best performing stocks 1978

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in 1978 by a US stock, returning 156.5%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
1978
156.47%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978
73.78%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978
68.72%
WD-40 (WDFC)
1978
63.08%
New York Times (NYT)
1978
49.67%
Deere (DE)
1978
46.71%
3M (MMM)
1978
35.98%
Sysco (SYY)
1978
35.34%
Kroger (KR)
1978
34.45%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1978
30.77%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978
30.01%
American International (AIG)
1978
26.87%
Merck (MRK)
1978
26.44%
HP (HPQ)
1978
24.11%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1978
24.01%
Chevron (CVX)
1978
20.58%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1978
20.14%
Xerox (XRX)
1978
18.42%
Altria (MO)
1978
17.67%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1978
16.04%
Walmart (WMT)
1978
14.38%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1978
13.66%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1978
12.03%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1978
10.26%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1978
9.2%