best performing stocks in 1972

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return in 1972 by a US stock, returning 102.7%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1972
102.67%
HP (HPQ)
1972
101.45%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1972
72.18%
Altria (MO)
1972
70.32%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1972
57.85%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1972
47.03%
Merck (MRK)
1972
45.43%
Chevron (CVX)
1972
45.38%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1972
44.44%
Deere (DE)
1972
44.35%
Halliburton (HAL)
1972
42.13%
Boeing (BA)
1972
33.87%
3M (MMM)
1972
28.45%
Alcoa (AA)
1972
26.41%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1972
23.57%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1972
23.41%
Ford Motor (F)
1972
22.51%
Xerox (XRX)
1972
22.27%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1972
21.16%
PG&E (PCG)
1972
20.71%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1972
18.9%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1972
14.46%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1972
12.31%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1972
11.91%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1972
11.32%