best performing stocks by month 1974

American International (AIG) had the best month in 1974 by a US stock in October 1974, returning 56.4%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
American International (AIG)
October 1974
56.36%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
October 1974
47.07%
Deere (DE)
October 1974
45.3%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
October 1974
44.97%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
October 1974
44.82%
Walmart (WMT)
January 1974
39.58%
Halliburton (HAL)
October 1974
37.28%
Tutor Perini (TPC)
January 1974
36.84%
Ball (BALL)
January 1974
35.6%
Revvity (RVTY)
October 1974
35.6%
Whirlpool (WHR)
October 1974
34.44%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
July 1974
34.01%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
October 1974
32.26%
Merck (MRK)
October 1974
31.35%
Revvity (RVTY)
November 1974
30.88%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
October 1974
28.72%
Medtronic (MDT)
October 1974
28.54%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
October 1974
28.46%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
October 1974
27.53%
General Dynamics (GD)
February 1974
26.83%
Matson (MATX)
October 1974
26.78%
3M (MMM)
October 1974
25.76%
NiSource (NI)
October 1974
25.25%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
October 1974
24.58%
Textron (TXT)
October 1974
24%