VZ - February Dogs Of The Dow: Buy 2 Watch 5

2024-02-04 11:54:47 ET

Summary

• "The Dow® [adds a stock] if the company has an excellent reputation, demonstrates sustained growth, and is of interest to a large number of investors. Sector representation.is also a consideration.” – DowJones & Co.
• The highest-yield 10 stocks are February’s Dogs of the Dow: GS, JNJ, KO, CSCO, IBM, CVX, WBA, DOW, VZ, and MMM. They only averaged a 4.19% annual yield, as prices.
• Thirty Dow stocks represent nine of eleven sectors. DowJones tracks utilities as a separate index and omits real estate. Broker top-ten target-estimated February net-gains ranged 10.99%-23.09%, topped by MMM 2/2/24.
• Dow Industrial Index top-ten firms by broker target-price upside, JPM, JNJ, MSFT, HON, WBA, MMM, CVX, UNH, NKE, and BA, averaged 15.37%.
• Analyst one-year targets showed ten highest-yield Dow stocks producing 1.9% more gain from $5k invested in the lowest-priced five than from the same investment in all ten. Lower-priced (“little” Dow dogs) lead the pack by a head into February.

Foreword

While two thirds of this collection of Dow Industrials is too pricey and reveals only skinny dividends, two of the five lowest priced Dogs of the Dow are ready to buy. This month, Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ ), and Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ), live up to the dogcatcher ideal of annual dividends from $1K invested exceeding their single share prices.

However, five more, Dow Inc. ( DOW ), Cisco Systems ( CSCO ), Coca-Cola Co. ( KO ), 3M Co. ( MMM ), and Chevron ( CVX ), showed prices within 49% of meeting that goal....

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