stocks in dow jones industrial average 1979

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return in 1979 by a US stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), returning 47.3%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1979
47.31%
Chevron (CVX)
1979
20.26%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1979
11.82%
Merck (MRK)
1979
10.07%
Boeing (BA)
1979
8.23%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1979
7.45%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1979
-9.47%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1979
-12.8%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1979
-16.75%
3M (MMM)
1979
-16.85%