The companies that the Dow 30 includes represent all industries but the transportation and utilities sectors. These two sectors are measured by the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Dow Jones Utility Average, respectively. 1
How many companies are included in the Dow Jones industrial average?
The thirty companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are listed below. The list is sorted by each component's weight in the index. The weight of each company is determined by the price of the stock. A $100 stock will be weighted more than a $30 stock.
What is a Dow 30 index?
The Dow 30 is a widely-watched stock market index comprising of 30 large U.S. publicly traded companies. It is also called the "Dow" or the "Dow Jones Industrial Average." Constituents are chosen by a committee and the index is price-weighted.
What does the Dow 30 Committee do?
The committee also maintains adequate stock sector representation within the index when deciding which companies fit the bill for the Dow. The Dow 30 was launched by Dow Jones & Company founder and Wall Street Journal editor Charles Dow in 1896. Originally, it had just 12 stocks, most of which were in the industrial sector.
