In brief:
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 blue-chip stocks.
- For dividend investors, this is an interesting list, since 27 of the 30 companies pay a dividend.
- The ranking of the top-10 Dow Stocks to buy today is based on expected annual returns as indicated by Wallstreet’s analysts.
- These stocks could represent attractive long-term buys for dividend investors.
All ten stocks have an upside potential of over 15% and show a significant underperformance compared to the year-to-date performance of the DJIA index as you can see in the chart below.
The screener results below list the top-10 Dow Jones Industrial Average Stocks including their last price, the one-year average price target estimated by analysts, and the potential (%) based on the difference between the last price and the Wall Street price target.
The following Dow companies are the best ones to consider based on their one-year price target according to Wall Street’s analysts:
Details on the top-10 stocks mentioned, such as valuation, dividend history, and more, can be found on the following pages:
- Walt Disney (DIS)
- Visa (V)
- Merck & Co (MRK)
- Wal-Mart (WMT)
- Boeing (BA)
- Salesforce (CRM)
- IBM (IBM)
- Walt Disney (DIS)
- Dow (DOW)
- Honeywell (HON)
Wal-Mart and IBM are the only 2 dividend aristocrats in this top-10. Both Disney and Salesforce do not pay a dividend to their shareholders.
Home Depot (HD) and Apple (AAPL) are currently the only two stocks to avoid according to Wallstreet’s analysts. Both stocks are strong outperformers this year and are already above their average target price.
To see all Dow-30 stocks and their latest data, please use the Dow-30 price target screener to see all and see the ones that have upside potential.
