best performing stocks of 1970

Altria (MO) had the highest return in 1970 by a US stock, returning 40.9%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1970
40.88%
Kroger (KR)
1970
37.83%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970
25.36%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1970
19.79%
Chevron (CVX)
1970
13.6%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970
10.86%
Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT)
1970
6.67%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1970
5.93%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1970
5.51%
DTE Energy (DTE)
1970
4.65%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1970
4.48%
Marathon Oil (MRO)
1970
1.56%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1970
-5.01%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1970
-6.94%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1970
-8.03%
3M (MMM)
1970
-8.28%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1970
-9.26%
Merck (MRK)
1970
-10.54%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1970
-11.7%
Xerox (XRX)
1970
-16.73%
Alcoa (AA)
1970
-17.34%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1970
-19.99%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970
-32.77%
HP (HPQ)
1970
-41.27%
Boeing (BA)
1970
-48.34%