Top Dividend Stocks To Keep An Eye On – January 30th

United Parcel Service, Comcast, ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, AT&T, and Verizon Communications are the five Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that pay a portion of their profits to their shareholders on a regular basis. These payments are known as dividends and are typically distributed in the form of cash but can also be paid in additional shares of stock. Investing in dividend stocks can provide investors with a consistent income stream and potentially higher returns over time. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Dividend stocks within the last several days.

United Parcel Service (UPS)

United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation and delivery, distribution, contract logistics, ocean freight, airfreight, customs brokerage, and insurance services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of express letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States.

United Parcel Service stock traded down $19.88 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $113.90. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 31,752,345 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,710,248. United Parcel Service has a 12-month low of $109.62 and a 12-month high of $158.95. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $129.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $130.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a current ratio of 1.14. The company has a market capitalization of $97.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.32, a PEG ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.00.

Comcast (CMCSA)

Comcast Corporation operates as a media and technology company worldwide. It operates through Residential Connectivity & Platforms, Business Services Connectivity, Media, Studios, and Theme Parks segments. The Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment provides residential broadband and wireless connectivity services, residential and business video services, sky-branded entertainment television networks, and advertising.

CMCSA stock traded down $4.52 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $32.84. 48,020,597 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 23,570,645. Comcast has a 52-week low of $32.50 and a 52-week high of $47.11. The company has a market capitalization of $125.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.14, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.72. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $39.01 and a 200-day moving average price of $40.15.

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.

NASDAQ SQQQ traded down $0.34 on Thursday, hitting $28.89. The stock had a trading volume of 32,578,505 shares, compared to its average volume of 53,070,590. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $30.28 and a 200-day moving average of $36.56. ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ has a 52-week low of $27.23 and a 52-week high of $64.95.

AT&T (T)

AT&T, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of telecommunications and technology services. It operates through the Communications and Latin America segments. The Communications segment offers wireless, wireline telecom, and broadband services to businesses and consumers located in the US and businesses globally.

Shares of T traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $24.21. 25,962,587 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 38,312,637. The company has a market cap of $173.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.50 and a beta of 0.59. AT&T has a 1 year low of $15.94 and a 1 year high of $24.98. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $22.89 and a 200 day moving average price of $21.57. The company has a current ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09.

Verizon Communications (VZ)

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business).

NYSE:VZ traded down $0.53 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $39.76. 15,074,697 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 24,910,266. The firm has a market cap of $167.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.14, a P/E/G ratio of 3.27 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.32. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $40.75 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $41.60. Verizon Communications has a 52 week low of $37.58 and a 52 week high of $45.36.