August 1, 2011 | In: Lists
What Are the Stocks That Make Up the Dow?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, as most investors now, is an index that depends on the performance of 30 “Blue Chip” stocks. So what are these stocks? In order to answer this question, I have decided to compile a list of all the companies (or stocks) that make up the Dow. For your convenience, I have ordered these companies by market capitalization. I have also included, in the last column, their contribution to the Dow as a percentage.
| Company Name | Symbol | Market Cap | Contribution to the Dow |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | XOM | $395,646,538,960 | 10.77% |
| Microsoft Corporation | MSFT | $229,502,396,805 | 6.25% |
| International Business Machines Corp. | IBM | $217,179,500,687 | 5.91% |
| Chevron Corporation | CVX | $208,814,942,261 | 5.68% |
| General Electric Company | GE | $190,192,556,880 | 5.18% |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | WMT | $183,038,659,036 | 4.98% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | $177,598,685,145 | 4.83% |
| AT&T, Inc. | T | $173,365,501,356 | 4.72% |
| The Procter & Gamble Company | PG | $172,220,212,861 | 4.69% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM | $158,167,592,983 | 4.30% |
| The Coca-Cola Company | KO | $155,946,934,898 | 4.24% |
| Pfizer Inc. | PFE | $152,088,863,910 | 4.14% |
| Intel Corporation | INTC | $118,393,659,595 | 3.22% |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | MRK | $105,345,145,797 | 2.87% |
| Verizon Communications, Inc. | VZ | $99,905,992,592 | 2.72% |
| Bank of America Corporation | BAC | $98,393,270,441 | 2.68% |
| McDonald’s Corporation | MCD | $89,742,547,964 | 2.44% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | CSCO | $87,837,954,577 | 2.39% |
| United Technologies Corporation | UTX | $75,277,775,876 | 2.05% |
| The Walt Disney Company | DIS | $72,997,734,454 | 1.99% |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | HPQ | $72,948,053,508 | 1.99% |
| Caterpillar Inc. | CAT | $63,689,184,816 | 1.73% |
| 3M Company | MMM | $61,828,943,166 | 1.68% |
| Kraft Foods Inc. | KFT | $60,435,785,840 | 1.64% |
| American Express Company | AXP | $59,697,721,092 | 1.62% |
| The Home Depot, Inc. | HD | $55,617,130,526 | 1.51% |
| The Boeing Company | BA | $52,224,719,121 | 1.42% |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | DD | $47,754,112,239 | 1.30% |
| The Travelers Companies, Inc. | TRV | $23,085,066,301 | 0.63% |
| Alcoa, Inc. | AA | $15,675,416,016 | 0.43% |
As you can see from the above list, the Dow Jones consists of five computer related companies, three pharmaceuticals company, two banking companies, two oil companies, two telecommunication companies among others. 10% of the Dow is controlled by Exxon, the mega oil company.
Note: The above data (market cap and contribution to the Dow) is valid as of August 1st, 2011.
1 Response to What Are the Stocks That Make Up the Dow?
Average Stock Market Return for 2011 « Fadi El-Eter
January 4th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
[…] Dow Jones: The Dow Jones index went up 640.05 points, or 5.53%. Mind you the stock that lifted this index was XOM. It went up 15.92% in 2011 and it constitutes almost 11% of the Dow. This stock alone lifted the whole index around 1.78%. […]