The top performing Dow stocks as index hits intraday record high

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DJI]) has hit an intraday all-time high at more than 45,690 points.

The record was previously reached on Tuesday with an intraday high of 45,207.39 points, before the index retreated to close flat. Its all-time high closing happened on Dec. 4, 2024, at 45,014.04 points.

Currently, the Dow (DJI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DJI]) is up 2% on Friday, up 7.34% year-to-date and 11.68% from a year ago.

Here are the top performing stocks – at the time of writing – and their Seeking Alpha quant ratings:

* American Express (AXP [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AXP]) – Up 4%; SA Quant rating: 3.37
* Home Depot (HD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/HD]) – Up 3.7%; SA Quant rating: 3.30
* Caterpillar (CAT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CAT]) – Up 3.7%; SA Quant rating: 3.09
* Goldman Sachs (GS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GS]) – Up 3.6%; SA Quant rating: 3.32
* Sherwin-Williams (SHW [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SHW]) – Up 3.3%; SA Quant rating: 2.74
* Boeing (BA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BA]) – Up 3.2%; SA Quant rating: 3.16
* Nike (NKE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NKE]) – Up 2.9%; SA Quant rating: 3.00
* Walt Disney (DIS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DIS]) – Up 2.7%; SA Quant rating: 4.91
* 3M (MMM [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MMM]) – Up 2.7%; SA Quant rating: 3.26
* Amazon (AMZN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AMZN]) – Up 2.4%; SA Quant rating: 3.49

Within the index, only four stocks are in the red:

* Verizon Communications (VZ [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VZ]) – Down 1.1%; SA Quant rating: 3.46
* Coca-Cola (KO [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KO]) – Down 0.9%; SA Quant rating: 3.40
* Johnson & Johnson (JNJ [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/JNJ]) – Down 0.5%; SA Quant rating: 3.48
* Procter & Gamble (PG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/PG]) – Down 0.03%; SA Quant rating: 3.20

Seeking Alpha's Quant system is driven by powerful computer processing and SA's special 'Quantamental' analysis. It awards grades to stocks based on collective value, growth, profitability, earnings per share revisions, and price momentum metrics.

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