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
Ticker
Company
Sector
Dividend Yield
YTD Return
SCCO
Southern Copper Corp.
Basic Materials
8.24%
-34.29%
KMP
Kinder Morgan Energy
Basic Materials
5.74%
22.40%
MO
Altria Group Inc.
Consumer Goods
5.49%
26.85%
RAI
Reynolds American Inc.
Consumer Goods
5.46%
33.11%
NLY
Annaly Capital
Financial
14.45%
3.04%
HCP
HCP, Inc.
Financial
4.84%
13.60%
LLY
Eli Lilly & Co.
Healthcare
4.77%
23.86%
MRK
Merck & Co. Inc.
Healthcare
4.53%
7.73%
LMT
Lockheed Martin
Industrial
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