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The Dow's Components

By Motley Fool Staff – Updated Nov 16, 2016 at 12:10PM

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Did you know "The Dow" is just 30 companies?

Many people don't realize it, but "the Dow" (short for Dow Jones Industrial Average) is merely an average based on the stock prices of 30 companies. That's right -- out of thousands and thousands of existing companies, just 30 make up the Dow.

Here's the current list.

  • 3M (NYSE:MMM)
  • Alcoa (NYSE:AA)
  • Altria Group (NYSE:MO)
  • American Express (NYSE:AXP)
  • American International Group (NYSE:AIG)
  • Boeing (NYSE:BA)
  • Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT)
  • Citigroup (NYSE:C)
  • Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO)
  • Disney (NYSE:DIS)
  • DuPont (NYSE:DD)
  • ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM)
  • General Electric (NYSE:GE)
  • General Motors (NYSE:GM)
  • Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ)
  • Home Depot (NYSE:HD)
  • Honeywell (NYSE:HON)
  • IBM (NYSE:IBM)
  • Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)
  • John son & John son (NYSE:JNJ)
  • J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)
  • McDonald's (NYSE:MCD)
  • Merck (NYSE:MRK)
  • Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)
  • Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)
  • Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG)
  • SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC)
  • United Technologies (NYSE:UTX)
  • Verizon (NYSE:VZ)
  • Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT)

The list could change at any time, but it doesn't change too often. It may remain this way for years.

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Stocks Mentioned

Walmart Stock Quote
Walmart
WMT
$130.06 (-2.50%) $-3.33
Merck & Co., Inc. Stock Quote
Merck & Co., Inc.
MRK
$86.78 (-0.83%) $0.73
Altria Group, Inc. Stock Quote
Altria Group, Inc.
MO
$41.68 (-3.67%) $-1.59
McDonald's Corporation Stock Quote
McDonald's Corporation
MCD
$245.95 (-0.80%) $-1.99
HP Inc. Stock Quote
HP Inc.
HPQ
$25.35 (-1.40%) $0.36
The Walt Disney Company Stock Quote
The Walt Disney Company
DIS
$99.50 (-2.60%) $-2.66
Microsoft Corporation Stock Quote
Microsoft Corporation
MSFT
$237.92 (-1.27%) $-3.06
American Express Company Stock Quote
American Express Company
AXP
$140.26 (-1.94%) $-2.77
Alcoa Inc. Stock Quote
Alcoa Inc.
AA
Verizon Communications Inc. Stock Quote
Verizon Communications Inc.
VZ
$39.52 (-1.03%) $0.41
Citigroup Inc. Stock Quote
Citigroup Inc.
C
$44.26 (-2.90%) $-1.32
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Stock Quote
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPM
$109.14 (-1.86%) $-2.07
International Business Machines Corporation Stock Quote
International Business Machines Corporation
IBM
$122.71 (-2.08%) $-2.60
The Coca-Cola Company Stock Quote
The Coca-Cola Company
KO
$58.60 (-1.11%) $0.66
The Boeing Company Stock Quote
The Boeing Company
BA
$131.26 (-5.37%) $-7.45
Intel Corporation Stock Quote
Intel Corporation
INTC
$27.52 (-1.96%) $0.55
Exxon Mobil Corporation Stock Quote
Exxon Mobil Corporation
XOM
$85.75 (-5.32%) $-4.82
American International Group, Inc. Stock Quote
American International Group, Inc.
AIG
$49.77 (-2.81%) $-1.44
General Electric Company Stock Quote
General Electric Company
GE
$64.55 (-1.24%) $0.81
Caterpillar Inc. Stock Quote
Caterpillar Inc.
CAT
$164.24 (-3.70%) $-6.31
Raytheon Technologies Corporation Stock Quote
Raytheon Technologies Corporation
RTX
$82.03 (-1.70%) $-1.42
General Motors Company Stock Quote
General Motors Company
GM
$35.48 (-5.08%) $-1.90
Johnson & Johnson Stock Quote
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$166.72 (0.33%) $0.54
Pfizer Inc. Stock Quote
Pfizer Inc.
PFE
$44.08 (-1.10%) $0.49
The Procter & Gamble Company Stock Quote
The Procter & Gamble Company
PG
$135.58 (-0.46%) $0.63
The Home Depot, Inc. Stock Quote
The Home Depot, Inc.
HD
$270.94 (0.67%) $1.80
Honeywell International Inc. Stock Quote
Honeywell International Inc.
HON
$171.38 (-1.08%) $-1.87
3M Company Stock Quote
3M Company
MMM
$112.99 (-1.01%) $-1.15
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Stock Quote
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
DD

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