The Best Yielding Stocks From Dow Jones and NASDAQ By Dividend Yields – Stock, Capital, Investment. I screened stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 Index and NASDAQ 100 by dividend yields and dividend structure.
Here are the best yielding Dow Jones 30 stocks:
Company | Price | Estimated Dividend | Dividend Yield (%) |
AT&T | 29.95 | 1.77 | 5.91% |
Verizon Communications | 37.84 | 2.03 | 5.36% |
Merck | 38.37 | 1.7 | 4.43% |
Pfizer | 21.2 | 0.9 | 4.25% |
General Electric | 19.02 | 0.71 | 3.73% |
Johnson & Johnson | 65.64 | 2.37 | 3.61% |
Procter & Gamble | 62.77 | 2.2 | 3.50% |
Intel | 26.74 | 0.9 | 3.37% |
Dupont | 52.01 | 1.64 | 3.15% |
Chevron | 105.5 | 3.28 | 3.11% |
Kraft Foods | 38.88 | 1.2 | 3.09% |
Coca-Cola | 68.08 | 2 | 2.94% |
JPMorgan Chase | 38.28 | 1.12 | 2.93% |
McDonalds | 100.01 | 2.88 | 2.88% |
Travelers | 60.12 | 1.73 | 2.88% |
Microsoft | 30.24 | 0.84 | 2.78% |
Wal Mart | 62.03 | 1.68 | 2.71% |
Home Depot | 45.17 | 1.21 | 2.68% |
3M | 87.73 | 2.32 | 2.64% |
United Technologies | 81.05 | 2.055 | 2.54% |
ExxonMobil | 84.92 | 1.97 | 2.32% |
Boeing | 76.34 | 1.76 | 2.31% |
Disney | 40 | 0.8 | 2.00% |
Hewlett Packard | 29.07 | 0.54 | 1.86% |
Caterpillar | 113.94 | 1.96 | 1.72% |
IBM | 193.64 | 3.3 | 1.70% |
Cisco Systems | 20.09 | 0.28 | 1.39% |
American Express | 52.25 | 0.72 | 1.38% |
Alcoa | 10.76 | 0.12 | 1.12% |
Bank of America | 7.84 | 0.04 | 0.51% |
Average | 2.83% |
The best yielding stocks are still AT&T and Verizon. Both have a yield above five percent and pay stable dividends. The following stocks are Merck and Pfizer. They belong to the major drug manufacturing industry – An investment field that suffers a little under patent losses.
Take a close look at the full yield table of the Dow Jones. In average, dividend stocks from the Dow Jones have a yield of 2.83 percent. All 30 Dow Jones stocks pay dividends.
The NASDAQ 100 Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial securities listed on The NASDAQ stock market is based on market capitalization. The Index reflects companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain securities of financial companies including investment companies.
Here are the best yielding NASDAQ 100 stocks:
Company | Price | Estimated Dividend | Dividend Yield (%) |
Vodafone | 27.87 | 1.9 | 6.82% |
Paychex | 31.95 | 1.28 | 4.01% |
Mattel | 31.53 | 1.24 | 3.93% |
Seagate Technology | 26.42 | 1 | 3.79% |
CA Technologies | 26.54 | 1 | 3.77% |
Microchip Technology | 38.42 | 1.402 | 3.65% |
Garmin | 44.1 | 1.6 | 3.63% |
PACCAR | 44.25 | 1.58 | 3.57% |
Intel | 26.74 | 0.9 | 3.37% |
Maxim Integrated Products | 27.74 | 0.9 | 3.24% |
Staples | 14.77 | 0.44 | 2.98% |
Automatic Data Processing | 55.51 | 1.615 | 2.91% |
Linear Technology | 34.43 | 1 | 2.90% |
Microsoft | 30.24 | 0.84 | 2.78% |
Applied Materials | 12.79 | 0.35 | 2.74% |
KLA-Tencor | 51.98 | 1.42 | 2.73% |
Xilinx | 36.92 | 0.84 | 2.28% |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide | 64.42 | 1.36 | 2.11% |
Amgen | 69.28 | 1.44 | 2.08% |
Teva Pharmaceutical Ind. | 45.71 | 0.876 | 1.92% |
Comcast | 27.15 | 0.52 | 1.92% |
Wynn Resorts | 114.98 | 2 | 1.74% |
Avago Technologies | 35.13 | 0.58 | 1.65% |
Expedia | 34.22 | 0.56 | 1.64% |
Starbucks | 48.32 | 0.76 | 1.57% |
QUALCOMM | 61.06 | 0.95 | 1.56% |
Fastenal | 48.3 | 0.71 | 1.47% |
Activision Blizzard | 12.28 | 0.18 | 1.47% |
Cisco Systems | 20.09 | 0.28 | 1.39% |
Infosys Limited | 57.09 | 0.76 | 1.33% |
Expeditors Intl Washington | 44.56 | 0.58 | 1.30% |
Costco Wholesale | 85.36 | 1.08 | 1.27% |
Sigma-Aldrich | 70.77 | 0.8 | 1.13% |
Intuit | 58.47 | 0.64 | 1.09% |
Ross Stores | 51.76 | 0.56 | 1.08% |
Broadcom | 37.67 | 0.4 | 1.06% |
News Corp. | 19.28 | 0.19 | 0.99% |
Oracle | 29.11 | 0.28 | 0.96% |
Altera | 40.85 | 0.36 | 0.88% |
Whole Foods Market | 76.25 | 0.56 | 0.73% |
Virgin Media | 24.34 | 0.16 | 0.66% |
DENTSPLY International | 38.24 | 0.22 | 0.58% |
Perrigo | 93.66 | 0.335 | 0.36% |
Randgold Resources | 116.17 | 0.23 | 0.20% |
Average | 2.16% | ||
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04-Feb-12 |
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