The market put on a bull horn and marched passed 10,000 but settled below that mark at the end of the week. The Dow gained 130 points (1.3%) this week.
We're mid way through October and if you recall the same time last year, this marked the beginning of the market freefall. As a result, many companies with their low mark have been pushed up by the moving 52-week range. At the end of the week, my watchlist expanded to 11 companies compared to 9 from the previous week. Here are the companies on my watch list as of October 16, 2009.
| Symbol |
Name |
Price |
P/E |
% Yr Low |
Yield |
EPS |
Div/Shr |
Payout Ratio |
| SHEN |
Shenandoah Telecom |
16.81 |
26.68 |
1.63% |
1.78% |
0.63 |
0.30 |
48% |
| BCR |
BARD C R INC |
76.19 |
15.98 |
10.52% |
0.89% |
4.77 |
0.68 |
14% |
| WMT |
WAL MART STORES |
51.22 |
15.02 |
10.75% |
2.13% |
3.41 |
1.09 |
32% |
| WEYS |
Weyco Group, Inc. |
22.40 |
20.74 |
11.39% |
2.68% |
1.08 |
0.60 |
56% |
| NWN |
NORTHWEST NAT GAS |
43.39 |
15.72 |
15.06% |
3.83% |
2.76 |
1.66 |
60% |
| CAH |
CARDINAL HEALTH |
28.68 |
8.99 |
15.32% |
2.44% |
3.19 |
0.70 |
22% |
| MCD |
MCDONALDS CP |
58.78 |
15.58 |
16.53% |
3.74% |
3.77 |
2.20 |
58% |
| PNY |
PIEDMONT NAT GAS CO |
24.19 |
15.61 |
16.97% |
4.46% |
1.55 |
1.08 |
70% |
| WTR |
AQUA AMERICA INC |
16.65 |
21.35 |
18.93% |
3.48% |
0.78 |
0.58 |
74% |
| BDX |
BECTON DICKINSON CO |
69.26 |
14.37 |
19.13% |
1.91% |
4.82 |
1.32 |
27% |
| T |
AT&T INC. |
25.70 |
12.72 |
19.87% |
6.38% |
2.02 |
1.64 |
81% |
| 11 Companies | ||||||||