Charles B. Carlson, CFA
The list below ranks the Dow stocks on the ratio of stock price to 200-day moving average price, from the lowest ratio to the highest ratio. The 10 Dow stocks with the lowest ratios are highlighted. A variation of my Worst-To-First Strategies focuses on creating portfolios from the 10 Dow stocks with the lowest ratio of current stock price to 200-day moving average price (1-stock, 3-stock, 5-stock, or 10-stock portfolios). For example, if you want a 3-stock portfolio, buy the first three stocks in the list and hold for 12 months.

FURTHEST FROM 200-DAY MOVING AVERAGE (Data as of: 4/23/2024)

Company NameTickerRecent Price $YTD % Price ChangeClose Ratio
Walgreens Boots AllianceWBA18.05-30.90.778
BoeingBA169.18-35.10.806
IntelINTC34.28-31.80.858
NIKENKE94.02-13.40.913
AppleAAPL166.90-13.30.917
Cisco SystemsCSCO48.32-4.40.939
3MMMM93.00-14.90.942
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ149.56-4.60.944
UnitedHealthUNH486.18-7.70.956
McDonald'sMCD276.88-6.60.983
AmgenAMGN273.54-5.01.005
HoneywellHON196.16-6.51.006
Home DepotHD339.00-2.21.015
Coca-ColaKO60.642.91.028
ChevronCVX162.859.21.050
DowDOW56.743.51.055
Procter & GamblePG161.5010.21.055
VisaV274.115.31.070
WalmartWMT59.0912.41.076
Verizon CommunicationsVZ39.705.31.078
MicrosoftMSFT407.578.41.106
Salesforce.comCRM276.685.11.116
MerckMRK126.8816.41.124
IBMIBM182.1911.41.130
TravelersTRV214.3212.51.141
J.P. Morgan ChaseJPM192.1413.01.176
Goldman SachsGS424.009.91.187
DisneyDIS113.7125.91.201
CaterpillarCAT363.2522.91.248
American ExpressAXP238.9627.61.320