DJ-30 -- An Analysis of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Component Dividend Payers 12/1/2023 to 11/29/2024

An analysis of 28 of 30 components and their dividends over the past year.

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As always, please read our disclaimer.

The following stocks are sorted in descending order of greatest “yield.”

For most stocks, we usually do descending “yield + capital gain” but here the list is sorted by descending yield.

Also be aware that for MMM there was a special spinoff payment on 4/1/2024 which is unlikely to be repeated.

[1]. MMM

MMM had a recent dividend of $0.7000 and had 5 dividends from 12/1/2023 to 11/29/2024. The total dividends for that period were $21.1129 (this includes a special dividend/spinoff on 4/1/2024). This resulted in a Yield during that period of 21.14%. During that same period MMM had a starting price of $99.85 and an ending price of $133.53. This resulted in a capital gain of 33.73%. The total return (yield+capital gains) for the period is 54.88%. The standard deviation of dividends for the time period was 6.6015. The average volume of MMM during the time period was 4,715,293.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MMM/dividends/yield

[2]. VZ

VZ had a recent dividend of $0.6775 and had 4 dividends from 12/1/2023 to 11/29/2024. The total dividends for that period were $2.6872. This resulted in a Yield during that period of 6.97%. During that same period VZ had a starting price of $38.58 and an ending price of $44.34. This resulted in a capital gain of 14.93%. The total return (yield+capital gains) for the period is 21.9%. The standard deviation of dividends for the time period was 0.0054. The average volume of VZ during the time period was 18,665,685.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VZ/dividends/yield

[3]. CVX

CVX had a recent dividend of $1.6300 and had 4 dividends from 12/1/2023 to 11/29/2024. The total dividends for that period were $6.5558. This resulted in a Yield during that period of 4.53%. During that same period CVX had a starting price of $144.81 and an ending price of $161.93. This resulted in a capital gain of 11.82%. The total return (yield+capital gains) for the period is 16.35%. The standard deviation of dividends for the time period was 0.0. The average volume of CVX during the time period was 7,922,424.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CVX/dividends/yield