Below is the 5-year performance of our Dividend Watch List from October 19, 2012 to October 20, 2017 as compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
| Symbol | Name | total return |
| AMAT | Applied Materials Inc. | 470.60% |
| GD | General Dynamics Corp. | 255.31% |
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Co. | 206.51% |
| SJW | SJW Corp. | 202.32% |
| SFNC | Simmons First National Corp. | 185.55% |
| MSEX | Middlesex Water Company | 179.57% |
| VVC | Vectren Corp. | 177.34% |
| SRCE | 1st Source Corp. | 173.01% |
| CWT | California Water Service | 167.64% |
| WGL | WGL Holdings, Inc. | 157.11% |
| ABM | ABM Industries, Inc. | 156.50% |
| SBSI | Southside Bancshares, Inc. | 155.33% |
| TMP | Tompkins Financial Corp. | 152.25% |
| CASY | Caseys General Stores, Inc. | 138.87% |
| APD | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 137.01% |
| ERIE | Erie Indemnity Company | 135.75% |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corp. | 134.30% |
| RBCAA | Republic BanCorp., Inc. | 133.82% |
| MATW | Matthews International Corp. | 129.22% |
| INTC | Intel Corp. | 124.11% |
| LLTC | Linear Technology Corp. | 122.55% |
| MCD | McDonald's Corp. | 119.68% |
| FDS | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | 116.96% |
| CBSH | Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 114.74% |
| SON | Sonoco Products Co. | 96.78% |
| CLC | Clarcor Inc. | 96.31% |
| ANAT | American National Insurance | 90.55% |
| UBSI | United Bankshares, Inc. | 90.20% |
| IBKC | IBERIABANK Corp. | 87.50% |
| THFF | First Financial Corp. | 85.57% |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | 83.69% |
| EXPD | Expeditors International | 79.80% |
| UTX | United Technologies Corp. | 74.45% |
| ED | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 71.43% |
| GRC | Gorman-Rupp Company | 64.17% |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | 59.85% |
| SJI | South Jersey Industries, Inc. | 56.15% |
| WABC | Westamerica BanCorp. | 54.36% |
| ETP | Energy Transfer Partners | 44.96% |
| JW-A | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 39.88% |
| WEYS | Weyco Group, Inc. | 37.38% |
| RAVN | Raven Industries, Inc. | 36.86% |
| OMI | Owens & Minor, Inc. | 18.51% |
| IBM | International Business Machines | -3.08% |
| DBD | Diebold, Inc. | -17.54% |
| CRR | Carbo Ceramics, Inc. | -88.86% |
| average % change | 113.15% | |
| DJIA | Dow Jones Industrial Average | 98.31% |
The total return for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was +98.31% while the average total return for the entire watch list was +113.15%.
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