Final 2016 Dogs Of The Dow Performance And 2017 Changes By: TalkMarkets December 31, 2016 at 16:28 PM EST The 20.5% return for the 2016 Dogs of the Dow exceeded the performance of both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index in 2016. Read More >> Related Stocks: Boeing Co Caterpillar Coca-Cola Company Pfizer Procter & Gamble Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.