When the financial crisis drove the stock market off a cliff, it also pushed dividend yields to incredible heights. Investors with the guts to buy solid dividend-paying stocks during the panic were able to lock in lucrative yields, while those who remained cautious missed out. Luckily, there are still opportunities out there.
Below are ten stocks with yields reaching for new post-recession highs thanks to dividend hikes, lagging share prices, or in some cases, both. Some even provide fatter yields now than they did during the height of the crisis. (Each dividend yield chart goes back to March 2009, when the market hit its generational low.
Here are the 10 stocks with yields:
Comerica Incorporated (CMA)
1.18% dividend yield
Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings (FSR)
1.93% dividend yield
Lender Processing Services (LPS)
1.98% dividend yield
Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC)
5.22% dividend yield
PartnerRe Ltd. (PRE)
3.48% dividend yield
Regal Entertainment Group (RGC)
7.16% dividend yield
Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP)
2.88% dividend yield
Target Corporation (TGT)
2.35% dividend yield
VSE Corporation (VSEC)
1.17% dividend yield
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)
2.70% dividend yield
Related Stock Ticker:
WMT, VSEC, TGT, TAP, RGC, PRE, OFC, LPS, FSR, CMA,
Source: dynamicdividend.com
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