Top Dividend Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist – February 02nd

Chevron, AbbVie, Exxon Mobil, ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, International Paper, United Parcel Service, and Verizon Communications are the seven Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares of a company that pay out regular dividends to their shareholders, typically on a quarterly basis. These dividends are a portion of the company’s profits distributed to investors as a way to provide a steady income stream and attract long-term investors. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Dividend stocks within the last several days.

Chevron (CVX)

Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant.

Shares of NYSE:CVX traded down $7.11 on Friday, hitting $149.21. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 16,725,506 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,860,612. The company has a market capitalization of $268.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.07. Chevron has a 12 month low of $135.37 and a 12 month high of $167.11. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $153.19 and its two-hundred day moving average is $151.09.

AbbVie (ABBV)

AbbVie Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Humira, an injection for autoimmune and intestinal Behçet's diseases, and pyoderma gangrenosum; Skyrizi to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, psoriatic disease, and Crohn's disease; Rinvoq to treat rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, atopic dermatitis, axial spondyloarthropathy, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease; Imbruvica for the treatment of adult patients with blood cancers; Epkinly to treat lymphoma; Elahere to treat cancer; and Venclexta/Venclyxto to treat blood cancers.

Shares of NYSE:ABBV traded up $8.25 during trading on Friday, reaching $183.90. The company had a trading volume of 11,926,469 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,362,292. AbbVie has a twelve month low of $153.58 and a twelve month high of $207.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.64, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a current ratio of 0.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $324.98 billion, a PE ratio of 63.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 0.58. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $176.57 and its 200 day moving average is $185.06.

Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.

NYSE XOM traded down $2.75 on Friday, reaching $106.82. 20,373,958 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 13,650,872. Exxon Mobil has a 12 month low of $100.42 and a 12 month high of $126.34. The company has a market cap of $469.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.30, a P/E/G ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.91. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $110.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is $115.23. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ)

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (the Fund) seeks daily investment results, which corresponds to three times the inverse of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the non-financial domestic and international issues listed on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) Stock Market.

NASDAQ:SQQQ traded up $0.18 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $29.03. 73,146,919 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 54,893,633. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $30.10 and a 200 day moving average price of $36.45. ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ has a 1-year low of $27.23 and a 1-year high of $64.95.

International Paper (IP)

International Paper Company produces and sells renewable fiber-based packaging and pulp products in North America, Latin America, Europe, and North Africa. It operates through two segments, Industrial Packaging and Global Cellulose Fibers. The company offers linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium and saturating kraft; and pulp for a range of applications, such as diapers, towel and tissue products, feminine care, incontinence, and other personal care products, as well as specialty pulps for use in textiles, construction materials, paints, coatings, and others.

IP stock traded down $1.40 on Friday, hitting $55.65. 36,747,790 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,788,641. The stock has a market cap of $19.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.56 and a beta of 1.03. International Paper has a 1-year low of $32.70 and a 1-year high of $60.36. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $56.06 and a 200-day moving average of $51.67.

United Parcel Service (UPS)

United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation and delivery, distribution, contract logistics, ocean freight, airfreight, customs brokerage, and insurance services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of express letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States.

Shares of UPS traded down $0.71 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $114.19. 15,842,034 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,941,251. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $128.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of $130.28. The company has a market capitalization of $97.45 billion, a PE ratio of 17.25, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.14 and a quick ratio of 1.14. United Parcel Service has a one year low of $109.62 and a one year high of $158.95.

Verizon Communications (VZ)

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business).

NYSE VZ traded down $0.07 on Friday, hitting $39.41. 45,176,702 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 22,944,896. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a current ratio of 0.63 and a quick ratio of 0.59. Verizon Communications has a twelve month low of $37.58 and a twelve month high of $45.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $165.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.21 and a beta of 0.46. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $40.61 and its 200-day moving average price is $41.57.