9 Domestic Telecom Stocks With Yields Over 3%

Despite the outsized gains by the bond proxy sectors this year, which include telecoms, utilities and real estate investment trusts (REITs), one of those sectors still trades cheap to the S&P 500. 

While utilities trade at 17.3 times estimated 2016 earnings and REITs at 18.8, telecoms trade at a low 13.8 times, which is far below the S&P 500 at 16.6%. 

In addition, the telecoms have been hit by waves of profit-taking, which have knocked them down into a range that looks inviting.

In an interesting note, RBC makes the case that while the bond proxy stocks are definitely at a premium, as a group they trade in line with the S&P 500. 

While acknowledging that they may be more susceptible to rising rates, the firm also cites investor appetite for them when yields remain low, which they could for some time. 

We screened for quality telecom stocks that pay solid and dependable dividends. These four look very attractive now.

Here are the results...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 11, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks July 11, 2013. In total, 27 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 17 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.78%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.	ARR	1.48B	5.53	0.54	4.01	19.22%
Fifth Street Finance Corp.	FSC	1.14B	10.13	1.08	5.99	10.71%
Consolidated Communications	CNSL	723.46M	60.66	5.72	1.28	8.52%
Associated Estates Realty Corp.	AEC	818.46M	126.85	2.03	4.50	4.61%
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	FCX	26.26B	9.00	1.46	1.46	4.52%
Mid-America Apartment Comm.	MAA	2.87B	42.41	3.08	5.59	4.10%
Shaw Communications, Inc.	SJR	10.86B	15.21	2.95	2.25	4.01%
AbbVie Inc.	ABBV	68.79B	12.78	23.29	3.71	3.69%
AuRico Gold Inc.	AUQ	1.18B	-	0.59	6.06	3.51%
City Holding Co.	CHCO	655.59M	17.36	1.79	5.57	3.49%
SAIC, Inc.	SAI	4.74B	9.94	2.06	0.43	3.40%
Harsco Corporation	HSC	1.99B	-	2.42	0.66	3.32%
Rouse Properties, Inc.	RSE	999.96M	-	2.01	4.21	2.57%
Chesapeake Energy Corporation	CHK	13.76B	-	1.09	1.03	1.66%
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	54.50B	70.90	2.41	2.52	1.61%
Buckle Inc.	BKE	2.60B	15.91	8.12	2.30	1.47%
Trinity Industries Inc.	TRN	2.82B	10.78	1.32	0.73	1.42%
Ryland Group Inc.	RYL	1.78B	30.31	3.29	1.21	0.31%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 11, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks April 11, 2013. In total, 25 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 16 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.19%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.	ARR	2.42B	6.61	0.87	7.85	12.96%
Fifth Street Finance Corp.	FSC	1.16B	10.83	1.11	6.54	10.51%
Consolidated Communications Holdings	CNSL	699.52M	102.59	5.28	1.39	8.89%
Shaw Communications, Inc.	SJR	10.78B	14.58	2.81	2.18	4.20%
Associated Estates Realty Corp.	AEC	923.10M	366.60	2.25	5.28	4.15%
City Holding	CHCO	594.14M	14.54	1.69	5.29	3.90%
Mid-America Apartment Communities	MAA	3.04B	49.02	3.30	6.11	3.88%
AbbVie Inc.	ABBV	67.23B	12.70	19.98	3.66	3.76%
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	FCX	32.06B	10.58	1.83	1.78	3.70%
Harsco Corporation	HSC	1.90B	-	2.34	0.63	3.47%
SAIC, Inc.	SAI	4.77B	27.33	1.82	0.44	3.44%
Graco Inc.	GGG	3.47B	23.45	7.62	3.43	1.75%
Buckle Inc.	BKE	2.26B	13.98	7.68	2.05	1.71%
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	57.58B	9.78	2.16	1.44	1.53%
Rouse Properties, Inc.	RSE	948.43M	-	1.78	4.05	1.47%
Trinity Industries Inc.	TRN	3.32B	13.37	1.62	0.87	1.05%
Werner Enterprises Inc.	WERN	1.70B	16.59	2.38	0.84	0.86%
Ryland Group Inc.	RYL	1.86B	51.05	3.66	1.42	0.29%

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On January 11, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks January 11, 2013. In total, 22 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 15 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.54%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.	ARR	2.16B	7.69	0.89	11.19	13.71%
Fifth Street Finance Corp.	FSC	591.87M	11.30	1.09	3.58	10.60%
Consolidated Communications	CNSL	684.23M	42.85	4.34	1.57	9.04%
Associated Estates Realty Corp.	AEC	807.68M	-	2.00	4.73	4.66%
Shaw Communications, Inc.	SJR	10.25B	14.04	2.71	2.03	4.24%
Mid-America Apartment Communities	MAA	2.78B	48.69	3.07	5.76	4.23%
SAIC, Inc.	SAI	4.13B	23.67	1.68	0.38	3.98%
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	FCX	33.44B	11.44	1.95	1.89	3.55%
Harsco Corporation	HSC	2.00B	-	1.75	0.65	3.30%
Chesapeake Energy Corporation	CHK	11.35B	-	0.74	0.99	2.05%
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	53.06B	8.17	1.96	1.35	1.67%
Trinity Industries Inc.	TRN	2.89B	12.26	1.44	0.76	1.20%
Ryland Group Inc.	RYL	1.74B	132.93	3.68	1.54	0.31%