best performing stocks in s and p 500 in 1979

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) had the highest return in 1979 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 184.6%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1979
184.56%
Medtronic (MDT)
1979
119.08%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979
95.17%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979
76.93%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979
71.49%
Walmart (WMT)
1979
47.9%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1979
35.65%
HP (HPQ)
1979
32.33%
Halliburton (HAL)
1979
32.16%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1979
31.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1979
29.44%
Danaher (DHR)
1979
27.42%
Sysco (SYY)
1979
26.57%
Chevron (CVX)
1979
20.27%
Deere (DE)
1979
18.1%
American International (AIG)
1979
17.82%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1979
17.1%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1979
16.45%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1979
15.42%
PG&E (PCG)
1979
14.25%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1979
13.72%
Kroger (KR)
1979
13.33%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1979
11.82%
Eaton (ETN)
1979
10.75%
Merck (MRK)
1979
10.07%