Pfizer Edges Past IBM to Capture Second Place With Two Trading Sessions Left in the Year
Home Depot, Kraft Foods Round Out Top 5 Through Close of Trading on December 28
Dow Jones Industrial Average Up 4.96% From Its 2010 Close
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With two days of trading left this year, 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 28, shares of the world's largest fast-food chain are up 33.65%. In a sudden shift Pfizer Inc. following Wednesday's close of trading has leapfrogged over IBM Corp. for second place on The Dow's leader-board with a 2011 gain of 28.13% versus 27.49%, respectively. Rounding out The Dow's top five are Home Depot Inc. a gain of (22.00%) and Kraft Foods Inc. (class A shares, 21.37%). McDonald's, Pfizer, IBM, Home Depot and Kraft Foods are the only stocks that have gained more than 20% to this point in 2011.
The Dow's worst performer so far in 2011 is Bank of America Corp., whose shares have fallen 60.16% through December 28, 16 percentage points worse than Alcoa Inc. (down 44.17%).
To this point in 2011, The Dow is up 4.96% 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 2.79%. Hewlett-Packard Co., 2010's worst-performing DJIA stock (down 17.68%), is 28th so far in 2011 with a decline of 39.22%.
A list of the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average and their performance through December 28, 2011, and for full-year 2010, is below.
|
Dow Jones Industrial Average components |
YTD December 28, 2011 |
| 1. McDonald's Corp. | 33.65% |
| 2. Pfizer Inc. | 28.13% |
| 3. International Business Machines Corp. | 27.49% |
| 4. Home Depot Inc. | 22.00% |
| 5. Kraft Foods Inc. Cl A | 21.37% |
| 6. Chevron Corp. | 19.78% |
| 7. Intel Corp. | 19.35% |
| 8. Exxon Mobil Corp. | 17.86% |
| 9. Verizon Communications Inc. | 17.13% |
| 10. Boeing Co. | 15.01% |
| 11. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | 13.79% |
| 12. American Express Co. | 11.18% |
| 13. Johnson & Johnson | 9.67% |
| 14. Merck & Co. Inc. | 8.78% |
| 15. Coca-Cola Co. | 8.74% |
| 16. Travelers Cos. Inc. | 8.74% |
| 17. AT&T Inc. | 7.98% |
| 18. Procter & Gamble Co. | 6.79% |
| 19. Walt Disney Co. | 0.95% |
| 20. General Electric Co. | 0.89% |
| 21. Caterpillar Inc. | -2.79% |
| 22. 3M Co. | -3.53% |
| 23. United Technologies Corp. | -4.92% |
| 24. Microsoft Corp. | -5.07% |
| 25. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. | -5.82% |
| 26. Cisco Systems Inc. | -9.22% |
| 27. JPMorgan Chase & Co. | -21.36% |
| 28. Hewlett-Packard Co. | -39.22% |
| 29. Alcoa Inc. | -44.17% |
| 30. Bank of America Corp. | -60.16% |
|
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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