best performing stocks by year in 1960s

Xerox (XRX) had the best year in the 1960s by a US stock in 1963, returning 174.8%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Xerox (XRX)
1963
174.82%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1965
161.8%
Xerox (XRX)
1965
106.65%
Boeing (BA)
1964
91.3%
Boeing (BA)
1965
89.88%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1969
70.21%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1967
68.78%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1967
62.92%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1969
58.55%
HP (HPQ)
1965
58.36%
General Dynamics (GD)
1965
57.06%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1965
54.8%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1968
54.55%
Xerox (XRX)
1967
52.26%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1967
47.86%
General Dynamics (GD)
1964
45.82%
Merck (MRK)
1965
45.31%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1963
43.55%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1964
43.48%
Altria (MO)
1968
43.08%
Kroger (KR)
1968
43.06%
Merck (MRK)
1963
40.64%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1963
40.42%
HP (HPQ)
1967
40.16%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1967
39.46%