The Current Dow Order

As of the close on Friday, October 24, 1997, here are the current High Yield and Beating the Dow rankings, as well as the price, dividend and yield statistics for all thirty individual DJIA components. For explanations of several popular Dow Dividend Strategies using these rankings, as well as 1997 year-to-date results, see the companion file to this one (1997 Dow Returns).

Current HY 10 Current BTD 10 (Yield Order) (Price Order) ------------------------------------------ Philip Morris Philip Morris Morgan (J.P.) & Co Sears Roebuck Gen'l Motors AT&T Corp. Eastman Kodak Du Pont Chevron Corp. Eastman Kodak AT&T Corp. Exxon Corp. Exxon Corp. Gen'l Motors Minnesota Mining Chevron Corp. Du Pont Minnesota Mining Sears Roebuck Morgan (J.P.) & Co

Here are all 30 Dow Jones Industrials, sorted by dividend yield: Stock Symbol Current Annual Div. Price Div. Yield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Philip Morris MO 39.75 1.60 4.03% Morgan (J.P.) & Co JPM 115.94 3.52 3.04% Gen'l Motors GM 68.06 2.00 2.94% Eastman Kodak EK 60.75 1.76 2.90% Chevron Corp. CHV 83.50 2.32 2.78% AT&T Corp. T 50.38 1.32 2.62% Exxon Corp. XON 62.63 1.64 2.62% Minnesota Mining MMM 95.75 2.12 2.21% Du Pont DD 58.06 1.26 2.17% Sears Roebuck S 43.00 0.92 2.14% Merck & Co. MRK 93.38 1.80 1.93% Int'l Paper IP 53.19 1.00 1.88% Goodyear Tire GT 65.63 1.20 1.83% Union Carbide UK 49.69 0.90 1.81% Caterpillar Inc. CAT 57.94 1.00 1.73% United Technologies UTX 74.25 1.24 1.67% Gen'l Electric GE 66.00 1.04 1.58% Johnson & Johnson JNJ 58.19 0.88 1.51% Procter & Gamble PG 70.69 1.01 1.43% AlliedSignal Inc. ALD 38.44 0.52 1.35% Aluminum Co. of Amer. AA 76.44 1.00 1.31% Boeing BA 48.75 0.56 1.15% Amer. Express AXP 80.00 0.90 1.13% Coca-Cola KO 55.50 0.56 1.01% Hewlett-Packard HWP 63.88 0.56 0.88% Travelers Group TRV 72.94 0.60 0.82% Int'l Business Mach. IBM 98.00 0.80 0.82% Wal-Mart Stores WMT 34.06 0.27 0.79% McDonald's Corp. MCD 47.13 0.33 0.70% Disney (Walt) DIS 82.38 0.53 0.64%

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