Chevron, UnitedHealth Group, and Exxon Mobil are the three Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares of companies that regularly distribute a portion of their profits to shareholders in the form of dividend payments. Investors often choose dividend stocks to generate a steady income stream while still participating in potential capital appreciation. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Dividend stocks within the last several days.
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.
CVX traded down $1.59 during trading on Friday, hitting $149.79. 45,762,307 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,549,393. The firm has a market capitalization of $261.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 1.08 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $144.04 and a 200 day moving average of $148.67. Chevron has a 12-month low of $132.04 and a 12-month high of $168.96.
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UnitedHealth Group (UNH)
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.
UNH traded down $5.62 during trading on Friday, hitting $282.45. 14,902,160 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,818,498. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $304.47 and a 200 day moving average of $432.89. UnitedHealth Group has a 12-month low of $248.88 and a 12-month high of $630.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $256.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 0.45.
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Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.
Shares of NYSE:XOM traded down $3.79 on Friday, hitting $107.87. The company had a trading volume of 32,323,515 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,860,627. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $108.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $108.97. Exxon Mobil has a 1 year low of $97.80 and a 1 year high of $126.34. The company has a quick ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $464.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.31, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.50.
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