- "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." --Dow Jones & Co.
- 30 Dow stocks represent nine of eleven sectors. Dow tracks utilities as a separate index and omits real estate. Broker top ten target-estimated net-gains ranged 10.89%-30.14% topped by CRM 3/26/21.
- Highest-yield 10 were top Dow Dogs. April's YChart-toppers are: AMGN, CSCO, MMM, KO, MRK, WBA, VZ, DOW, IBM, and CVX. They average a 3.70% yield.
- Dow top-ten firms by broker target-price upside, CVX, DIS, PG, V, MSFT, WMT, AAPL, NKE, MRK, and CRM, averaging 18.34% upsides.
- Analyst one-year targets suggest ten highest yield Dow stocks producing 52.4% LESS gain from $5k invested in the lowest-priced five than from the same investment in all ten. Higher-priced ("big" Dow dogs) continued their lead based on broker-augured gains going into April.
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Dogs Of The Dow For April: Chevron Yield Leads The Pack