At the stock markets are 601 companies linked to the sector with a total
market capitalization of USD 275.1 trillion. The average sector yield amounts
to 3.19 percent and the average P/E ratio is 14.45. The highest dividend paying
industries are nonmetallic mineral mining and oil and gas pipelines.
I screened the sector by dividend stocks with the highest amount of
short selling stocks, measured by the float short ratio. The ratio shows how
many stocks are shorted by investors. Companies with a high ratio of float short
have a little upside potential if investors need to close their short position.
Nine dividend stocks from the basic material sector have a float short ratio of
more than 25 percent.