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Apr.29
12:49 PM ET
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2009
Farrell: Performance Of Dividend-Paying Stocks
Posted By:Vince Farrell
Companies:United States Steel Corporation | IBM
Below are the 32 stocks that are in the S&P "100" that have increased their dividends sometime in the last six months (a/o: close April 27, 2009).
I think that increasing the dividend in the teeth of the financial storm that is raging is a statement.
It is interesting to see the performance of the stocks as well.
Just today, US Steel [X
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Performance of dividend-paying stocks |
| SYMBOL | NAME | 6 MONTHS | 1 YEAR |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores Inc | -2.34% | -15.85% |
| T | AT&T Inc | 3.77% | -34.40% |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Co/The | -12.90% | -24.91% |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | -15.44% | -24.44% |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp | 25.36% | -8.43% |
| KO | Coca-Cola Co/The | 3.00% | -28.80% |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM Inc | 27.05% | -0.16% |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | -18.83% | -15.83% |
| MON | Monsanto Co | 14.22% | -35.29% |
| CVS | CVS Caremark Corp | 22.52% | -26.90% |
| MMM | 3M Co | -5.00% | -26.30% |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corp | 1.03% | -29.54% |
| LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | 8.98% | -32.88% |
| BAX | Baxter International Inc | -11.57% | -20.58% |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Co | 8.40% | -21.98% |
| BA | Boeing Co/The | -6.82% | -53.48% |
| NKE | NIKE Inc | 16.28% | -21.25% |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co | 10.01% | -38.43% |
| SO | Southern Co/The | -9.68% | -19.81% |
| MET | MetLife Inc | 7.41% | -53.77% |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc | 15.56% | -49.91% |
| PX | Praxair Inc | 43.87% | -24.55% |
| FPL | FPL Group Inc | 26.06% | -23.04% |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corp | -10.16% | -22.22% |
| GD | General Dynamics Corp | -1.89% | -43.60% |
| XTO | XTO Energy Inc | 10.63% | -48.38% |
| Median Performance | 5.59 | -25.61% | |
| S&P 500 Index Performance | 1.01% | -38.65% |
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Vincent Farrell, Jr. is chief investment officer at Soleil Securities Group and a regular contributor to CNBC. 
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