worst performing stocks in the dow in 1979

3M (MMM) had the lowest return in 1979 by a US stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), returning -16.8%.

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