Dividend Yield Analysis Of The S&P 500 As Of July 2011

Dividend Yield List S&P 500 By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The S&P 500 index is a popular used tool by investors. Professionals like big insurance player allocate their portfolio weighting on the Dow Jones Index and Standard&Poors 500. The S&P 500 is a free-float capitalization-weighted index published since 1957 by Standard & Poor's, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies. I screened the index with its 500 companies by dividends. The highest yield of the S&P 500 was 9.55 percent paid by Frontier Communications (FTR). The lowest yield came from Precision Castparts (PCP) with a dividend yield of 0.07 percent. In total, 388 stocks pay dividends and have a positive yield, 112 stocks pay no dividends. Here are my favorites:

1. Altria (MO) is acting within the tobacco industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 55.18 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 23.89 billion and a net income of USD 3.42 billion. It follows, Price/Earnings ratio is 13.6, Price/Sales 3.2 and Price/Book ratio 10.1. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 5.8 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 45 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 9.4 percent | Dividends Since 1928 | Ex-Div. Date: Jun-13-2011

2. Kimberly Clark (KMB) is acting within the household and personal products industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 26.68 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 19.94 billion and a net income of USD 1.81 billion. It follows, Price/Earnings ratio is 15.4, Price/Sales 1.4 and Price/Book ratio 4.9. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 4.0 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 36 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 3.9 percent | Dividends Since 1935 | Ex-Div. Date: Jun-08-2011

3. Lockheed Martin (LMT) is acting within the aerospace and defense industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 27.65 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 46.10 billion and a net income of USD 2.66 billion. It follows, Price/Earnings ratio is 10.8, Price/Sales 0.6 and Price/Book ratio 7.3. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 3.6 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 8 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 2.5 percent | Dividends Since 1995 | Ex-Div. Date: Aug-30-2011

Take a look at the full list of all S&P500 dividend stocks. The average dividend yield is 2.32 percent. The yield of the complete index (including non dividend paying stocks) amounts to 1.8 percent.

Here is the full table of best yielding S&P 500 stocks:

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Company	Price	Estimated Dividend	Dividend Yield (%)
Frontier Communications	7.85	0.75	9.55%
Windstream	12.7	1	7.87%
CenturyLink	38.66	2.9	7.50%
Pitney-Bowes	22.41	1.49	6.65%
Altria	26.36	1.64	6.22%
Reynolds American	36.26	2.24	6.18%
AT&T	30.32	1.75	5.77%
Cincinnati Financial	28.4	1.62	5.70%
Pepco Holdings	19.44	1.08	5.56%
Verizon Communications	36.74	2	5.44%
Health Care REIT	54.4	2.89	5.31%
Donnelley (R.R.)	19.63	1.04	5.30%
Diamond Offshore Drilling	70.79	3.75	5.30%
Duke Energy	18.95	1	5.28%
Lorillard	112.29	5.92	5.27%
Ameren	29.35	1.54	5.25%
Integrys Energy Group	52.05	2.72	5.23%
Progress Energy	47.9	2.48	5.18%
HCP	37.91	1.96	5.17%
Lilly (Eli)	38.7	1.96	5.06%
American Electric Power	37.71	1.9	5.04%
PPL	28.01	1.41	5.03%
FirstEnergy	44.36	2.2	4.96%
Entergy	68.31	3.32	4.86%
SCANA	40.54	1.95	4.81%
Exelon	43.7	2.1	4.81%
People’s United Financial	13.28	0.6325	4.76%
Pinnacle West Capital	44.39	2.1	4.73%
Southern	40.58	1.9075	4.70%
Leggett & Platt	23.5	1.1	4.68%
DTE Energy	51.23	2.3775	4.64%
Bristol-Myers Squibb	29.49	1.35	4.58%
CMS Energy	19.93	0.9	4.52%
Consolidated Edison	53.58	2.41	4.50%
TECO Energy	19.25	0.865	4.49%
PG&E	42.76	1.89	4.42%
NiSource	21.06	0.92	4.37%
Federated Investors	22.18	0.96	4.33%
Kimberly-Clark	67.9	2.9	4.27%
XCEL Energy	24.54	1.0475	4.27%
Public Serv. Enterprise	32.81	1.39	4.24%
Merck	36.09	1.52	4.21%
Pfizer	20.07	0.84	4.19%
Paychex	29.89	1.24	4.15%
Plum Creek Timber	40.68	1.68	4.13%
Microchip Technology	34.11	1.394	4.09%
Ventas	55.5	2.2536	4.06%
Sempra Energy	52.24	2.1	4.02%
Dominion Resources	49.78	2	4.02%
NextEra Energy	57.46	2.3	4.00%
Supervalu	8.77	0.35	3.99%
Waste Management	35.97	1.41	3.92%
CenterPoint Energy	20.26	0.7925	3.91%
Philip Morris International	72.11	2.8	3.88%
Block H&R	15.51	0.6	3.87%
ConocoPhillips	75.26	2.91	3.87%
Raytheon	46.74	1.8	3.85%
Lockheed Martin	79.6	3.06	3.84%
Hudson City Bancorp	8.33	0.32	3.84%
ConAgra Foods	26.52	1.01	3.81%
Abbott Labs	52.95	2	3.78%
Spectra Energy	27.65	1.04	3.76%
Kimco Realty	20.3	0.75	3.69%
Intel	23.13	0.84	3.63%
Heinz (H.J.)	53.99	1.95	3.61%
Campbell Soup	33.81	1.22	3.61%
International Paper	30.86	1.1075	3.59%
Nucor	41.1	1.4575	3.55%
Northeast Utilities	35.34	1.25	3.54%
Wisconsin Energy	31.74	1.12	3.53%
Johnson & Johnson	66.72	2.33	3.49%
Mattel	27.01	0.94	3.48%
NYSE Euronext	35.06	1.2	3.42%
Sysco	31.33	1.07	3.42%
Procter & Gamble	64.25	2.19	3.41%
General Electric	19.04	0.64	3.36%
Darden Restaurants	53.28	1.79	3.36%
Genuine Parts	56.34	1.88	3.34%
Blackrock	187.92	6.25	3.33%
NICOR	56.05	1.86	3.32%
General Mills	37.82	1.255	3.32%
Edison International	39.23	1.295	3.30%
Clorox	74.36	2.45	3.29%
Avon Products	28.69	0.94	3.28%
Kraft Foods	35.43	1.16	3.27%
Molex	25.2	0.825	3.27%
Avery Dennison	33.69	1.1	3.27%
M&T Bank	89.08	2.9	3.26%
PepsiCo	65.76	2.095	3.19%
KLA-Tencor	44.11	1.4	3.17%
Dr Pepper Snapple Group	40.36	1.28	3.17%
Public Storage	123.23	3.9	3.16%
Linear Technology	31.27	0.98	3.13%
ProLogis	35.85	1.12	3.12%
Simon Property Group	121.85	3.8	3.12%
Northrop Grumman	65.27	2.03	3.11%
ONEOK	75.65	2.34	3.09%
Hasbro	40.5	1.25	3.09%
Kellogg	55.91	1.72	3.08%
Eaton	51.16	1.56	3.05%
MeadWestvaco	33.35	1	3.00%
Allstate	28.69	0.86	3.00%
McDonalds	88.56	2.65	2.99%
Dupont	54.85	1.64	2.99%
Marsh & McLennan	29.79	0.89	2.99%
Dow Chemical	35.58	1.06	2.98%
United Parcel Service	74.16	2.18	2.94%
Travelers	57.58	1.69	2.94%
Chevron	108.97	3.18	2.92%
Safeway	20.93	0.605	2.89%
Bemis	33.95	0.98	2.89%
Iron Mountain	34.68	1	2.88%
Vornado Realty Trust	98.6	2.84	2.88%
Wal Mart	54.52	1.57	2.88%
Home Depot	36.52	1.04	2.85%
Carnival	36.55	1.04	2.85%
PNC Financial Services	56.59	1.6	2.83%
Automatic Data Processing	53.23	1.5	2.82%
Molson Coors	46.54	1.31	2.81%
Analog Devices	37.06	1.04	2.81%
JPMorgan Chase	42.19	1.18	2.80%
General Dynamics	70.8	1.98	2.80%
Vulcan Materials	35.85	1	2.79%
Coca-Cola	69.73	1.94	2.78%
Republic Services	30.27	0.84	2.78%
Colgate-Palmolive	87.62	2.42	2.76%
Whirlpool	72.49	2	2.76%
Lowe's Cos.	22.62	0.62	2.74%
AFLAC	46.21	1.26	2.73%
Weyerhaeuser	22.18	0.6	2.71%
Time Warner	36.7	0.99	2.70%
Air Products & Chemicals	91.9	2.46	2.68%
Medtronic	37.07	0.99	2.67%
Williams	31.09	0.83	2.67%
Staples	15.74	0.42	2.67%
Illinois Tool Works	56.97	1.52	2.67%
Microsoft	27.53	0.73	2.65%
Emerson Electric	55.1	1.455	2.64%
Masco	11.42	0.3	2.63%
Huntington Bancshares	6.14	0.16	2.61%
BB&T	26.18	0.68	2.60%
PPG	88.94	2.3	2.59%
Harris	43.36	1.12	2.58%
AvalonBay Communities	139.51	3.57	2.56%
Penney (J.C.)	31.42	0.8	2.55%
Time Warner Cable	78.78	2	2.54%
Applied Materials	13.15	0.33	2.51%
Equity Residential	63.68	1.5825	2.49%
Chubb	64.45	1.6	2.48%
Constellation Energy Group	38.94	0.96	2.47%
Honeywell International	56.4	1.39	2.46%
Stanley Black & Decker	70.1	1.72	2.45%
Northern Trust	45.92	1.12	2.44%
Hershey	58.93	1.43	2.43%
Sara Lee	19.59	0.475	2.42%
Gap	19.66	0.475	2.42%
Cablevision Systems	26	0.625	2.40%
Smucker	80	1.92	2.40%
SLM	16.71	0.4	2.39%
3M	95.38	2.26	2.37%
Boeing	72.67	1.72	2.37%
McCormick	50.25	1.18	2.35%
Xilinx	33.66	0.79	2.35%
Sealed Air	23.05	0.54	2.34%
Gannett	13.66	0.32	2.34%
Fifth Third Bancorp	12.81	0.3	2.34%
U.S. Bancorp	26.91	0.63	2.34%
McGraw-Hill	43.92	1.02	2.32%
Target	51.81	1.2	2.32%
Norfolk Southern	76.21	1.76	2.31%
Janus Capital Group	9.11	0.21	2.31%
L-3 Communications	82.9	1.9	2.29%
Washington Post	423.54	9.7	2.29%
Computer Sciences	37.93	0.86	2.27%
Omnicom Group	48.55	1.1	2.27%
Deere	81.24	1.84	2.26%
United Technologies	87.7	1.98	2.26%
Walgreen	40.02	0.9	2.25%
ExxonMobil	85.22	1.91	2.24%
Prudential Financial	60.93	1.35	2.22%
Invesco	22.71	0.5025	2.21%
Snap-On	60.62	1.34	2.21%
Tyco International	47.38	1.04	2.20%
V.F.	120.5	2.64	2.19%
T. Rowe Price	60.32	1.32	2.19%
Bank of New York Mellon	25.76	0.56	2.17%
Best Buy	29.56	0.64	2.17%
ACE Limited	65.78	1.42	2.16%
Freeport-McMoran C&G	55.67	1.195	2.15%
XL Group	21.57	0.46	2.13%
Yum! Brands	54.57	1.16	2.13%
Assurant	35.05	0.74	2.11%
Baxter	61.79	1.3	2.10%
Viacom (B)	50.9	1.07	2.10%
Newell Rubbermaid	15.25	0.32	2.10%
Principal Financial Group	28.99	0.6	2.07%
Archer-Daniels-Midland	32.12	0.66	2.05%
Rockwell Automation	83.05	1.7	2.05%
Equifax	34.46	0.7	2.03%
PACCAR	50.22	1.02	2.03%
Becton Dickinson	87.16	1.76	2.02%
Praxair	105.11	2.1	2.00%
Limited Brands	40.18	0.8	1.99%
Wells Fargo	29.14	0.58	1.99%
Ryder System	58.63	1.16	1.98%
Robert Half International	29.35	0.58	1.98%
Marathon Petroleum	40.57	0.8	1.97%
State Street	42.62	0.84	1.97%
CSX	25.38	0.5	1.97%
Nordstrom	51.5	1.01	1.96%
Dun & Bradstreet	74.46	1.46	1.96%
CME Group	285.7	5.6	1.96%
Progressive	20.47	0.4	1.95%
Comcast	24.85	0.485	1.95%
Wyndham Worldwide	34.27	0.66	1.93%
Cardinal Health	46.04	0.885	1.92%
Union Pacific	103.8	1.995	1.92%
Interpublic Group	12.66	0.24	1.90%
Airgas	70.08	1.32	1.88%
Amgen	55.22	1.04	1.88%
Coca-Cola Enterprises	29.82	0.56	1.88%
Marathon Oil	32.01	0.6	1.87%
Kohl's	57	1.06	1.86%
Sherwin-Williams	79.64	1.48	1.86%
Tellabs	4.33	0.08	1.85%
Hartford Financial Svc.Gp.	23.87	0.44	1.84%
International Flavors Fragrance	63.16	1.16	1.84%
Johnson Controls	40.01	0.73	1.82%
Apartment Invest & Mgmt	27.97	0.51	1.82%
MetLife	41.74	0.76	1.82%
Occidental Petroleum	107.88	1.96	1.82%
Eastman Chemical	104.44	1.88	1.80%
Parker-Hannifin	87.45	1.56	1.78%
KeyCorp	8.41	0.15	1.78%
Boston Properties	112.27	2	1.78%
St. Jude Medical	49.42	0.88	1.78%
Caterpillar	105.15	1.87	1.78%
Kroger	25.31	0.45	1.78%
ITT	56.45	1	1.77%
Grainger (W.W.)	155.45	2.75	1.77%
Brown-Forman (B)	75.96	1.34	1.76%
Hormel Foods	30.29	0.5325	1.76%
Ameriprise Financial	55.38	0.97	1.75%
Texas Instruments	31.78	0.55	1.73%
Western Union	19.37	0.33	1.70%
Xerox	10.08	0.17	1.69%
Dover	66.84	1.12	1.68%
IBM	185.18	3.1	1.67%
Rockwell Collins	57.41	0.96	1.67%
Covidien	51.89	0.86	1.66%
Unum Group	25.55	0.42	1.64%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	80.43	1.31	1.63%
Mead Johnson Nutrition	69.08	1.12	1.62%
American Express	52.24	0.84	1.61%
Monsanto	75.41	1.2	1.59%
Patterson Companies	32.75	0.52	1.59%
Moody's	37.17	0.59	1.59%
Starbucks	40.35	0.64	1.59%
Cisco Systems	16.46	0.26	1.58%
Titanium Metals	19.01	0.3	1.58%
Murphy Oil	69.71	1.1	1.58%
Fastenal	34.25	0.54	1.58%
Schwab (Charles)	15.44	0.24	1.55%
Noble	38.07	0.59	1.55%
QUALCOMM	57.46	0.89	1.55%
Total System Services	18.17	0.28	1.54%
Accenture	61.28	0.93	1.52%
Sunoco	42.26	0.64	1.51%
Cummins	106.78	1.6	1.50%
NIKE	91.71	1.36	1.48%
Ecolab	53.05	0.775	1.46%
Family Dollar Stores	54.14	0.79	1.46%
CVS/Caremark	37.35	0.545	1.46%
Cintas	34.37	0.5	1.45%
Tiffany	82.91	1.2	1.45%
Stryker	56.88	0.81	1.42%
TJX	56.19	0.8	1.42%
EQT	62.83	0.88	1.40%
Coach	66.8	0.935	1.40%
Aetna	43.34	0.6	1.38%
Jabil Circuit	20.26	0.28	1.38%
Newmont Mining	58.66	0.8	1.36%
Hewlett Packard	36.7	0.5	1.36%
Comerica	33.78	0.46	1.36%
CBS	29.54	0.4	1.35%
WellPoint	74.41	1	1.34%
Pall	55.05	0.73	1.33%
International Game Technology	18.25	0.24	1.32%
Ingersoll-Rand	40.38	0.53	1.31%
Macy's	30.5	0.4	1.31%
UnitedHealth Group	52.75	0.6875	1.30%
Humana	79.59	1.03	1.29%
AmerisourceBergen	40.52	0.52	1.28%
Bank of America	10.13	0.13	1.28%
Ross Stores	78.16	1	1.28%
Goodrich	98.18	1.25	1.27%
AK Steel Holding	15.81	0.2	1.27%
Lincoln National	27.79	0.35	1.26%
Marriott Intl. (A)	35.11	0.44	1.25%
D.R. Horton	12.08	0.15	1.24%
Legg Mason	32.43	0.4	1.23%
Discover Financial Services	25.97	0.32	1.23%
Flowserve	111.05	1.36	1.22%
Costco Wholesale	81.67	0.995	1.22%
Morgan Stanley	23.9	0.29	1.21%
Fortune Brands	63.18	0.76	1.20%
Harley Davidson	45.91	0.55	1.20%
Aon	50.37	0.6	1.19%
Corning	17.14	0.2	1.17%
Cliffs Natural Resources	99.86	1.12	1.12%
Disney	40.65	0.45	1.11%
Allegheny Technologies	65.6	0.72	1.10%
Broadcom	35.47	0.38	1.07%
Expeditors Intl Washington	50.52	0.54	1.07%
Schlumberger	93.81	1	1.07%
Torchmark	41.96	0.445	1.06%
PerkinElmer	26.81	0.28	1.04%
Sigma-Aldrich	73.53	0.76	1.03%
Goldman Sachs	135.49	1.4	1.03%
McKesson	82.31	0.84	1.02%
Chesapeake Energy	34.39	0.35	1.02%
FLIR Systems	28.81	0.28	0.97%
Expedia	30.05	0.28	0.93%
News Corp.	16.42	0.15	0.91%
Abercrombie & Fitch	77.14	0.7	0.91%
Alcoa	15.83	0.14	0.88%
CA Technologies	22.77	0.2	0.88%
Tyson Foods	18.25	0.16	0.88%
Lennar	18.6	0.16	0.86%
Estee Lauder	107.23	0.9	0.84%
Franklin Resources	133.51	1.12	0.84%
Scripps Networks Interactive	48.29	0.4	0.83%
Host Hotels & Resorts	16.97	0.14	0.82%
Devon Energy	84.35	0.69	0.82%
Baker Hughes	79.9	0.64	0.80%
Oracle	32.55	0.26	0.80%
Bard (C.R.)	99.58	0.78	0.78%
Altera	42.3	0.32	0.76%
Visa	89.52	0.675	0.75%
Valero Energy	26.71	0.2	0.75%
Fluor	67.38	0.5	0.74%
Noble Energy	97.57	0.72	0.74%
CONSOL Energy	54.82	0.4	0.73%
FMC	91.68	0.66	0.72%
Joy Global	99.85	0.715	0.72%
Leucadia National	34.93	0.25	0.72%
Ball	39.31	0.28	0.71%
Capital One Financial	49.64	0.35	0.71%
Quest Diagnostics	56.99	0.4	0.70%
Whole Foods Market	66.13	0.46	0.70%
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	57.87	0.4	0.69%
Halliburton	57.2	0.38	0.66%
FIS	30.48	0.2	0.66%
Harman Intl.	45.81	0.3	0.65%
Peabody Energy	61.37	0.4	0.65%
Regions Financial	6.2	0.04	0.65%
EOG Resources	106.57	0.68	0.64%
Polo Ralph Lauren	139.39	0.86	0.62%
Loews	40.9	0.25	0.61%
Wynn Resorts	165.25	1	0.61%
Roper Industries	84.46	0.5	0.59%
FedEx	92.79	0.54	0.58%
National Oilwell Varco	83.31	0.47	0.56%
Hess	74.37	0.4	0.54%
First Horizon National	9.52	0.05	0.53%
DENTSPLY International	39.54	0.2	0.51%
Apache	128.47	0.6	0.47%
U.S. Steel	44.81	0.2	0.45%
Anadarko Petroleum	83.3	0.36	0.43%
DeVry	65.99	0.28	0.42%
Helmerich & Payne	72.56	0.28	0.39%
Textron	24.76	0.08	0.32%
QEP Resources	44.68	0.12	0.27%
CF Industries Holdings	160.25	0.4	0.25%
Range Resources	64.43	0.16	0.25%
Allergan	84.36	0.2	0.24%
Danaher	51.69	0.12	0.23%
El Paso	20.72	0.04	0.19%
MasterCard	314.14	0.6	0.19%
Southwest Airlines	10.42	0.018	0.17%
Zions Bancorp	23.44	0.04	0.17%
Cabot Oil & Gas	71.93	0.12	0.17%
SunTrust Banks	25.95	0.04	0.15%
Citigroup	40.26	0.06	0.15%
Amphenol	51.03	0.06	0.12%
Pioneer Natural Resources	99.53	0.08	0.08%
CIGNA	52.62	0.04	0.08%
Precision Castparts	165.4	0.12	0.07%
Updated:			2.32%
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