Dividend Data for DIYers

Here is a table adapted from Barron's 6/15 issue, page M47, showing the quarterly year-over-year dividend payouts of stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average:

Company/Ticker	March 2014	March 2015
Am. Exp. (AXP)	.23	.26
Apple (APPL)	a	.47
AT&T (T)	.46	a
Boeing (BA)	.73	.91
Caterpillar (CAT)	.60	.70
Chevron (CVX)	1.00	1.07
Cisco (CSCO)	.19	.21
Coca-Cola (KO)	.305	.33
Disney (DIS)	Nil	Nil
Du Pont (D)	.45	.47
Exxon (XON)	.63	.69
Gen Elect (GE)	.22	.23
Goldman Sachs (GS)	.55	.60
Home Depot (HD)	.47	.59
IBM (IBM)	.95	1.10
Intel (INTC)	.225	.24
John&John (JNJ)	.66	.70
JPMorgan(JPM)	.38	.40
McDonalds(MCD)	.81	.85
Merck(MRK)	.44	.45
Microsoft(MSFT)	.28	.31
Nike(NKE)	.24	.28
Pfizer(PFE)	.26	.28
ProcGamble(PG)	.6015	.6436
3M(MMM)	.855	1.025
Travelers(TRV)	.50	.55
UnitedHealth(UNH)	.28	.375
UnitedTech((UTX)	.59	.64
Verizon(VZ)	.53	.55
Visa(V)	.40	.12
Wal-Mart(WMT)	.48	.49

Note that all except Visa increased their dividend.  Apple replaced AT&T, so their dividend experience isn't shown.  Overall dividends amounted to $103.65 compared to $91.94 a year earlier.  The yield increased from 2.22% to 2.25%.

For reference purposes, the yield on the 10-year Treasury is approximately 2.40%.