest return between 1971 and 1979 by a US stock, returning 1,222.1%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1971-1979
1,222.11%
General Dynamics (GD)
1971-1979
732.87%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1971-1979
361.43%
HP (HPQ)
1971-1979
355.06%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1971-1979
303.42%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1971-1979
272.96%
WD-40 (WDFC)
1971-1979
257.91%
Altria (MO)
1971-1979
252.67%
Revvity (RVTY)
1971-1979
231.38%
Deere (DE)
1971-1979
226.94%
Avnet (AVT)
1971-1979
190.14%
Chevron (CVX)
1971-1979
189.7%
Halliburton (HAL)
1971-1979
187.37%
Spectrum Brands (SPB)
1971-1979
168.25%
Tutor Perini (TPC)
1971-1979
155%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
1971-1979
145.16%
Matson (MATX)
1971-1979
141.7%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1971-1979
121.86%
Walmart (WMT)
1971-1979
115.79%
Alcoa (AA)
1971-1979
98.62%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1971-1979
88.63%
Merck (MRK)
1971-1979
79.72%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1971-1979
75.1%
New York Times (NYT)
1971-1979
73.58%
Kroger (KR)
1971-1979
70.9%