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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%




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2.32%
25-Jul-11






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