Pfizer, IBM, Kraft Foods, Home Depot, Round Out Top 5 Through Close of Trading on December 29
Dow Jones Industrial Average Up 6.13% From Its 2010 Close
NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With one trading session remaining in 2011, McDonald's Corp. is on track to lead all 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in stock performance for 2011, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes.
Through December 29, shares of the world's largest fast-food chain are up 35.30%, ahead of Pfizer Inc., IBM Corp., Kraft Foods Inc. (class A shares) and Home Depot Inc., the second- and third- and fourth- and fifth-leading performers in The Dow, with gains of 29.20%, 29.01%, 23.69% and 23.41%, respectively.
The Dow's worst performer so far in 2011 is Bank of America Corp., whose shares have fallen 58.87% through December 29, nearly 16 percentage points worse than Alcoa Inc. (down 43.45%).
To this point in 2011, The Dow is up 6.13% from its 2010 close; in 2010, The Dow ended up 11.02% from its 2009 close.
Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's and Home Depot, based in Atlanta, are the only DJIA components poised to repeat their Top 5 showings from 2010, when they finished third and fourth with gains of 26.94% and 24.96%, respectively, from 2009's close.
Shares of Caterpillar Inc. led all Dow 30 stocks in 2010 with a 68.53% improvement from the previous year; thus far in 2011, Caterpillar ranks 21st among The Dow stocks with a drop of 1.47%. Hewlett-Packard Co., 2010's worst-performing DJIA stock (down 17.68%), is 28th so far in 2011 with a decline of 38.23%.
A list of the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average and their performance through December 29, 2011, and for full-year 2010, is below.
|
Dow Jones Industrial Average components |
YTD December 29, 2011 |
| 1. McDonald's Corp. | 35.30% |
| 2. Pfizer Inc. | 29.20% |
| 3. International Business Machines Corp. | 29.01% |
| 4. Kraft Foods Inc. Cl A | 23.69% |
| 5. Home Depot Inc. | 23.41% |
| 6. Chevron Corp. | 21.49% |
| 7. Intel Corp. | 20.88% |
| 8. Exxon Mobil Corp. | 19.38% |
| 9. Verizon Communications Inc. | 17.98% |
| 10. Boeing Co. | 16.34% |
| 11. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | 14.28% |
| 12. American Express Co. | 12.49% |
| 13. Johnson & Johnson | 10.39% |
| 14. Travelers Cos. Inc. | 10.25% |
| 15. Coca-Cola Co. | 9.76% |
| 16. Merck & Co. Inc. | 9.65% |
| 17. AT&T Inc. | 8.77% |
| 18. Procter & Gamble Co. | 7.48% |
| 19. General Electric Co. | 2.24% |
| 20. Walt Disney Co. | 2.22% |
| 21. Caterpillar Inc. | -1.47% |
| 22. 3M Co. | -2.38% |
| 23. United Technologies Corp. | -4.02% |
| 24. Microsoft Corp. | -4.33% |
| 25. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. | -5.02% |
| 26. Cisco Systems Inc. | -8.77% |
| 27. JPMorgan Chase & Co. | -19.51% |
| 28. Hewlett-Packard Co. | -38.23% |
| 29. Alcoa Inc. | -43.45% |
| 30. Bank of America Corp. | -58.87% |
|
Dow Jones Industrial Average components |
2010 performance |
| 1. Caterpillar Inc. | 68.53% |
| 2. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. | 54.47% |
| 3. McDonald's Corp. | 26.94% |
| 4. Home Depot Inc. | 24.96% |
| 5. General Electric Co. | 24.29% |
| 6. Boeing Co. | 23.57% |
| 7. Verizon Communications Inc. | 23.02% |
| 8. Chevron Corp. | 22.95% |
| 9. Kraft Foods Inc. Cl A | 20.39% |
| 10. Coca-Cola Co. | 19.02% |
| 11. Walt Disney Co. | 17.58% |
| 12. United Technologies Corp. | 16.17% |
| 13. Travelers Cos. Inc. | 14.84% |
| 14. International Business Machines Corp. | 14.26% |
| 15. AT&T Inc. | 11.60% |
| 16. Exxon Mobil Corp. | 10.13% |
| 17. Procter & Gamble Co. | 9.36% |
| 18. American Express Co. | 7.84% |
| 19. 3M Co. | 7.07% |
| 20. Intel Corp. | 6.26% |
| 21. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | 3.22% |
| 22. Merck & Co. Inc. | 2.91% |
| 23. JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.31% |
| 24. Pfizer Inc. | 0.32% |
| 25. Johnson & Johnson | -0.59% |
| 26. Alcoa Inc. | -3.62% |
| 27. Microsoft Corp. | -6.52% |
| 28. Bank of America Corp. | -11.16% |
| 29. Cisco Systems Inc. | -15.50% |
| 30. Hewlett-Packard Co. | -17.68% |
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