Is your portfolio starving for dividends? Here is a look at the highest yielding securities in today’s market.
Investors can use this list to find potential candidates to buy in an effort to boost their portfolio’s overall yield.
The high-yield candidates included in this list meet a number of criteria. First, each of the securities boasts an annual dividend yield of 5% or more. Second, we apply a liquidity screen to eliminate the more thinly-traded securities out there. More specifically, the list excludes equities with a market cap below $10 billion and those with a five-day average trading volume below the 1 million shares mark; also excluded from this list are stocks trading below $10 a share.
As always, investors of all experience levels are advised to use stop-loss orders and practice disciplined profit-taking techniques.
Stocks Yielding +5%
| Ticker | Name | Price | Dividend Yield | 1-Year Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPZ | Williams Partners L.P. | $19.71 | 18.27% | -61.44% |
| WMB | Williams Companies | $15.60 | 16.08% | -68.26% |
| ETP | Energy Transfer Partners | $29.57 | 14.58% | -50.15% |
| BBL | Bhp Billiton Plc | $21.14 | 11.69% | -55.91% |
| BHP | Bhp Billiton Ltd | $24.09 | 10.34% | -51.38% |
| BX | The Blackstone Group L.P. | $25.74 | 9.43% | -31.27% |
| POT | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc | $15.93 | 8.86% | -56.65% |
| RDS.B | Royal Dutch Shell | $44.35 | 8.22% | -34.56% |
| RIO | Rio Tinto Plc | $27.99 | 8.20% | -42.37% |
| HCP | HCP Inc | $28.56 | 8.10% | -34.69% |
| BP | BP P.L.C | $29.00 | 8.00% | -29.65% |
| TEF | Telefonica Sa | $10.24 | 7.47% | -32.41% |
| CTL | Centurylink | $29.25 | 7.27% | -20.15% |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | $22.59 | 6.99% | -32.67% |
| RDS.A | Royal Dutch Shell Plc | $44.33 | 6.98% | -31.98% |
| BNS | Bank of Nova Scotia | $39.80 | 6.89% | -24.03% |
| ENB | Enbridge Inc | $31.04 | 6.76% | -36.21% |
| NOV | National-Oilwell | $28.65 | 6.27% | -47.24% |
| HSBC | HSBC Holdings Plc | $31.09 | 6.20% | -30.42% |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | $50.58 | 6.12% | -15.26% |
| GSK | Glaxosmithkline Plc | $38.64 | 5.86% | -18.29% |
| HCN | Welltower Inc. | $60.67 | 5.81% | -22.90% |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands | $47.23 | 5.67% | -19.55% |
| VTR | Ventas Inc | $53.41 | 5.66% | -31.15% |
| SE | Spectra Energy Corp | $28.59 | 5.57% | -20.87% |
| VOD | Vodafone Group Plc | $30.03 | 5.51% | -16.54% |
| CS | Credit Suisse Group | $12.96 | 5.45% | -47.40% |
| TD | Toronto Dominion Bank | $37.91 | 5.33% | -10.86% |
| HST | Host Marriott Financial Trust | $14.96 | 5.22% | -30.77% |
| MFC | Manulife Financial Corp | $12.68 | 5.20% | -26.54% |
| WY | Weyerhaeuser Company | $24.25 | 5.20% | -32.13% |
| T | AT&T Inc | $36.74 | 5.19% | 8.54% |
| TOT | Totalfinaelf S.A. | $43.80 | 5.08% | -16.19% |
| STO | Statoil ASA | $13.92 | 5.02% | -25.04% |
| GM | General Motors Company | $29.38 | 5.00% | -22.05% |
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