Dow Dividend Yield

Before we look at the Dividend Yield of the Dow, let's first understand what exactly the Dow is.

The Dow, or Dow Jones Industrial Average, is a price-weighted average of 30 major stocks traded at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ. Charles Dow put this index together back in 1896.

What does a price-weighted index mean?

The weight a stock carries on the index is proportional to its stock price. A stock trading at $100 will make up 5 times more of the index than a stock trading at $20.

The Dow is one of the most closely watched stock indexes and often serves as a benchmark or proxy for overall direction of the market.

Dividend Yields of Companies listed on the Dow

Now let's focus on the dividend yields of companies making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The list is ranked based on dividend yield as of Dec. 31, 2009. As you can see, the dividend yield varies from an attractive 5.9% to 0%.

Here's a bar chart showing the dividend yield of the Top 15:

In summary, we looked at what exactly the Dow Jones Industrial Average was all about and put together a list of the 30 companies that made up the Dow.

The list showed the 2009 dividend and dividend yield for each of these 30 companies. We also showed the top 15 companies graphically based on their dividend yields.

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