Best Dividend Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - November 15th

Key Points

• MarketBeat’s high-trading-volume dividend-stock watchlist includes ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ), Southern, Chevron, PepsiCo, and AT&T.
• SQQQ is an inverse leveraged fund—not an operating company—and seeks daily returns equal to three times the inverse of the Nasdaq-100’s daily performance.
• The article notes that dividends can be reduced or discontinued; investors should not assume a stock’s dividend is guaranteed.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, Southern, Chevron, PepsiCo, and AT&T are the five Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares of companies that pay shareholders a portion of their earnings or cash flow, typically on a regular schedule. Investors may buy them for income as well as potential share-price growth, but dividends are not guaranteed and can be reduced or discontinued. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Dividend stocks within the last several days.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ)

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (the Fund) seeks daily investment results, which corresponds to three times the inverse of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the non-financial domestic and international issues listed on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) Stock Market.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ stock traded up $1.53 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $42.46. The company's stock had a trading volume of 52,977,775 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,079,211. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $37.83 and a 200-day moving average price of $49.11. ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ has a twelve month low of $31.42 and a twelve month high of $90.71.

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Southern (SO)

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations.

Shares of NYSE:SO traded up $1.16 on Friday, reaching $93.63. 22,081,068 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,297,573. The firm has a market capitalization of $109.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.33, a PEG ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 0.30. Southern has a fifty-two week low of $81.69 and a fifty-two week high of $99.58. The business's 50-day moving average is $88.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $92.61. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.55.

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Chevron (CVX)

Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant.

Shares of Chevron stock traded up $3.21 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $219.56. The company's stock had a trading volume of 7,573,015 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,354,031. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $215.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $195.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.34. Chevron has a one year low of $146.49 and a one year high of $236.48. The stock has a market cap of $431.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 0.47.

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PepsiCo (PEP)

PepsiCo, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region.

Shares of NASDAQ:PEP traded up $3.18 during trading on Friday, reaching $145.44. 7,910,876 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,600,079. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.76. PepsiCo has a 12 month low of $123.47 and a 12 month high of $171.48. The company has a 50 day moving average of $133.64 and a 200-day moving average of $145.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $198.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.23 and a beta of 0.31.

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AT&T (T)

AT&T, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of telecommunications and technology services. It operates through the Communications and Latin America segments. The Communications segment offers wireless, wireline telecom, and broadband services to businesses and consumers located in the US and businesses globally.

T traded down $0.03 on Friday, hitting $22.15. 50,495,549 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 50,515,588. The firm has a market cap of $149.23 billion, a PE ratio of 11.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.30. AT&T has a twelve month low of $19.89 and a twelve month high of $29.43. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $23.57 and a two-hundred day moving average of $24.88. The company has a current ratio of 0.87, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.22.

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