best performing stocks january 1 1978 to dec 31 1979

Medtronic (MDT) had the highest return between January 1, 1978 and December 31, 1979 by a US stock, returning 265.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Medtronic (MDT)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
265.26%
General Dynamics (GD)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
219.59%
Boeing (BA)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
177.55%
Spectrum Brands (SPB)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
168.25%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
149.47%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
130.03%
WD-40 (WDFC)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
109.24%
Deere (DE)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
73.27%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
72.73%
Sysco (SYY)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
71.49%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
69.29%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
68.49%
HP (HPQ)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
64.38%
Avnet (AVT)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
60.95%
Matson (MATX)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
56.74%
Kroger (KR)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
51.31%
American International (AIG)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
48.75%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
47.57%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
45.02%
Xerox (XRX)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
43.7%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
39.16%
Halliburton (HAL)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
37.14%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
33.38%
Alcoa (AA)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
29.44%
Danaher (DHR)
1/1/1978 - 12/31/1979
27.65%