best performing stocks between 1 march 1979 and 30 aug 1979

Spectrum Brands (SPB) had the highest return between March 1, 1979 and August 30, 1979 by a US stock, returning 75.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Spectrum Brands (SPB)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
75.07%
Medtronic (MDT)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
60.05%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
50.66%
Walmart (WMT)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
47.37%
Matson (MATX)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
46.6%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
42.83%
General Dynamics (GD)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
39.35%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
37.49%
Danaher (DHR)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
37.02%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
33.41%
Kroger (KR)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
32.91%
HP (HPQ)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
32.79%
Avnet (AVT)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
27.94%
Xerox (XRX)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
27.94%
Halliburton (HAL)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
27.83%
Molson Coors Brewing (TAP)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
27.62%
Ball (BALL)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
25.79%
Chevron (CVX)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
25.2%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
24.13%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
23.78%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
22.39%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
22.16%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
22.09%
American International (AIG)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
21.13%
Eaton (ETN)
3/1/1979 - 8/30/1979
20.98%