Below is the 4-year performance of our Dividend Watch List from November 8, 2013 to November 7, 2017 as compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
| Symbol | Name | total return |
| CAT | Caterpillar | 86.82% |
| NWN | Northwest Natural Gas | 79.67% |
| ED | Consolidated Edison | 77.19% |
| PPL | PP&L Corporation | 56.60% |
| PM | Philip Morris International | 37.33% |
| VMI | Valmont Industries, Inc. | 16.84% |
| T | AT&T Inc | 14.85% |
| SCG | SCANA Corporation | 11.17% |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.59% |
| IBM | IBM | -5.33% |
| average % change | 37.67% | |
| DJIA | Dow Jones Industrial Average | 66.34% |
The watch list only averaged +37.67% as compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gain of +66.34%. The 2nd through 4th stocks (2nd, 3rd & 4th) with the highest p/e ratio achieved an average gain of +64.73%.