Top 10 Best-Performing Dow 30 (DJIA) Stocks Year-to-Date: PFE, CVX, XOM, CAT, IBM, BA, DIS, DD, GE, HD (Apr 17, 2011)

Below are the top 10 best-performing Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) stocks year-to-date, UPDATED TODAY before 4:30 AM ET.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is the 1st best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 17.25% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 20.84% for the last 52 weeks. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) is the 2nd best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 16.43% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 30.21% for the last 52 weeks. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)is the 3rd best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 15.28% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 23.48% for the last 52 weeks. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) is the 4th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 14.47% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 57.15% for the last 52 weeks.International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is the 5th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 13.25% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 26.98% for the last 52 weeks.

The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) is the 6th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 11.25% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 0.71% for the last 52 weeks. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) is the 7th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 10.69% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 14.07% for the last 52 weeks. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE:DD) is the 8th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 10.04% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 39.56% for the last 52 weeks. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is the 9th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 9.57% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 2.77% for the last 52 weeks. The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) is the 10th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 8.87% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 8.62% for the last 52 weeks.