If you are looking at the highest yielding stocks out there, then we're talking about companies with yields in the teens, twenties, and even as high as 70%!
If that kind of return sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. Here's a list of the 20 highest yielding dividend stocks that are traded on the major U.S. exchanges and have market caps of greater than $2 billion.
Each of the results have a positve return on asset ratio which means that the corporate makes money on its assets. In addition, these income should grow over the next five years.
I also implemented a ratio to experess the debt load of the company. The stocks should have a debt-to-equity ratio of less than 1.
The 20 top results have a yield ratio between 5.05% and 20.21%
Here are the 20 highest yielding results from the list...
20 Midcap High-Yield Stocks With Dividend Yields Between 5.05% and 20.21% (click to enlarge) |