The Dow Jones Composite Average is the

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composed of 65 prominent companies traded on both exchanges, maintained and tracked by

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. The average's components include every stock from the

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(30 components), the

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(20), and the

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(15).

Components

* 3M Co. (MMM) (conglomerates) * AES Corporation (The) (AES) (electric utilities) * Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) (regional airlines) * American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) (major airlines) * American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP) (electric utilities) *

American Express Co. American Express Company (Amex) is an American multinational corporation, multinational corporation specialized in payment card industry, payment card services headquartered at 200 Vesey Street in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Man ...

(AXP) (credit services) * American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) (water utilities) * Amgen Inc. (AMGN) ( drug manufacturers) * Apple Inc. (AAPL) (consumer goods) * Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO) (gas utilities) * Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) (rental & leasing services) * Boeing Company (The) (BA) (aerospace & defense) * Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) (farm & construction equipment) * C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (CHRW) (air delivery & freight services) *

Chevron Corporation Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. The second-largest direct descendant of Standard Oil, and originally known as the Standard Oil Company of California (shortened to Socal or CalSo), it is headquartered in Sa ...

(CVX) (major integrated oil & gas) *

Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develo ...

(CSCO) (computer networking) * Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) (beverages) * Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) (diversified utilities) * CSX Corp. (CSX) (railroads) * Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) (major airlines) * Dominion Energy, Inc. (D) (electric utilities) *

Dow Inc. The Dow Chemical Company, officially Dow Inc., is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company is among the three largest chemical producers in the world. Dow manufactures plastics ...

(DOW) (chemicals) * Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) (electric utilities) * Edison International (EIX) (electric utilities) * Exelon Corp. (EXC) (diversified utilities) * Expeditors International (EXPD) (air delivery & freight services) * FedEx Corporation (FDX) (air delivery & freight services) * FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) (electric utilities) * Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) (GS) (investment brokerage) * Home Depot, Inc. (The) (HD) (home improvement stores) * Honeywell International Inc. (HON) (conglomerates) * 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) * Kirby Corporation (KEX) (shipping) * Landstar System, Inc. (LSTR) (trucking) *

Matson, Inc. Matson, Inc. is an American shipping and navigation services company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1882, Matson, Inc.'s subsidiary Matson Navigation Company provides ocean shipping services across the Pacific to Hawaii, Alaska, G ...

(MATX) (shipping) * McDonald's Corp. (MCD) (restaurants) * Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) ( drug manufacturers) * Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) (application software) * NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) (electric utilities) * Nike, Inc. (NKE) (apparel, footwear & accessories) * Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) (railroads) *

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (ODFL) is an American regional, inter-regional and national less than truckload shipping (LTL) company. In addition to its core LTL services, the company offers logistics and household moving services. The com ...

(ODFL) (trucking) * Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) (cleaning products) * Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (PEG) (diversified utilities) *

Ryder System, Inc. Ryder System, Inc., commonly known as Ryder, is an American transportation and logistics company. It is especially known for its fleet of commercial rental trucks. Ryder specializes in fleet management, supply chain management, and transp ...

(R) (rental & leasing services) * salesforce.com, inc. (CRM) (application software) *

Sempra Energy Sempra is a North American energy infrastructure company based in San Diego, California. The company is one of the largest utility holding companies in the United States with roughly 40 million consumers. Sempra's focus is on electric and natura ...

(SRE) (Multi-Utilities) * Southern Company (The) (SO) (electric utilities) * Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) (regional airlines) * Travelers Companies, Inc. (The) (TRV) (insurance) *

Union Pacific Corporation The Union Pacific Corporation (Union Pacific) is a publicly traded railroad holding company. It was incorporated in Utah in 1969 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the parent company of the current, Delaware-registered, form of the ...

(UNP) (railroads) * United Airlines Holdings (UAL) (major airlines) *

United Parcel Service, Inc. United Parcel Service (UPS, stylized as ups) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has grown t ...

(UPS) (air delivery & freight services) * UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) (health care plans) * Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) (telecom services) * Visa Inc. (V) (credit services) * Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) (retailing) * Walmart Inc. (WMT) (discount, variety stores) * Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS) (entertainment) * Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) (electric utilities) (as of December 2021) The Dow Jones Composite Average is primarily made up of large market capitalization stocks, with a few middle capitalization and small capitalization companies included. 45 of the 65 components of the average are traded on the

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, with the 20 others being traded on the

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