Meet Your 2014 Dogs of the Dow
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Price: $157.74 +0.89%
Overall Analyst Rating:
BUY ( Down)
Dividend Yield: 4.2%
Revenue Growth %: -2.4%
Overall Analyst Rating:
BUY ( Down)
Dividend Yield: 4.2%
Revenue Growth %: -2.4%
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Below is the 2014 "Dogs of the Dow" list, which represents the top 10 dividend yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the beginning of the year. According to our calculations, three new stocks were added to the list this year: Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), replacing Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), du Pont (NYSE: DD) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ).
Last year's 'Dogs' increased by 30%, outstripping the 26.5% gain in the Dow 30 as a whole. This was led by the near doubling of Hewlett-Packard, which is now off the list. The strategy, however, has cumulatively unperformed from 2001 through 2010.
Last year's 'Dogs' increased by 30%, outstripping the 26.5% gain in the Dow 30 as a whole. This was led by the near doubling of Hewlett-Packard, which is now off the list. The strategy, however, has cumulatively unperformed from 2001 through 2010.
- AT&T (NYSE: T): Price $35; Dividend Yield 5.3%. AT&T raised its quarterly dividend 2.2% to $0.46/share with its December announcement.
- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ): Price $49.07; Dividend Yield 4.3%. Verizon raised its quarterly dividend 2.9% to $0.53/share with its September announcement.
- Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC): Price $25.66; Dividend Yield 3.7%. Intel maintained its quarterly dividend of $0.225/share thought the year.
- Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK): Price $49.45; Dividend Yield 3.6%. Merck raised its quarterly dividend 2.3% to $0.44/share with its November announcement.
- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE): Price $30.46; Dividend Yield 3.4%. Pfizer raised its quarterly dividend 8.3% to $0.26/share with its December announcement.
- McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD): Price $96.52; Dividend Yield 3.3%. McDonald's raised its quarterly dividend 5.2% to $0.81/share with its September announcement.
- General Electric (NYSE: GE): Price $27.49; Dividend Yield 3.2%. GE raised its quarterly dividend 15.8% to $0.22/share with its December announcement.
- Chevron (NYSE: CVX) (*NEW ADDITION) Price $124.02. Dividend Yield 3.2%. Chevron raised its quarterly dividend 11.1% to $1/share with its December announcement.
- Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) (*NEW ADDITION) Price $21.99. Dividend Yield 3.1%. Cisco raised its quarterly dividend 21.4% to $0.17/share with its March announcement.
- Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) (*NEW ADDITION) Price $37.20. Dividend Yield 3%. Microsoft raised its quarterly dividend 21.7% to $0.28/share with its September announcement.
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