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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?
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. stock logo
WBA
Walgreens Boots Alliance
$9.08
+2.4%
$1.0011.01%N/A-1.35Yes
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$44.01
+0.4%
$2.716.16%101.12%16.42Yes
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$29.18
-0.1%
$1.685.76%N/A-487.17Yes
The Boeing Company stock logo
BA
Boeing
$154.64
-0.8%
$8.225.32%N/A-43.68Yes
Dow Inc. stock logo
DOW
DOW
$53.21
-2.6%
$2.805.26%166.67%31.67Yes
Chevron Co. stock logo
CVX
Chevron
$148.76
-1.6%
$6.524.38%59.98%13.63Yes
Exxon Mobil Co. stock logo
XOM
Exxon Mobil
$122.07
-2.6%
$3.803.11%46.57%14.96Yes
Johnson & Johnson stock logo
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
$159.64
+0.1%
$4.963.11%30.92%9.94Yes
Cisco Systems, Inc. stock logo
CSCO
Cisco Systems
$52.73
+0.4%
$1.603.03%53.87%17.75Yes
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
$228.62
+0.7%
$6.682.92%75.65%25.89Yes
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$108.50
-0.1%
$3.082.84%342.22%120.44No
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
$69.16
+0.2%
$1.942.81%77.60%27.66No
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$496.57
+0.4%
$12.002.42%46.86%19.36No
The Procter & Gamble Company stock logo
PG
Procter & Gamble
$168.16
+0.6%
$4.022.39%65.69%27.27No
JPMorgan Chase & Co. stock logo
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
$210.75
-0.1%
$5.002.37%27.89%11.75No
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
$301.90
+0.3%
$7.082.35%60.10%25.54No
The Home Depot, Inc. stock logo
HD
Home Depot
$414.23
+1.5%
$9.002.17%60.36%27.83No
Intel Co. stock logo
INTC
Intel
$23.32
+4.2%
$0.502.14%52.08%23.46No
3M stock logo
MMM
3M
$134.69
-0.1%
$2.802.08%N/A-10.52No
NIKE, Inc. stock logo
NKE
NIKE
$80.77
-0.1%
$1.481.83%39.68%21.60No
The Travelers Companies, Inc. stock logo
TRV
Travelers Companies
$230.34
+1.9%
$4.201.82%31.20%17.11No
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$387.90
-2.6%
$5.641.45%25.46%17.57No
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$581.56
-0.3%
$8.401.44%51.34%35.51No
Walmart Inc. stock logo
WMT
Walmart
$79.71
+0.8%
$0.831.04%35.52%34.11No
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
$269.00
-1.7%
$2.801.04%23.06%22.16No
The Walt Disney Company stock logo
DIS
Walt Disney
$92.52
+0.1%
$0.900.97%97.83%100.57No
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
$414.71
+1.3%
$3.320.80%28.74%35.85No
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$274.96
+0.4%
$2.080.76%23.24%30.72No
Apple Inc. stock logo
AAPL
Apple
$225.77
+1.8%
$1.000.44%15.55%35.02No

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