best performing stocks may 1978

Boeing (BA) had the highest return in May 1978 by a US stock, returning 22.9%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Boeing (BA)
May 1978
22.89%
General Dynamics (GD)
May 1978
20.56%
WD-40 (WDFC)
May 1978
17.48%
New York Times (NYT)
May 1978
16.14%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
May 1978
14.75%
Black Hills (BKH)
May 1978
14.73%
Avnet (AVT)
May 1978
13.08%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
May 1978
9.03%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
May 1978
8.63%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
May 1978
8.33%
Matson (MATX)
May 1978
8.06%
Xerox (XRX)
May 1978
7.91%
Deere (DE)
May 1978
7.81%
Walt Disney (DIS)
May 1978
7.12%
Kroger (KR)
May 1978
6.8%
3M (MMM)
May 1978
5.36%
Sysco (SYY)
May 1978
5.31%
Merck (MRK)
May 1978
5.02%
Altria (MO)
May 1978
4.66%
Halliburton (HAL)
May 1978
4.61%
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
May 1978
4.35%
Ball (BALL)
May 1978
3.75%
American International (AIG)
May 1978
3.68%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
May 1978
3.63%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
May 1978
3.36%