Dividend Stocks To Research – November 12th

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, Chevron, and PepsiCo are the three Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares of companies that distribute a portion of their profits to shareholders, typically through regular cash payments called dividends. Investors may buy them for income as well as potential share-price growth, though dividend payments and stock values are not guaranteed. 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 traded up $0.43 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $40.98. The stock had a trading volume of 52,368,706 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,040,742. ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ has a 1 year low of $31.42 and a 1 year high of $90.71. The business has a fifty day moving average of $37.73 and a 200 day moving average of $49.34.

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 CVX stock traded up $4.43 on Thursday, hitting $217.71. 3,566,820 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,215,978. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.34. Chevron has a one year low of $146.49 and a one year high of $236.48. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $215.23 and its 200 day simple moving average is $195.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $427.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.93, a P/E/G ratio of 0.49 and a beta of 0.47.

PepsiCo (PEP)

PepsiCo, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region.

PepsiCo stock traded down $1.24 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $142.70. The company had a trading volume of 4,514,198 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,250,081. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $133.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $145.71. PepsiCo has a 12-month low of $123.47 and a 12-month high of $171.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The firm has a market cap of $194.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.95, a P/E/G ratio of 4.27 and a beta of 0.31.