best s and p stocks 1972

HP (HPQ) had the highest return in 1972 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 101.4%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
HP (HPQ)
1972
101.38%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1972
72.18%
Altria (MO)
1972
70.35%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1972
57.85%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1972
47.03%
Merck (MRK)
1972
45.39%
Chevron (CVX)
1972
45.38%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1972
44.44%
Deere (DE)
1972
44.35%
Halliburton (HAL)
1972
42.12%
Boeing (BA)
1972
33.87%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1972
32.49%
3M (MMM)
1972
28.45%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1972
23.57%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1972
23.46%
Ford Motor (F)
1972
22.51%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1972
21.16%
PG&E (PCG)
1972
20.71%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1972
18.9%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1972
14.46%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1972
11.91%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1972
11.32%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1972
10.98%
Walmart (WMT)
1972
7.02%
General Dynamics (GD)
1972
6.89%