Below a list of high dividend stocks with the highest dividend yields in their sectors. All companies have at least $10 billion market cap and over 4% dividend yield, and are among the top two in their sectors in terms of dividend yields. The market data is sourced from Finviz. As of 12/23/2011
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Ticker |
Company |
Sector |
Dividend Yield |
YTD Return |
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Southern Copper Corp. |
Basic Materials |
8.24% |
-34.29% |
|
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Kinder Morgan Energy |
Basic Materials |
5.74% |
22.40% |
|
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Altria Group Inc. |
Consumer Goods |
5.49% |
26.85% |
|
|
Reynolds American Inc. |
Consumer Goods |
5.46% |
33.11% |
|
|
Annaly Capital |
Financial |
14.45% |
3.04% |
|
|
HCP, Inc. |
Financial |
4.84% |
13.60% |
|
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Eli Lilly & Co. |
Healthcare |
4.77% |
23.86% |
|
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Merck & Co. Inc. |
Healthcare |
4.53% |
7.73% |
|
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Lockheed Martin |
Industrial Goods |
5.09% |
17.17% |
|
|
Waste Management |
Industrial Goods |
4.27% |
-10.16% |
|
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Paychex Inc. |
Services |
4.23% |
1.85% |
|
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CenturyLink, Inc. |
Technology |
8.08% |
-16.25% |
|
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AT&T, Inc. |
Technology |
5.91% |
4.97% |
|
|
FirstEnergy Corp. |
Utilities |
5.07% |
23.35% |
|
|
Exelon Corporation |
Utilities |
4.96% |
6.84% |
Pulled this chart from article “15 High Paying Dividend Stocks” – WD0AJG