DIA | Blue Chip Companies
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How does DIA work?
Unlike most index funds, this ETF is price-weighted, giving greater influence to stocks with higher share prices rather than larger market capitalizations. It tracks 30 established blue-chip companies that are often viewed as leaders in their industries.
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What are the risks of DIA?
Because it holds a relatively small number of stocks and excludes entire sectors such as utilities, individual holdings can have an outsized impact on performance. However, it also avoids the heavy technology concentration seen in many other major indices.
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What dividends does DIA pay?
With an emphasis on financially stable companies and consistent payouts, it generally delivers a higher dividend yield than the broader S&P 500.
Holdings of DIA by weight
| # | Weight | Ticker | Market Cap | Company | Proportion |
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| 1 | 10.94% | GS | 232.1B | Goldman Sachs |
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| 2 | 9.16% | CAT | 322.9B | Caterpillar |
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| 3 | 5.12% | MSFT | 2.9T | Microsoft |
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| 4 | 4.78% | AMGN | 197.4B | Amgen |
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| 5 | 4.65% | HD | 337.5B | Home Depot |
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| 6 | 4.42% | SHW | 79.2B | Sherwin-Williams Company |
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| 7 | 4.21% | MCD | 232.5B | McDonald's |
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| 8 | 4.07% | V | 590.7B | Visa |
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| 9 | 3.94% | TRV | 65.4B | Travelers Companies |
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| 10 | 3.90% | AXP | 206.0B | American Express |
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| 11 | 3.81% | JPM | 764.4B | JPMorgan Chase |
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| 12 | 3.67% | UNH | 256.0B | UnitedHealth Group |
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| 13 | 3.34% | AAPL | 3.7T | Apple |
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| 14 | 3.13% | JNJ | 582.0B | Johnson & Johnson |
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| 15 | 3.11% | IBM | 231.1B | International Business Machines |
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| 16 | 3.09% | HON | 149.1B | Honeywell International |
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| 17 | 2.84% | BA | 164.9B | Boeing Company |
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| 18 | 2.65% | AMZN | 2.2T | Amazon |
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| 19 | 2.49% | CRM | 178.0B | Salesforce |
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| 20 | 2.39% | CVX | 389.9B | Chevron |
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| 21 | 2.28% | NVDA | 4.4T | Nvidia |
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| 22 | 2.03% | PG | 350.1B | Procter & Gamble Company |
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| 23 | 2.01% | MMM | 79.5B | 3M |
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| 24 | 1.62% | WMT | 1.0T | Walmart |
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| 25 | 1.52% | MRK | 285.8B | Merck & Co. |
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| 26 | 1.31% | DIS | 175.9B | Walt Disney Company |
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| 27 | 1.01% | KO | 332.6B | Coca-Cola Company |
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| 28 | 1.00% | CSCO | 309.4B | Cisco Systems |
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| 29 | 0.75% | NKE | 79.9B | Nike |
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| 30 | 0.65% | VZ | 216.7B | Verizon |
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