Best Dividend Stocks To Watch Now – August 17th

Exxon Mobil, ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, Chevron, Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares, and PepsiCo are the five Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares of companies that distribute a portion of their earnings to shareholders as regular cash payments. These dividends provide investors with a steady income stream in addition to any potential capital gains from stock price appreciation. Companies that issue dividend stocks are typically well-established, financially stable firms with a history of consistent profitability. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Dividend stocks within the last several days.

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 XOM traded down $0.84 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $106.54. 19,264,554 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 16,134,398. Exxon Mobil has a 1 year low of $97.80 and a 1 year high of $126.34. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $110.25 and its 200-day moving average is $108.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.25, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $454.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.53.

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 up $0.26 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $17.27. The stock had a trading volume of 107,523,360 shares, compared to its average volume of 93,123,875. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $19.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $27.57. ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ has a 52-week low of $16.71 and a 52-week high of $57.80.

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.

CVX traded up $1.36 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $156.52. 11,613,242 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,908,853. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $150.13 and its 200 day simple moving average is $148.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $270.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Chevron has a 1-year low of $132.04 and a 1-year high of $168.96.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL)

Shares of NASDAQ:TSLL traded down $0.36 during trading on Friday, reaching $12.19. 115,726,098 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 166,221,953. Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares has a fifty-two week low of $6.29 and a fifty-two week high of $41.50. The firm has a market cap of $6.55 billion, a PE ratio of 88.55 and a beta of -5.14. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $11.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $12.51.

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.

PEP stock traded up $1.78 during trading on Friday, hitting $150.40. The stock had a trading volume of 9,161,546 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,005,892. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.60. PepsiCo has a twelve month low of $127.60 and a twelve month high of $179.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $205.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.40, a PEG ratio of 4.01 and a beta of 0.45. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $137.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $140.56.