best performing stocks in s and p 500 in 1979

Medtronic (MDT) had the highest return in 1979 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 119%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Medtronic (MDT)
1979
118.99%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979
83.91%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979
76.93%
Walmart (WMT)
1979
47.9%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1979
35.65%
HP (HPQ)
1979
32.35%
Halliburton (HAL)
1979
32.16%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1979
31.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1979
29.45%
Danaher (DHR)
1979
27.65%
Sysco (SYY)
1979
26.71%
Chevron (CVX)
1979
20.26%
Deere (DE)
1979
18.1%
American International (AIG)
1979
17.82%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1979
16.44%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1979
15.45%
PG&E (PCG)
1979
14.25%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1979
13.71%
Kroger (KR)
1979
13.35%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1979
11.82%
Eaton (ETN)
1979
10.75%
Merck (MRK)
1979
10.05%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1979
9.51%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1979
9.38%
Boeing (BA)
1979
8.23%