Dow Additions and Deletions Since 1929 • Dogs of the Dow (2024)

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What companies were added and deleted from Dow? ›

Apple, Intel and Microsoft are some of the newer-economy names currently in the Dow. Before Amazon, the most recent additions to the Dow were Salesforce.com, Amgen and Honeywell International in August 2020. They replaced Exxon Mobil, Pfizer and Raytheon Technologies, now known as RTX.

Though the Dow of Dogs has slightly underperformed the DJIA in the past 10 years, it still works as a good dividend strategy if investors are looking for fixed payments in their portfolio.

When the Dow was originally calculated, it contained just 12 companies, compared to the 30 big-names that are listed today. Out of the 12 companies, General Electric (GE ) is the only company that remains on the list, although it was removed twice.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 American blue-chip companies. The index's composition changes at times. Some of the most iconic companies in U.S. history have been removed from the DJIA, including General Electric, AT&T, Sears, and General Motors.

At the time of its removal, Exxon Mobil had one of the lower prices in the Dow industrials, limiting its influence. Its market value wasn't much more than that of Zoom Video Communications, which was one of the hottest pandemic plays due to the popularity of videoconference calls.

The 30 stocks which make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average are: 3M, American Express, Amgen, Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chevron, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, Disney, Dow, Goldman Sachs, Home Depot, Honeywell, IBM, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan Chase, McDonald's, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, Procter & Gamble, ...

And when Intel became a Dow component in 1999, it took the place of the decidedly non-tech company Goodyear Tire & Rubber.

SDOG applies the 'Dogs of the Dow Theory' on a sector-by-sector basis using the S-Network US Equity WR Large-Cap 500 Index as its starting universe of eligible securities.

Who are the Dogs of the Dow now? ›

The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (symbol SDOG on New York; www. alpssectordividenddogs.com), is an example of an ETF that applies the “Dogs of the Dow” theory on a sector-by-sector basis using the stocks in the S&P 500. (Note: There are similar ETFs on TSX.)

As of February 26, 2024, the components of the DJIA have changed 58 times since its beginning on May 26, 1896. General Electric had the longest presence on the index, beginning in the original index in 1896 and ending in 2018, but was dropped and re-added twice between 1898 and 1907.

What is the oldest stock in the Dow? Chevron is currently the oldest member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Chevron has been in the Dow since July 18, 1930.

Effective Aug. 31, 2017, the Merger Transaction was completed and each of Dow and DuPont became subsidiaries of DowDuPont Inc.

On August 31, 2020, Amgen, Honeywell, and Salesforce.com replaced ExxonMobil, Pfizer, and Raytheon Technologies. On February 26, 2024, Amazon replaced Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Goldman Sachs was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA or “the Dow”), along with Visa and Nike in September 2013.