Best Dividend Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist – April 17th

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, Exxon Mobil, and Johnson & Johnson are the three Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares in companies that regularly distribute a portion of their earnings to shareholders, typically in the form of cash dividends. These stocks are often associated with established firms that offer both steady income and the potential for capital appreciation, making them a favored choice among investors seeking regular returns. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Dividend stocks within the last several days.

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.

SQQQ stock traded down $0.17 during trading on Thursday, reaching $38.38. 80,943,712 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 47,836,713. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $35.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $33.27. ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ has a 12 month low of $26.21 and a 12 month high of $64.95.

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.

Shares of NYSE XOM traded up $3.44 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $107.63. 10,797,996 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 17,119,713. The company has a market cap of $465.54 billion, a PE ratio of 13.73, a PEG ratio of 3.02 and a beta of 0.61. Exxon Mobil has a 12 month low of $97.80 and a 12 month high of $126.34. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $110.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $112.97.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension.

NYSE:JNJ traded up $4.14 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $158.05. 7,121,952 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,891,503. Johnson & Johnson has a twelve month low of $140.68 and a twelve month high of $169.99. The company has a market capitalization of $380.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.77, a P/E/G ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.11. The company has a fifty day moving average of $159.40 and a 200 day moving average of $155.10.