Below is the 3-year performance of our Dividend Watch List from October 24, 2014 to October 24, 2017 as compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
| Symbol | Name | Total return |
| MCD | McDonald's Corp. | 101.81% |
| SCL | Stepan | 92.53% |
| SASR | Sandy Spring BanCorp. | 91.50% |
| SRCE | 1st Source Corp. | 86.78% |
| GTY | Getty Realty Corp. | 86.32% |
| WAFD | Washington Federal | 78.06% |
| THFF | First Financial Corp. | 59.47% |
| CTBI | Community Trust BanCorp. | 58.33% |
| FNFG | First Niagara Financial Group(acqured) | 56.16% |
| FMBI | First Midwest BanCorp. | 56.00% |
| TRMK | Trustmark Corp. | 55.98% |
| UVV | Universal Corp. | 50.80% |
| SUSQ | Susquehanna Bancshares(acquired) | 49.78% |
| PBCT | People's United Financial | 47.80% |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc | 36.05% |
| NPBC | National Penn Bancshares(acquired) | 35.14% |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores | 27.44% |
| FNB | F.N.B. Corp. | 26.74% |
| VMI | Valmont Industries, Inc. | 24.67% |
| TCB | TCF Financial Corp. | 21.29% |
| GRC | Gorman-Rupp Company | 13.57% |
| IBM | IBM | 3.82% |
| VIVO | Meridian Bioscience | -7.51% |
| MUR | Murphy Oil Corporation | -40.18% |
| average % change | 46.35% | |
| DJIA | Dow Jones Industrial Average | 53.62% |
A list loaded with regional banks underperformed the DJIA. However, three regional banks were acquired after this watch list was published.
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