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Dogs of the Dow Stocks

The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy developed by Michael O'Higgins in 1991 which suggests that each year investors should buy the ten Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) stocks whose dividend is the highest percentage of their share price. Using other stock analysis methods, these stocks would be considered to be undesirable, or "dogs," but the Dogs of the Dow strategy proposes that these stocks have the same stocks have the potential for substantial increases in stock price plus relatively high dividend payouts. How the Dogs of the Dow strategy works.

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CompanyCurrent PriceAmount Per ShareDividend YieldPayout RatioP/E RatioDog of the Dow?
Dow Inc. stock logo
DOW
DOW
$28.15
+0.6%
$2.809.95%700.00%70.39Yes
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$24.59
-0.1%
$1.727.00%124.64%17.82Yes
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$41.24
-0.1%
$2.716.57%64.52%9.82Yes
Chevron Corporation stock logo
CVX
Chevron
$149.96
-0.5%
$6.844.56%78.17%17.14Yes
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$82.45
+1.1%
$3.243.93%47.16%12.00Yes
Exxon Mobil Corporation stock logo
XOM
Exxon Mobil
$112.26
-0.6%
$3.963.53%52.52%14.89Yes
Johnson & Johnson stock logo
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
$164.78
+6.2%
$5.203.16%57.84%18.33Yes
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$292.20
+0.2%
$8.843.03%37.02%12.24Yes
CocaCola Company (The) stock logo
KO
CocaCola
$69.27
-0.1%
$2.042.95%81.60%27.71Yes
Procter & Gamble Company (The) stock logo
PG
Procter & Gamble
$153.68
+0.7%
$4.232.75%67.14%24.39Yes
The Home Depot, Inc. stock logo
HD
Home Depot
$357.22
-0.4%
$9.202.58%62.42%24.23No
Cisco Systems, Inc. stock logo
CSCO
Cisco Systems
$67.37
+0.3%
$1.642.43%66.94%27.50No
International Business Machines Corporation stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
$281.68
-0.4%
$6.722.39%115.66%48.48No
McDonald's Corporation stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
$298.71
-0.3%
$7.082.37%62.49%26.36No
NIKE, Inc. stock logo
NKE
NIKE
$72.09
+0.1%
$1.602.22%74.07%33.37No
JPMorgan Chase & Co. stock logo
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
$285.79
-0.3%
$5.601.96%27.49%14.66No
3M Company stock logo
MMM
3M
$157.51
+0.6%
$2.921.85%36.87%19.89No
The Travelers Companies, Inc. stock logo
TRV
Travelers Companies
$252.30
+0.7%
$4.401.74%23.95%13.73No
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$707.84
+0.8%
$12.001.70%27.85%16.43No
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$412.89
+2.0%
$5.641.37%27.49%20.12No
American Express Company stock logo
AXP
American Express
$311.86
+0.4%
$3.281.05%22.91%21.78No
Walmart Inc. stock logo
WMT
Walmart
$95.11
-0.3%
$0.940.99%40.17%40.65No
The Walt Disney Company stock logo
DIS
Walt Disney
$119.79
+0.7%
$1.000.83%20.45%24.50No
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$349.83
+0.8%
$2.360.67%23.72%35.16No
Microsoft Corporation stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
$505.62
0.0%
$3.320.66%25.66%39.07No
Apple Inc. stock logo
AAPL
Apple
$210.16
+0.5%
$1.040.49%16.20%32.74No
The Boeing Company stock logo
BA
Boeing
$229.83
-0.1%
$0.00N/A0.00%-12.83No
Intel Corporation stock logo
INTC
Intel
$22.69
-1.0%
$0.00N/A0.00%-5.06No
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. stock logo
WBA
Walgreens Boots Alliance
$11.52
+0.1%
$0.00N/A0.00%-1.58No