Here are the Dogs of the Dow for 2016. The table lists the ten highest yielding Dow stocks as of the close on December 31, 2015. These ten stocks are 2016’s Dogs of the Dow. 2016’s Small Dogs of the Dow are the five stocks with the lowest closing price are, so a subset of the Dogs of the Dow.
Dogs of the Dow 2016
| Symbol | Company | Price | Yield | Small Dog |
| NYSE / NASDAQ | The Dow stocks ranked by yield on 12/31/15 | on 12/31/15 | on 12/31/15 | on 12/31/15 |
| VZ | Verizon | 46.22 | 4.89% | Yes |
| CVX | Chevron | 89.96 | 4.76% | No |
| CAT | Caterpillar | 67.96 | 4.53% | No |
| IBM | International Business Machines | 137.62 | 3.78% | No |
| XOM | ExxonMobil | 77.95 | 3.75% | No |
| PFE | Pfizer | 32.28 | 3.72% | Yes |
| MRK | Merck | 52.82 | 3.48% | Yes |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | 79.41 | 3.34% | No |
| WMT | Wal-Mart | 61.30 | 3.20% | Yes |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems | 27.16 | 3.09% | Yes |
Dogs of the Dow 2015
The Dogs of 2015 outperformed the Dow Jones again.The Dow Jones ytd change was -2.1% versus the Dogs ytd performance of -1.2% and the small dogs of the dow 6.0% (all excluding dividends)
See below the 2015 Dogs, please note AT&T was replaced by Apple on March 18, 2015.:
| Symbol | Company | Price | Yield | Small Dog |
| NYSE / NASDAQ | The Dow stocks ranked by yield on 12/31/14 | on 12/31/14 | on 12/31/14 | on 12/31/14 |
| T | AT&T | 33.59 | 5.48% | Yes |
| VZ | Verizon | 46.78 | 4.70% | Yes |
| CVX | Chevron | 112.18 | 3.82% | No |
| MCD | McDonald’s | 93.70 | 3.63% | No |
| PFE | Pfizer | 31.15 | 3.60% | Yes |
| GE | General Electric | 25.27 | 3.48% | Yes |
| MRK | Merck | 56.79 | 3.17% | No |
| CAT | Caterpillar | 91.53 | 3.06% | No |
| XOM | ExxonMobil | 92.45 | 2.99% | No |
| KO | Coca-Cola | 42.22 | 2.89% | Yes |
