Historical components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average explained
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an American stock index composed of 30 large companies, has changed its components 58 times since its inception, on May 26, 1896.[1] As this is a historical listing, the names here are the full legal name of the corporation on that date, with abbreviations and punctuation according to the corporation's own usage. An up arrow ( ↑ ) indicates the company is added. A down arrow ( ↓ ) indicates the company is removed. A dagger ( † ) indicates a change of corporate name.
February 26, 2024
The index change was prompted by DJIA constituent Walmart Inc.’s decision to split its stock 3:1 thereby reducing Walmart’s index weight due to the price weighted construction of the index. Walmart will remain in the DJIA.
[2] August 31, 2020
3M Company | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Nike, Inc. |
American Express Company | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
Amgen Inc. ↑ | Honeywell International Inc. ↑ | Salesforce, Inc. ↑
|
Apple Inc. | Intel Corporation | The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
The Boeing Company | International Business Machines Corporation | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated |
Caterpillar Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Chevron Corporation | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Visa Inc. |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | McDonald's Corporation | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | Walmart Inc. |
Dow Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
Exxon Mobil Corporation ↓ | Pfizer Inc. ↓ | Raytheon Technologies Corporation ↓ | |
April 6, 2020
3M Company | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Pfizer Inc. |
American Express Company | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
Apple Inc. | Intel Corporation | Raytheon Technologies Corporation ↑ |
The Boeing Company | International Business Machines Corporation | The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
Caterpillar Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated |
Chevron Corporation | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | McDonald's Corporation | Visa Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. |
Dow Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | Walmart Inc. |
Exxon Mobil Corporation | Nike, Inc. | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
United Technologies Corporation ↓ | | | |
United Technologies Corporation merged with
Raytheon Company and new corporation entered index as Raytheon Technologies Corporation.
April 2, 2019
3M Company | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Pfizer Inc. |
American Express Company | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
Apple Inc. | Intel Corporation | The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
The Boeing Company | International Business Machines Corporation | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated |
Caterpillar Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | United Technologies Corporation |
Chevron Corporation | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | McDonald's Corporation | Visa Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. |
Dow Inc. ↑ | Microsoft Corporation | Walmart Inc. |
Exxon Mobil Corporation | Nike, Inc. | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
DowDuPont Inc. ↓ | | | |
DowDuPont spun off DuPont and was replaced by Dow Inc.
June 26, 2018
3M Company | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Pfizer Inc. |
American Express Company | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
Apple Inc. | Intel Corporation | The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
The Boeing Company | International Business Machines Corporation | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated |
Caterpillar Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | United Technologies Corporation |
Chevron Corporation | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | McDonald's Corporation | Visa Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. ↑ |
DowDuPont Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | Walmart Inc.
|
Exxon Mobil Corporation | Nike, Inc. | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
General Electric Company ↓ | | | |
September 1, 2017
3M Company | General Electric Company | Nike, Inc. |
American Express Company | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Pfizer Inc. |
Apple Inc. | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Boeing Company | Intel Corporation | The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
Caterpillar Inc. | International Business Machines Corporation | UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
Chevron Corporation | Johnson & Johnson | United Technologies Corporation |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Verizon Communications Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | McDonald's Corporation | Visa Inc. |
DowDuPont Inc. †
| Merck & Co., Inc. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
Exxon Mobil Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | The Walt Disney Company | |
DuPont merged with the
Dow Chemical Company under the name DowDuPont.
March 19, 2015
3M Company | General Electric Company | Nike, Inc. |
American Express Company | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Pfizer Inc. |
Apple Inc. ↑ | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Boeing Company | Intel Corporation | The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
Caterpillar Inc. | International Business Machines Corporation | UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
Chevron Corporation | Johnson & Johnson | United Technologies Corporation |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Verizon Communications Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | McDonald's Corporation | Visa Inc. |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
Exxon Mobil Corporation | Microsoft | Microsoft Corporation | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
AT&T Inc. ↓ | | | |
September 23, 2013
3M Company | General Electric Company | Nike, Inc. ↑ |
American Express Company | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ↑ | Pfizer Inc. |
AT&T Inc. | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Boeing Company | Intel Corporation | The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
Caterpillar Inc. | International Business Machines Corporation | UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
Chevron Corporation | Johnson & Johnson | United Technologies Corporation |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Verizon Communications Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | McDonald's Corporation | Visa Inc. ↑ |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
Exxon Mobil Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
Alcoa Inc. ↓ | Bank of America Corporation ↓ | Hewlett-Packard Company ↓ | |
September 24, 2012
3M Company | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | Merck & Co., Inc. |
Alcoa Inc. | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Microsoft Corporation |
American Express Company | General Electric Company | Pfizer Inc. |
AT&T Inc. | Hewlett-Packard Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
Bank of America Corporation | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
The Boeing Company | Intel Corporation | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated ↑ |
Caterpillar Inc. | International Business Machines Corporation | United Technologies Corporation |
Chevron Corporation | Johnson & Johnson | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | McDonald's Corporation | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
Kraft Foods Inc. ↓ | | | |
June 8, 2009
3M Company | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | McDonald's Corporation |
Alcoa Inc. | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Merck & Co., Inc. |
American Express Company | General Electric Company | Microsoft Corporation |
AT&T Inc. | Hewlett-Packard Company | Pfizer Inc. |
Bank of America Corporation | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Boeing Company | Intel Corporation | The Travelers Companies, Inc. ↑ |
Caterpillar Inc. | International Business Machines Corporation | United Technologies Corporation |
Chevron Corporation | Johnson & Johnson | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Cisco Systems, Inc. ↑ | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | Kraft Foods Inc. | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
Citigroup Inc. ↓ | General Motors Corporation ↓ | | |
September 22, 2008
3M Company | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | Kraft Foods Inc. ↑ |
Alcoa Inc. | Exxon Mobil Corporation | McDonald's Corporation |
American Express Company | General Electric Company | Merck & Co., Inc. |
AT&T Inc. | General Motors Corporation | Microsoft Corporation |
Bank of America Corporation | Hewlett-Packard Company | Pfizer Inc. |
The Boeing Company | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
Caterpillar Inc. | Intel Corporation | United Technologies Corporation |
Chevron Corporation | International Business Machines Corporation | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Citigroup Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
American International Group, Inc. ↓ | | | |
February 19, 2008
3M Company | The Coca-Cola Company | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Alcoa Inc. | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | McDonald's Corporation |
American Express Company | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Merck & Co., Inc. |
American International Group, Inc. | General Electric Company | Microsoft Corporation |
AT&T Inc. | General Motors Corporation | Pfizer Inc. |
Bank of America Corporation ↑ | Hewlett-Packard Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Boeing Company | The Home Depot, Inc. | United Technologies Corporation |
Caterpillar Inc. | Intel Corporation | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Chevron Corporation ↑ | International Business Machines Corporation | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
Citigroup Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
Altria Group, Inc. ↓ | Honeywell International Inc.↓ | | |
November 21, 2005
3M Company | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Alcoa Inc. | Exxon Mobil Corporation | McDonald's Corporation |
Altria Group Incorporated | General Electric Company | Merck & Co., Inc. |
American Express Company | General Motors Corporation | Microsoft Corporation |
American International Group, Inc. | Hewlett-Packard Company | Pfizer Inc. |
AT&T Inc. †
| The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Boeing Company | Honeywell International Inc. | United Technologies Corporation |
Caterpillar Inc. | Intel Corporation | Verizon Communications Inc. |
Citigroup Inc. | International Business Machines Corporation | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
The Coca-Cola Company | Johnson & Johnson | The Walt Disney Company | |
SBC Communications Inc. was renamed AT&T Inc. after it acquired the original AT&T.
April 8, 2004
3M Company | Exxon Mobil Corporation | McDonald's Corporation |
Alcoa Inc. | General Electric Company | Merck & Co., Inc. |
Altria Group Incorporated | General Motors Corporation | Microsoft Corporation |
American Express Company | Hewlett-Packard Company | Pfizer Inc. ↑ |
American International Group, Inc. ↑ | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Boeing Company | Honeywell International | SBC Communications Inc. |
Caterpillar Inc. | Intel Corporation | United Technologies Corporation |
Citigroup Inc. | International Business Machines Corporation | Verizon Communications Inc. ↑ |
The Coca-Cola Company | Johnson & Johnson | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
AT&T Corporation ↓ | Eastman Kodak Company ↓ | International Paper Company ↓ | |
January 27, 2003
3M Company †
| Eastman Kodak Company | Johnson & Johnson |
Alcoa Inc. | Exxon Mobil Corporation †
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. †
|
Altria Group, Incorporated †
| General Electric Company | McDonald's Corporation |
American Express Company | General Motors Corporation | Merck & Co., Inc. |
AT&T Corporation | Hewlett-Packard Company | Microsoft Corporation |
The Boeing Company | The Home Depot, Inc. | The Procter & Gamble Company |
Caterpillar Inc. | Honeywell International †
| SBC Communications Inc. |
Citigroup Inc. | Intel Corporation | United Technologies Corporation |
The Coca-Cola Company | International Business Machines Corporation | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | International Paper Company | The Walt Disney Company | |
Only name changes occurred. AlliedSignal Incorporated merged with and changed its name to Honeywell International. Exxon Corporation changed its name to Exxon Mobil Corporation upon merging with
Mobil, J.P. Morgan & Company changed its name to JPMorgan Chase & Co., Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing changed its name to 3M Company, and Philip Morris Companies Inc. changed its name to Altria Group, Incorporated.
November 1, 1999
Alcoa Inc. †
| Exxon Corporation | McDonald's Corporation |
AlliedSignal Incorporated | General Electric Company | Merck & Co., Inc. |
American Express Company | General Motors Corporation | Microsoft Corporation ↑ |
AT&T Corporation | Hewlett-Packard Company | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company |
The Boeing Company | The Home Depot, Inc. ↑ | Philip Morris Companies Inc. |
Caterpillar Inc. | Intel Corporation ↑ | The Procter & Gamble Company |
Citigroup Inc. †
| International Business Machines Corporation | SBC Communications Inc. ↑ |
The Coca-Cola Company | International Paper Company | United Technologies Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | Johnson & Johnson | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
Eastman Kodak Company | J.P. Morgan & Company | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
Chevron Corporation ↓ | Sears Roebuck & Company ↓ | Union Carbide Corporation ↓ |
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company ↓ | |
Travelers and Citicorp merge under the name Citigroup.
March 17, 1997
AlliedSignal Incorporated | Exxon Corporation | Merck & Co., Inc. |
Aluminum Company of America | General Electric Company | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company |
American Express Company | General Motors Corporation | Philip Morris Companies Inc. |
AT&T Corporation | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Boeing Company | Hewlett-Packard Company ↑ | Sears Roebuck & Company |
Caterpillar Inc. | International Business Machines Corporation | Travelers Inc. ↑ |
Chevron Corporation | International Paper Company | Union Carbide Corporation |
The Coca-Cola Company | Johnson & Johnson ↑ | United Technologies Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | J.P. Morgan & Company | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ↑ |
Eastman Kodak Company | McDonald's Corporation | The Walt Disney Company |
Dropped from Average |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation ↓ | Westinghouse Electric Corporation ↓ | Venator ↓ |
Texaco Incorporated ↓ | |
Bethlehem Steel, Texaco, Westinghouse, and Venator (then known as Woolworth; name changed to Foot Locker in 2001) were replaced by Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Travelers Group, and Wal-Mart Stores.
May 6, 1991
Allied-Signal Incorporated | Eastman Kodak Company | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company |
Aluminum Company of America | Exxon Corporation | Philip Morris Companies Inc. |
American Express Company | General Electric Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
AT&T Corporation †
| General Motors Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Texaco Incorporated |
The Boeing Company | International Business Machines Corporation | Union Carbide Corporation |
Caterpillar Inc. ↑ | International Paper Company | United Technologies Corporation |
Chevron Corporation | J.P. Morgan & Company ↑ | The Walt Disney Company ↑ |
The Coca-Cola Company | McDonald's Corporation | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
American Can Company ↓ | Navistar International Corporation ↓ | USX Corporation ↓ | |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company changed its name to AT&T Corporation.
March 12, 1987
Allied-Signal Incorporated | Eastman Kodak Company | Navistar International Corporation †
|
Aluminum Company of America | Exxon Corporation | Philip Morris Companies Inc. |
American Can Company | General Electric Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Express Company | General Motors Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Texaco Incorporated |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Business Machines Corporation | Union Carbide Corporation |
The Boeing Company ↑ | International Paper Company | United Technologies Corporation |
Chevron Corporation | McDonald's Corporation | USX Corporation †
|
The Coca-Cola Company ↑ | Merck & Co., Inc. | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
Inco Limited ↓ | Owens-Illinois, Inc. ↓ | |
International Harvester changed its name to Navistar International Corporation and U.S. Steel changed its name to USX Corporation.
October 30, 1985
Allied-Signal Incorporated †
| General Electric Company | Owens-Illinois, Inc. |
Aluminum Company of America | General Motors Corporation | Philip Morris Companies Inc. ↑ |
American Can Company | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Express Company | Inco Limited | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | International Business Machines Corporation | Texaco Incorporated |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Harvester Company | Union Carbide Corporation |
Chevron Corporation †
| International Paper Company | United States Steel Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | McDonald's Corporation ↑ | United Technologies Corporation |
Eastman Kodak Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Exxon Corporation | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
American Tobacco Company (B shares [3]) ↓ | General Foods Corporation ↓ | |
After merging with Signal Corp., Allied Chemical changed its name to Allied-Signal Incorporated and Standard Oil of California changed its name to Chevron Corporation.
August 30, 1982
Allied Chemical Corporation | General Electric Company | Owens-Illinois, Inc. |
Aluminum Company of America | General Foods Corporation | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Can Company | General Motors Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Express Company ↑ | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Standard Oil Co. of California |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Inco Limited | Texaco Incorporated |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | International Business Machines Corporation | Union Carbide Corporation |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Harvester Company | United States Steel Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | International Paper Company | United Technologies Corporation |
Eastman Kodak Company | Merck & Co., Inc. | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Exxon Corporation | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
Johns-Manville Corporation ↓ | |
June 29, 1979
Allied Chemical Corporation | General Foods Corporation | Owens-Illinois, Inc. |
Aluminum Company of America | General Motors Corporation | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Can Company | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Inco Limited | Standard Oil Co. of California |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | International Business Machines Corporation ↑ | Texaco Incorporated |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Harvester Company | Union Carbide Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | International Paper Company | United States Steel Corporation |
Eastman Kodak Company | Johns-Manville Corporation | United Technologies Corporation |
Exxon Corporation | Merck & Co., Inc. ↑ | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
General Electric Company | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
Chrysler Corporation ↓ | Esmark Corporation ↓ | |
August 9, 1976
Allied Chemical Corporation | Exxon Corporation †
| Owens-Illinois, Inc. |
Aluminum Company of America | General Electric Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Can Company | General Foods Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | General Motors Corporation | Standard Oil Co. of California |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Texaco Incorporated |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Inco Limited †
| Union Carbide Corporation |
Chrysler Corporation | International Harvester Company | United States Steel Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | International Paper Company | United Technologies Corporation †
|
Eastman Kodak Company | Johns-Manville Corporation | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Esmark Corporation †
| Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company ↑ | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
Anaconda Copper Mining Company ↓ | |
International Nickel changed its name to Inco, Swift & Company changed its name to Esmark, Standard Oil (NJ) changed its name to Exxon Corporation, United Aircraft changed its name to United Technologies Corporation.
June 1, 1959
Texas Company changed its name to Texaco Incorporated. Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation shortened its name to Allied Chemical Corporation.
July 3, 1956
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | General Electric Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Can Company | General Foods Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Motors Corporation | Standard Oil Co. of California |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | International Harvester Company | The Texas Company |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Nickel Company, Ltd. | Union Carbide Corporation |
Chrysler Corporation | International Paper Company ↑ | United Aircraft Corporation |
Corn Products Refining Company | Johns-Manville Corporation | United States Steel Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | National Distillers Products Corporation | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Eastman Kodak Company | National Steel Corporation | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
Loew's Theatres Incorporated ↓ | |
March 4, 1939
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | General Electric Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Can Company | General Foods Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Motors Corporation | Standard Oil Co. of California |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company ↑ | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | International Harvester Company | The Texas Company |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Nickel Company, Ltd. | Union Carbide Corporation |
Chrysler Corporation | Johns-Manville Corporation | United Aircraft Corporation ↑ |
Corn Products Refining Company | Loew's Theatres Incorporated | United States Steel Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | National Distillers Products Corporation | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Eastman Kodak Company | National Steel Corporation | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
International Business Machines Corporation ↓ | Nash Motors Company ↓ | |
November 20, 1935
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | General Foods Corporation | National Steel Corporation ↑ |
American Can Company | General Motors Corporation | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | International Business Machines Corporation | Standard Oil Co. of California |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Harvester Company | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
Chrysler Corporation | International Nickel Company, Ltd. | The Texas Company |
Corn Products Refining Company | Johns-Manville Corporation | Union Carbide Corporation |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company ↑ | Loew's Theatres Incorporated | United States Steel Corporation |
Eastman Kodak Company | Nash Motors Company | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
General Electric Company | National Distillers Products Corporation | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
Borden, Inc. ↓ | The Coca-Cola Company ↓ | |
August 13, 1934
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | General Electric Company | National Distillers Products Corporation[4] ↑ |
American Can Company | General Foods Corporation | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Motors Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Standard Oil Co. of California |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Business Machines Corporation | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
Borden, Inc. | International Harvester Company | The Texas Company |
Chrysler Corporation | International Nickel Company, Ltd. | Union Carbide Corporation |
The Coca-Cola Company | Johns-Manville Corporation | United States Steel Corporation |
Corn Products Refining Company | Loew's Theatres Incorporated | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Eastman Kodak Company | Nash Motors Company | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation ↓ | |
August 15, 1933
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | General Electric Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
American Can Company | General Foods Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Motors Corporation | Standard Oil Co. of California |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | International Business Machines Corporation | The Texas Company |
Borden, Inc. | International Harvester Company | Union Carbide Corporation |
Chrysler Corporation | International Nickel Company, Ltd. | United Aircraft and Transport Corporation ↑ |
The Coca-Cola Company | Johns-Manville Corporation | United States Steel Corporation |
Corn Products Refining Company ↑ | Loew's Theatres Incorporated | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Eastman Kodak Company | Nash Motors Company | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
Drug Incorporated ↓ | International Shoe Company ↓ | |
May 26, 1932
July 18, 1930
January 29, 1930
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | General Foods Corporation | Paramount Publix Corporation |
American Can Company | General Motors Corporation | Radio Corporation of America |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Railway Signal Company | Sears Roebuck & Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | B.F. Goodrich Corporation | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | International Harvester Company | The Texas Company |
Atlantic Refining Company | International Nickel Company, Ltd. | Texas Gulf Sulphur Company |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Johns-Manville Corporation ↑ | Union Carbide Corporation |
Chrysler Corporation | Mack Trucks, Inc. | United States Steel Corporation |
Curtiss-Wright Corporation | Nash Motors Company | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
General Electric Company | National Cash Register Company | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Dropped from Average |
North American Company ↓ | |
September 14, 1929
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | General Foods Corporation †
| Paramount Publix Corporation |
American Can Company | General Motors Corporation | Radio Corporation of America |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Railway Signal Company | Sears Roebuck & Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | B.F. Goodrich Corporation | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | International Harvester Company | The Texas Company |
Atlantic Refining Company | International Nickel Company, Ltd. | Texas Gulf Sulphur Company |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Mack Trucks, Inc. | Union Carbide Corporation |
Chrysler Corporation | Nash Motors Company | United States Steel Corporation |
Curtiss-Wright Corporation †
| National Cash Register Company | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
General Electric Company | North American Company | F. W. Woolworth Company | |
Wright Aeronautical merged with the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company to become Curtiss-Wright. Postum Inc. changed its name to General Foods.
January 8, 1929
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | General Railway Signal Company | Radio Corporation of America |
American Can Company | B.F. Goodrich Corporation | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | International Harvester Company | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
The American Sugar Refining Company | International Nickel Company, Ltd. | The Texas Company |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | Mack Trucks, Inc. | Texas Gulf Sulphur Company |
Atlantic Refining Company | Nash Motors Company | Union Carbide Corporation |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation | National Cash Register Company ↑ | United States Steel Corporation |
Chrysler Corporation | North American Company | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
General Electric Company | Paramount Publix Corporation | F. W. Woolworth Company |
General Motors Corporation | Postum Incorporated | Wright Aeronautical |
Dropped from Average |
Victor Talking Machine Company ↓ | |
October 1, 1928
The index was expanded to thirty companies.
American Car and Foundry, American Locomotive, AT&T, United Drug, U.S. Rubber, and Western Union were replaced.
Atlantic Refining, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Railway Signal, Goodrich, International Nickel, Nash Motors, North American, Postum Incorporated, Radio Corporation of America, Standard Oil (NJ), Texas Gulf Sulphur, Union Carbide, Victor Talking Machine, Westinghouse Electric, and Wright Aeronautical were added.
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation changed its name to Paramount Publix.
March 16, 1927
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | American Tobacco Company (B shares) | The Texas Company |
American Can Company | General Electric Company | United Drug Stores ↑ |
American Car and Foundry Company | General Motors Corporation | United States Rubber Company |
American Locomotive Company | International Harvester Company | United States Steel Corporation |
American Smelting & Refining Company | Mack Trucks, Inc. | Western Union Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation | F. W. Woolworth Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Sears Roebuck & Company |
Dropped from Average |
Remington Typewriter Company ↓ | |
December 31, 1925
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation | American Tobacco Company (B shares) | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Can Company | General Electric Company | The Texas Company |
American Car and Foundry Company | General Motors Corporation | United States Rubber Company |
American Locomotive Company | International Harvester Company | United States Steel Corporation |
American Smelting & Refining Company | Mack Trucks, Inc. (ex-stock dividend) | Western Union Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation | F. W. Woolworth Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Remington Typewriter Company ↑ |
Dropped from Average |
Kennecott Mines Company ↓ | Mack Trucks (stock dividend) ↓ |
|
December 7, 1925
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation ↑ | American Tobacco Company (B shares) | Sears Roebuck & Company |
American Can Company | General Electric Company | The Texas Company |
American Car and Foundry Company | General Motors Corporation | United States Rubber Company |
American Locomotive Company | International Harvester Company | United States Steel Corporation |
American Smelting & Refining Company | Kennecott Mines Company | Western Union Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | Mack Trucks, Inc. (stock dividend) | F. W. Woolworth Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation ↑ |
Dropped from Average |
United States Realty and Construction Company ↓ | Westinghouse Electric Corporation ↓ | |
August 31, 1925
May 12, 1924
American Can Company | Anaconda Copper Mining Company | Studebaker Corporation |
American Car and Foundry Company | The Baldwin Locomotive Works | United States Rubber Company |
American Locomotive Company | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | United States Steel Corporation |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Electric Company | Western Union Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | Mack Trucks, Inc. | Westinghouse Electric |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Sears Roebuck & Company | F. W. Woolworth Company ↑ |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | Standard Oil Co. (California) |
Dropped from Average |
Republic Iron and Steel Company ↓ | |
February 6, 1924
American Can Company | Anaconda Copper Mining Company | Standard Oil Co. (California)[5] ↑ |
American Car and Foundry Company | The Baldwin Locomotive Works | Studebaker Corporation |
American Locomotive Company | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | United States Rubber Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Electric Company | United States Steel Corporation |
The American Sugar Refining Company | Mack Trucks, Inc. | Western Union Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Republic Iron and Steel Company | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
American Tobacco Company (B shares) | Sears Roebuck & Company |
Dropped from Average |
Utah Copper Company ↓ | |
January 22, 1924
March 1, 1920
American Can Company | The Baldwin Locomotive Works | The Texas Company |
American Car and Foundry Company | Central Leather Company | United States Rubber Company |
American Locomotive Company | Corn Products Refining Company ↑ | United States Steel Corporation |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Electric Company | Utah Copper Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | B.F. Goodrich Corporation | Western Union Company |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Republic Iron and Steel Company | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Anaconda Copper Mining Company | Studebaker Corporation |
Dropped from Average |
The American Beet Sugar ↓ | |
October 4, 1916
The index was expanded to twenty companies.
General Motors, National Lead, Peoples Gas and U.S. Steel (Preferred) were removed.
American Beet Sugar, American Can, American Locomotive, AT&T, Baldwin Locomotive, Goodrich, Republic Iron, Studebaker, Texas Company, Utah Copper, Western Union, Westinghouse Electric were added.
July 29, 1915
American Car and Foundry Company | Central Leather Company | The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Electric Company | United States Rubber Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | General Motors Corporation | United States Steel Corporation |
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
| National Lead Company | United States Steel Corporation (Preferred) |
Dropped from Average |
Amalgamated Copper Mining Company | |
Amalgamated Copper reorganized under the name Anaconda Copper.
March 16, 1915
Amalgamated Copper Mining Company | Central Leather Company | The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company |
American Car and Foundry Company | General Electric Company | United States Rubber Company |
American Smelting & Refining Company | General Motors Corporation ↑ | United States Steel Corporation |
The American Sugar Refining Company | National Lead Company | United States Steel Corporation (Preferred) |
Dropped from Average |
United States Rubber Company (First Preferred) ↓ | |
May 12, 1912
Amalgamated Copper Mining Company | Central Leather Company ↑ | United States Rubber Company |
American Car and Foundry Company | General Electric Company | United States Rubber Company (First Preferred) |
American Smelting & Refining Company | National Lead Company | United States Steel Corporation |
The American Sugar Refining Company | The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company | United States Steel Corporation (Preferred) |
Dropped from Average |
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company ↓ | |
November 7, 1907
Amalgamated Copper Mining Company | Colorado Fuel and Iron Company | United States Rubber Company |
American Car and Foundry Company | General Electric Company ↑ | United States Rubber Company (First Preferred) |
American Smelting & Refining Company | National Lead Company | United States Steel Corporation |
The American Sugar Refining Company | The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company | United States Steel Corporation (Preferred) |
Dropped from Average |
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company ↓ | |
April 1, 1905
Amalgamated Copper Mining Company | Colorado Fuel and Iron Company | United States Rubber Company |
American Car and Foundry Company | National Lead Company | United States Rubber Company (First Preferred) ↑ |
American Smelting & Refining Company | The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company | United States Steel Corporation |
The American Sugar Refining Company | Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company | United States Steel Corporation (Preferred) |
Dropped from Average |
The United States Leather Company (Preferred) ↓ | |
July 1, 1901
April 1, 1901
April 21, 1899
September 1, 1898
The American Cotton Oil Company | The Laclede Gas Company | Standard Rope & Twine Co. |
American Spirits Manufacturing Co. | National Lead Company | Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | Pacific Mail Steamship Company | The United States Leather Company (Preferred) |
American Tobacco Company | The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company | United States Rubber Company ↑ |
Dropped from Average |
General Electric Company ↓ | |
March 24, 1898
The American Cotton Oil Company | General Electric Company | Peoples Gas |
American Spirits Manufacturing Co. | The Laclede Gas Company | Standard Rope & Twine Co. |
The American Sugar Refining Company | National Lead Company | Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company |
American Tobacco Company | Pacific Mail Steamship Company | The United States Leather Company (Preferred) | |
Peoples Gas absorbs Chicago Gas.
[7] December 23, 1896
The American Cotton Oil Company | Chicago Gas Light and Coke Company | Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
American Spirits Manufacturing Co. | General Electric Company | Standard Rope & Twine Co. ↑ |
The American Sugar Refining Company | The Laclede Gas Company | Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company |
American Tobacco Company | National Lead Company | The United States Leather Company (Preferred) |
Dropped from Average |
United States Cordage Company (Preferred) ↓ | |
November 10, 1896
The American Cotton Oil Company | Chicago Gas Light and Coke Company | Pacific Mail Steamship Company ↑ |
American Spirits Manufacturing Co. | General Electric Company | Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company |
The American Sugar Refining Company | The Laclede Gas Company | United States Cordage Company (Preferred) |
American Tobacco Company | National Lead Company | The United States Leather Company (Preferred) |
Dropped from Average |
United States Rubber Company ↓ | |
August 26, 1896
The American Cotton Oil Company | Chicago Gas Light and Coke Company | Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company |
American Spirits Manufacturing Co. †
| General Electric Company | United States Cordage Company (Preferred) ↑ |
The American Sugar Refining Company | The Laclede Gas Company | The United States Leather Company (Preferred) |
American Tobacco Company | National Lead Company | United States Rubber Company |
Dropped from Average |
North American Company ↓ | |
Distilling & Cattle Feeding changed its name to American Spirits Manufacturing.
May 26, 1896
The First Dow Jones Industrial Average[8]
Only American Sugar carried over from the precursors.
Precursors to the DJIA
Prior to the May 26, 1896, inception of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Charles Dow's stock average consisted of the Dow Jones Transportation Average. The average was created on July 3, 1884 by Charles Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company, as part of the Customer's Afternoon Letter. From its inception (until May 26, 1896), the Dow Jones Transportation Average consisted of eleven transportation-related companies: nine railroads and two non-rail companies (Western Union and Pacific Mail).
April 9, 1894
January 2, 1886
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad | Lake Shore Railway | Northern Pacific (Preferred) |
Chicago & North Western Railway | Louisville & Nashville Railroad | Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
Delaware & Hudson Canal | Missouri Pacific Railroad | Union Pacific Railroad |
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad | New York Central Railroad | The Western Union Telegraph Company |
Dropped from Average |
Central Pacific Railroad | Central Railroad of New Jersey | |
February 16, 1885
Central Pacific Railroad | Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad | Northern Pacific Railway (Preferred) |
Central Railroad of New Jersey | Lake Shore Railway | Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad | Louisville & Nashville Railroad | Union Pacific Railroad |
Chicago & North Western Railway | Missouri Pacific Railroad | The Western Union Telegraph Company |
Delaware & Hudson Canal | New York Central Railroad | |
July 3, 1884
Sources:[9] [10]
Chicago & North Western Railway Company | Missouri Pacific Railroad Company | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail Road Company |
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company | New York Central Railroad Company | Union Pacific Railroad Company |
Lake Shore Railway Company | Northern Pacific Railway Company (Preferred) | The Western Union Telegraph Company |
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
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External links
Dow Jones Industrial Average Historical Components through 2015
Notes and References
- Web site: Dow Jones History . 2013-06-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130606182847/http://www.dowjones.com/history.asp . 2013-06-06 . Dow Jones History, dowjones.com
- Web site: Amazon.com Set to Join Dow Jones Industrial Average; Uber to Join Dow Jones Transportation Average . S&P Dow Jones Indices . February 20, 2024 . February 25, 2024.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ttUWAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22american+tobacco+b%22&pg=PA617
- http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2840500145.html
- http://www.chevron.com/about/history/1912/
- http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/American-Crystal-Sugar-Company-Company-History.html
- https://www.nber.org/chapters/c6572.pdf
- http://www.moaf.org/publications-collections/financial-history-magazine/80/_res/id=File1/Article_80.pdf
- Web site: Terrell . Ellen . Research Guides: This Month in Business History: Dow Jones Industrial Average First Published . 2024-07-08 . guides.loc.gov . en.
- Web site: Dow Jones Industrial Average Historical Components . 2024-07-08 . 2017-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202183745/http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/downloads/brochure_info/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average_Historical_Components.pdf . dead .