best stock return between 1978 to 1979

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

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Medtronic (MDT)
1978-1979
265.33%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978-1979
239.19%
Boeing (BA)
1978-1979
177.55%
Spectrum Brands (SPB)
1978-1979
168.25%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1978-1979
149.47%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978-1979
130.03%
WD-40 (WDFC)
1978-1979
109.24%
Deere (DE)
1978-1979
73.28%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
1978-1979
72.73%
Sysco (SYY)
1978-1979
71.31%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1978-1979
69.29%
Walmart (WMT)
1978-1979
68.49%
HP (HPQ)
1978-1979
64.38%
Avnet (AVT)
1978-1979
60.95%
Matson (MATX)
1978-1979
56.74%
Kroger (KR)
1978-1979
51.31%
American International (AIG)
1978-1979
48.75%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1978-1979
47.57%
Chevron (CVX)
1978-1979
45.02%
Xerox (XRX)
1978-1979
43.7%
Merck (MRK)
1978-1979
39.16%
Halliburton (HAL)
1978-1979
37.14%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1978-1979
33.4%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1978-1979
33.38%
Alcoa (AA)
1978-1979
29.44%