17 High Income Stocks With Yields Over 10%

If you are looking for low-risk low-reward dividend stocks, this article is not for you. However, if you're looking for high-income yields, and risks that are tilted in your favor, then you may want to consider the ideas highlighted in this article.

The ideas span a variety of investment types. REITS, Mortgage Reits and MLPs are a major class that pay high dividends but they are all with high risks.

I love high dividends because you get a nice income and your investment got a fast cash return which you can use for new investment ideas. But high yields shouldn't be the only criteria. Dividend stability is more important to look for.

Without further ado, here are the 17 attractive 10% yield opportunities...

The Highest Yielding S&P 500 And The Dogs of the S&P 500

While you wait—and wait—for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, you can collect generous checks by investing in dividend stocks. And you don’t have to wander far to find attractive payers. Just look at Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index. 

Of its 500 member companies, 84% pay dividends, up from 75% a decade ago. On top of that, many of the index’s constituents are rewarding shareholders by boosting their payouts; so far this year, 169 S&P companies have done so.

There are stocks on the S&P 500 that pay nearly 10%, but that doesn't make them great investments.

The average stock on the S&P 500 index pays a dividend yield of 2.41%, but some are paying much more. Here's a chart of the 10 highest-paying dividend stocks on the S&P 500, and which ones might be the best choices to buy and hold for the long term.

Here are the highest yielding S&P 500 and the Dogs of the S&P 500...

10 Highest Dividend Stocks on the S&P 500

The average stock on the S&P 500 index pays a dividend yield of 2.41%, but some are paying much more. Here's a chart of the 10 highest-paying dividend stocks on the S&P 500, and which ones might be the best choices to buy and hold for the long term.

Before moving on, it's important to mention that a high dividend doesn't necessarily translate into a good stock to invest in.

For example, Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FTR), the highest-paying company in the S&P 500, has struggled to turn a profit for several years now. In my opinion, it's at serious risk of a dividend cut in the near future.

With that in mind, there are a few stocks on this list worth buying. Here are my three favorites in no particular order.

These are the results...

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...

The Best Dividend Paying Dogs Of The S&P 500

S&P 500 Dogs Find Energy To Power July Dog Days
(Source: Seeking Alpha)

4 High-Quality Dividend Growth Stocks With Over 5% Yield

It gets harder every day to find quality yield in a world where most people are thinking that the “lower for longer” mantra is starting to become a reality.

They have good reason to think that, because U.S. Treasury rates are among the highest investment grade sovereign debt yields in the world, and the 30-year bond is at a pathetic 2.26%.

Not a very fair return for loaning the government money for 30 years. On this blog we are constantly on the lookout for stocks that pay good dividends, are not horribly overbought and are rated reasonably high by some of the top firms we cover. This week we found four companies that pay at least a 5% yield and are rated Buy.

These are the results...

8 Promising & High Yielding Stocks Of The S&P 500

Dividend stocks also suffer from the same macroeconomic forces that are hurting stocks this year. From a stronger dollar to lower oil prices, there’s no shortage of issues to weigh on corporate earnings and revenue. 

But there is not everything bad in this world. If you believe the American economy is strong enough and capitalism is working, you should bet on stocks.

Let me mention one thing, stock investing is no game and you should invest your money wisely in order to achieve a solid gain.

High yielding stocks don't provide always a good return. You must be very selective. By selecting stocks only from great indices like the Dow Jones or the S&P 500, you should avoid the big mistakes.

That doesn’t mean that every stock on the list of the S&P 500’s highest-yielding dividend stocks is a dog — just that due diligence is as important as ever. Some of these names have a great track record of dividend payments (and loads of cash flow to boot.) Some are much more risky.

Check out my attached top picks for the moment. I've selected only high yielding stocks with a dividend yield over 5 percent. Do you like some of them? Please let me know your thoughts about the selection. I like to discuss the opportunities and risks from the stocks.

Here are the 8 top picks...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On September 05, 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.

In total, 25 stocks go ex dividend - of which 11 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.42%. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the current week.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Frontier Communications	FTR	4.34B	43.75	1.10	0.89	9.14%
SeaDrill Limited	SDRL	22.05B	9.92	2.97	4.56	7.49%
Tower Group Inc.	TWGP	643.23M	-	0.54	0.33	5.35%
REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP	RGC	2.79B	23.42	-	0.96	4.66%
Landauer Inc.	LDR	452.13M	-	7.44	3.06	4.59%
Westar Energy, Inc.	WR	3.88B	12.82	1.32	1.66	4.46%
Quad/Graphics, Inc.	QUAD	1.48B	90.29	1.29	0.34	3.80%
Ensco plc	ESV	12.57B	9.92	1.02	2.73	3.67%
SY Bancorp Inc.	SYBT	377.23M	14.13	1.71	4.39	3.01%
Kaydon Corporation	KDN	908.72M	-	2.68	1.97	2.80%
Coach, Inc.	COH	14.97B	14.73	6.21	2.95	2.54%
Lancaster Colony Corporation	LANC	1.94B	17.86	3.88	1.67	2.25%
First American Financial	FAF	2.34B	8.86	1.00	0.48	2.22%
Becton, Dickinson and Company	BDX	18.96B	17.47	4.02	2.39	2.03%
Albany International Corp.	AIN	1.02B	47.50	2.13	1.32	1.86%
Canadian National Railway	CNI	40.03B	16.83	3.64	4.15	1.72%
Kansas City Southern	KSU	11.66B	38.82	3.67	5.12	0.81%
State Bank Financial Corporation	STBZ	496.98M	91.59	1.17	3.05	0.77%
Fair Isaac Corp.	FICO	1.75B	21.54	3.40	2.37	0.16%

A full list of all stocks from September 05, 2013 can be found here: 5 Top Yielding Ex-Dividend Stocks On September 05, 2013.

12 Stocks With Very High Yields (+10%) And Positive Growth Expectations

10% yielding stocks with future earnings growth originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". We all look for high dividend payments. I for myself am fixed to get a 3 percent return with good long-term growth perspectives. Others like High-Yields with stable payments.

Today I like to show you the highest yielding stocks at the market with positive earnings per shares growth for the next five years. I know, stocks with yields above the 10 percent mark are very risky and they like to reduce their payments in the future. In order to reduce the risks from lower capitalized stocks, I selected only those companies with a market cap above 2 billion.

Only 12 companies fulfilled my mentioned criteria of which five have a current buy or better rating. The results are dominated by real estate trusts. Annaly Capital Management is still on the list but they needed to cut dividends last week by 11.1 percent from 0.45 to 0.4 cts per share. Die interest rate increase hurts the company.

AT&T: 5.22% Yield From A Leading Telecom Services Company For My Passive Income Portfolio

For readers who a new to the matter and my dividend growth philosophy: I funded a virtual portfolio with 100k on October 04, 2012 with the aim to build a passive income stream that doubles each five to ten years. I plan to purchase each week one stock holding until the money is fully invested. The total number of constituents is expected at 50 – 70 companies and the dividend income should be at least at $3,000 per year.

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Let’s go forward. The markets in are in a small turmoil. Bernanke announced to reduce its quantitative easing at the beginning of autumn this year. The markets were surprised about the fast mind changing views.

Let me mention one thing: It’s always good to reduce the artificial influence from national banks. It’s also good that the Fed is the first institution who sweeps off the enduring mechanism of programs to improve the economy.

The economy hasn’t shown bigger growth signals due the Fed stimulus. The only thing that happens is that the risk of asset bubbles increases rapidly. In order to avoid future price hikes in special markets, they needed to shut down their expansive monetary policy.

Last Friday I bought AT&T shares in an amount of around 1,000 for the Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio. The leading telecom provider yields above the 5 percent mark and is one of the biggest companies in the world with a current market capitalization of USD 190 billion.

Portfolio Part I (Click to enlarge)

Portfolio Part II (Click to enlarge)

Latest Portfolio Transactions (Click to enlarge)

AT&T provides telecommunications services to consumers, businesses, and other providers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Wireless, Wireline, and Other. The Wireless segment offers various wireless voice and data communication services, including local wireless communications services, long-distance services, and roaming services. It also sells various handsets, wirelessly enabled computers, and personal computer wireless data cards through its owned stores, agents, or third-party retail stores; and accessories comprising carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, battery chargers, and other items to consumers, as well as to agents and third-party distributors.

Earnings and Dividend Payments of AT&T

As you might have seen, I invest more and more money into telecoms. They are not cheap but they can give me more stability for my asset allocation. In addition, telecoms are some of the biggest losers in my portfolio. Maybe I start to repurchase some shares of China Mobile, Rogers or Tesco if the stock performance worsens.

I personally believe that telecoms have a tough fight against falling prices on higher volumes. They are something like a utility but in my view they have also a bigger potential than electric or gas utilities. The gird of AT&T is a real asset and it will grow. For sure this cost a lot of money and will be a burden of the stock price.

The new stake will give me around $50 bucks in additional dividend income. For the full year, the income is now expected at $1,905. The current yield is at 3.33 percent while the yield on cost amounts to 3.5 percent.

The return of the portfolio was hit badly with the recent sell-off. Because of the high cash amount of $46.2k it’s still manageable. As of now, the life-to-date performance is at 3.16%. The stockholdings had a performance of 4.79 percent.

Portfolio Performance (Click to enlarge)

Here is the income perspective of the portfolio:

Sym	Name	P/E Ratio	Dividend Yield		Buy	# Shrs	Income	Value
TRI	Thomson Reuters C	15.43	3.97		28.90	50	$64.50	$1,610.00
LMT	Lockheed Martin C	12.13	4.24		92.72	20	$89.00	$2,101.20
INTC	Intel Corporation	12.09	3.66		21.27	50	$44.25	$1,209.75
MCD	McDonald's Corpor	17.95	3.11		87.33	15	$45.15	$1,458.45
WU	Western Union Com	9.91	2.88		11.95	100	$47.50	$1,658.00
PM	Philip Morris Int	16.66	3.88		85.42	20	$67.18	$1,749.20
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	22.44	3.01		69.19	20	$49.80	$1,664.00
MO	Altria Group Inc	15.89	5.13		33.48	40	$70.40	$1,397.20
SYY	Sysco Corporation	19.42	3.29		31.65	40	$44.00	$1,347.20
DRI	Darden Restaurant	15.62	3.9		46.66	30	$60.00	$1,503.60
CA	CA Inc.	13.35	3.62		21.86	50	$50.00	$1,376.00
PG	Procter & Gamble	16.86	3.04		68.72	25	$57.20	$1,935.75
KRFT	Kraft Foods Group	19.69	3.74		44.41	40	$80.00	$2,138.40
MAT	Mattel Inc.	19.14	2.93		36.45	40	$51.60	$1,764.80
PEP	Pepsico Inc. Com	20.22	2.76		70.88	20	$43.60	$1,602.60
KMB	Kimberly-Clark Co	20.59	3.27		86.82	15	$46.50	$1,436.70
COP	ConocoPhillips Co	9.79	4.38		61.06	20	$52.80	$1,207.20
GIS	General Mills In	17.66	2.74		42.13	30	$39.60	$1,459.20
UL	Unilever PLC Comm	19.83	3.24		39.65	35	$44.91	$1,384.25
NSRGY	NESTLE SA REG SHR	18.57	3.3		68.69	30	$65.31	$1,957.20
GE	General Electric	17.22	3.18		23.39	65	$48.10	$1,518.40
ADP	Automatic Data Pr	23.2	1.85		61.65	25	$31.63	$1,717.00
K	Kellogg Company C	24.59	2.81		61.52	25	$44.00	$1,581.25
KO	Coca-Cola Company	20.48	2.73		38.83	40	$42.80	$1,590.40
RTN	Raytheon Company	11.59	3.1		57.04	20	$41.00	$1,322.20
RCI	Rogers Communicat	12.57	3.86		51.06	30	$49.98	$1,328.70
GPC	Genuine Parts Com	18.47	2.7		77.06	20	$41.28	$1,526.20
TSCDY	TESCO PLC SPONS A	206	4.59		17.98	70	$49.63	$1,084.30
APD	Air Products and	16.89	2.79		85.71	15	$39.45	$1,418.85
GSK	GlaxoSmithKline P	18.1	4.74		52.16	30	$70.38	$1,473.90
WMT	Wal-Mart Stores	14.39	2.38		79.25	20	$34.72	$1,470.20
BTI	British American	16.34	4		114.6	13	$53.82	$1,348.75
CHL	China Mobile Limi	9.42	4.6		55.32	25	$54.95	$1,237.50
MMM	3M Company Common	17.16	2.25		110.27	15	$36.75	$1,643.85
TUP	Tupperware Brands	22.05	2.57		80.98	15	$29.40	$1,132.95
IBM	International Bus	13.61	1.77		206.35	8	$28.00	$1,563.68
HAS	Hasbro Inc.	17.37	3.29		44.09	30	$43.20	$1,330.20
T	AT&T Inc.	26.57	5.18		34.47	30	$53.40	$1,034.10
							$1,905.78	$57,283.13
							Average Yield	3.33%
							Yield On Cost	3.50%