Dow Jones Composite Average

The Dow Jones Composite Average is a stock index from Dow Jones Indexes that tracks 65 prominent companies. The average's components are every stock from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Dow Jones Transportation Average, and the Dow Jones Utility Average.

Components

• 3M Co. (MMM) (conglomerates)
• AES Corp., The (AES) (electric utilities)
• ALCOA Inc. (AA) (aluminum)
• Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (ALEX) (shipping)
• American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP) (electric utilities)
• American Express Co. (AXP) (credit services)
• AMR Corporation (AMR) (major airlines)
• AT&T Inc. (T) (telecom services)
• Bank of America (BAC) (banking)
• Boeing Co., The (BA) (aerospace/defense)
• Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) (farm & construction equipment)
• CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) (diversified utilities)
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (CHRW) (air delivery & freight services)
• Chevron Corp. (CVX) (major integrated oil & gas)
• Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) (computer networking)
• Coca-Cola Co. (KO) (beverages)
• Con-Way, Inc. (CNW) (trucking)
• Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) (diversified utilities)
• CSX Corp. (CSX) (railroads)
• Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) (major airlines)
• Dominion Resources, Inc. (D) (electric utilities)
• Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) (electric utilities)
• E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (DD) (chemicals)
• Edison International (EIX) (electric utilities)
• Exelon Corp. (EXC) (diversified utilities)
• Expeditors International (EXPD) (air delivery & freight services)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) (major integrated oil & gas)
• FedEx Corporation (FDX) (air delivery & freight services)
• FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) (electric utilities)
• GATX Corp. (GMT) (rental & leasing services)
• General Electric Co. (GE) (conglomerates)
• Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) (diversified computer systems)
• Home Depot, Inc. (HD) (home improvement stores)
• Intel Corp. (INTC) (semiconductors)
• International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) (diversified computer systems)
• JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) (trucking)
• JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) (regional airlines)
• JPMorgan Chase and Co. (JPM) (money center banks)
• Johnson & Johnson Inc. (JNJ) (drug manufacturers)
• Kansas City Southern (KSU) (railroads)
• Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) (Food - Major Diversified)
• Landstar System, Inc. (LSTR) (trucking)
• McDonald's Corp. (MCD) (restaurants)
• Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) (drug manufacturers)
• Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) (application software)
• NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) (electric utilities)
• NiSource, Inc. (NI) (diversified utilities)
• Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) (railroads)
• Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) (shipping)
• Pfizer, Inc. (PFE) (drug manufacturers)
• PG&E Corp. (PCG) (diversified utilities)
• Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) (cleaning products)
• Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (PEG) (diversified utilities)
• Ryder System, Inc. (R) (rental & leasing services)
• Southern Company, Inc. (SO) (electric utilities)
• Southwest Airlines, Inc. (LUV) (regional airlines)
• Travelers Cos. Inc. (TRV) (insurance)
• UAL Corp. (UAL) (major airlines)
• Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) (railroads)
• United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) (air delivery & freight services)
• United Technologies Corp. (UTX) (conglomerates)
• Verizon Communications (VZ) (telecom services)
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) (discount, variety stores)
• Walt Disney Co., The (DIS) (entertainment)
• Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) (oil & gas pipelines)

(last change July 9, 2010)

The Dow Jones Composite Average is primarily made up of large market capitalization stocks, with a few middle capitalization and small capitalization companies included. 57 of the 65 components of the average are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, with the 8 others being traded on the NASDAQ.

External links

• Yahoo! Finance page for ^DJA
• Bloomberg page for COMP:IND
• Dow Jones Composite Average information from Dow Jones Indexes
• Ezra's Chartbooks Dow Index chart, 1919 to Today, including ECB trendlines