Below is the 5-year performance of our Dividend Watch List from November 9, 2012 to November 8, 2017 as compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
| Symbol | Name | total return |
| AMAT | Applied Materials Inc. | 485.42% |
| GD | General Dynamics Corp. | 251.86% |
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Co. | 221.64% |
| HRC | Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | 205.32% |
| SJW | SJW Corp. | 197.31% |
| UNM | Unum Group | 196.23% |
| FRS | Frisch's Restaurants, Inc | 184.52% |
| VVC | Vectren Corp. | 177.81% |
| CWT | California Water Service | 176.88% |
| STBA | S&T BanCorp., Inc. | 173.81% |
| MSEX | Middlesex Water Company | 170.29% |
| SFNC | Simmons First National Corp. | 166.43% |
| WGL | WGL Holdings, Inc. | 165.76% |
| BUSE | First Busey Corp. | 164.70% |
| INTC | Intel Corp. | 161.85% |
| SRCE | 1st Source Corp. | 156.41% |
| NJR | New Jersey Resources Corp. | 149.12% |
| APD | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 148.06% |
| CTWS | Connecticut Water Service, Inc. | 147.04% |
| TMP | Tompkins Financial Corp. | 141.12% |
| CASY | Caseys General Stores, Inc. | 140.45% |
| RLI | RLI Corp. | 138.05% |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corp. | 137.13% |
| ABM | ABM Industries, Inc. | 136.53% |
| MCD | McDonald's Corp. | 134.61% |
| CBU | Community Bank System, Inc. | 134.26% |
| SBSI | Southside Bancshares, Inc. | 132.94% |
| FDS | FactSet Research Systems | 129.09% |
| PNY | Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc. | 122.22% |
| ERIE | Erie Indemnity Company | 120.92% |
| MATW | Matthews International Corp. | 117.87% |
| RBCAA | Republic BanCorp., Inc. | 115.18% |
| CLC | Clarcor Inc. | 107.50% |
| ANAT | American National Insurance | 98.55% |
| SON | Sonoco Products Co. | 98.11% |
| ATR | AptarGroup Inc. | 94.61% |
| TNC | Tennant Co. | 92.92% |
| JCI | Johnson Controls Inc | 92.72% |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | 89.84% |
| ED | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 89.68% |
| PEP | PepsiCo Inc. | 86.92% |
| THFF | First Financial Corp. | 85.42% |
| NWN | Northwest Natural Gas Co. | 81.27% |
| UTX | United Technologies Corp. | 78.61% |
| EXPD | Expeditors International | 78.37% |
| ADM | Archer Daniels Midland Co. | 77.85% |
| UBSI | United Bankshares, Inc. | 76.04% |
| PPL | PP&L Corporation | 73.70% |
| TRMK | Trustmark Corp. | 71.76% |
| CAH | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 68.66% |
| IBKC | IBERIABANK Corp. | 66.39% |
| SJI | South Jersey Industries, Inc. | 59.89% |
| TEG | Integrys Energy Group Inc | 58.82% |
| DCI | Donaldson Co. Inc. | 57.49% |
| GRC | Gorman-Rupp Company | 54.68% |
| WABC | Westamerica BanCorp. | 54.38% |
| FNB | F.N.B. Corp. | 46.71% |
| JW-A | John Wiley & Sons Inc. CL 'A' | 46.31% |
| WEYS | Weyco Group, Inc. | 40.00% |
| ETP | Energy Transfer Partners L P | 38.82% |
| RAVN | Raven Industries, Inc. | 33.31% |
| EGN | Energen Corp. | 32.20% |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 14.91% |
| IBM | International Business Machines | -8.09% |
| OMI | Owens & Minor, Inc. | -25.43% |
| DBD | Diebold, Inc. | -27.54% |
| average % change | 113.43% | |
| DJIA | Dow Jones Industrial Average | 103.92% |
So far, the total return of the U.S. Dividend Watch List has exceeded the total return of the Dow Jones Industrial Average by a slight margin. However, when looked at from measurable relative markers, there appears a different pattern of performance. We have the following perspective to add for the top three in the respective category:
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highest yielding stocks gained +57.89%
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lowest yielding stocks gained +94.28%
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highest p/e stocks (2nd, 3rd & 4th) gained +109.46%
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lowest p/e stock gained +73.31%
So far, out of the ten U.S. Dividend Watch List performance reviews that we’ve run, the category that has achieved the best returns are the highest p/e stock (2nd, 3rd & 4th) with gains of +122.77% as compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gains of +94.99%.
The performance of the other categories are as follows:
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lowest yielding stocks: +118.88%
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lowest p/e stocks: +91.26%
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highest yielding stocks: +75.76%
As the data is analyzed, we will provide updates to determine if there are additional discerning and reliable patterns.