10 High Yielding Stocks With Reliable Dividends

If you are a yield investor, you should look at my screening results from today. I've compiled 10 top yielding stocks from the S&P 500 with reliable dividends and a yield of at least 3.5 percent.

About 60 companies in the S&P 500 have yields of 3% or more. To make our cut, each company needs to cover its dividend from estimated 2015 earnings.

I excluded oil stocks and real estate investment trusts as well as master limited partnerships, which are valued differently than regular corporations using cash-flow measures rather than reported earnings.

These are my results....

11 Good Yielding Dividend Growth Stocks You Don't Want To Miss In Your Portfolio

If you are a fearful investor who scared about the ups and downs of the stock market, you must consider low volatility stocks with strong and growing cash flows.

In addition, the management team of the company should pay a solid amount of the net income back to shareholders. I talk about dividends and buybacks. Those are very shareholder friendly activities to create value for investors.

Today I like to introduce 11 dividend stocks that combine stable cash flows with high dividend yields above 3% and low stock price volatility. The stocks below reward investors each year with steady or rising dividend payments. Each of these 11 stocks has not reduced its dividend payments in over 25 years.

These are the results in detail:

The Top Yielder From The S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats Index

Dividends are a good income source for passive investors who like to retire earlier. A great source of stocks with a long history of sustainable and growing dividends can be found within the Dividend Aristocrats family.

I've written many articles about those stocks, which are very popular. Today I like to show the highest yielding stocks from the S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats Index. Each stock has increased its annual dividend 15 or more consecutive years.

These are the results with a yield, higher or close to 3 percent dividend yield....

4 Dividend Payer With 10% Yields And Promising Fundamentals

Big dividends are dead? No, I don't think so. Despite the fact that the FED and other national banks killed the interest rates, there are still high and stable dividend payments.

Today I like to focus my thoughts on higher risk stocks with bigger dividends. Those stocks have a really low market capitalization, a high payout ratio and cheap valuation. 

As a result, dividend yield ratios explode. Attached is a list of the top 20 results by yield who met my criteria.

These are my criteria in detail:

- Market Cap over $300 million

- Positive 5Y Earnings Growth Forecast

- Low Forward P/E

- Debt/Equity under 0.5

- Buy Rating from Analysts

These are the 5 top yielding results...

These 24 Stocks Growing Dividends By More Than 10% Over A Decade

Recently, I wrote that dividend growth is very important for long-term orientated investors who don't like to trade stocks and follow a buy and hold strategy. I've created a screen to that article, showing the fastest dividend growers from the S&P 500.

Today I like to show you a screen with high quality stocks which have raised dividends over more than 25 years at rates over 10% yearly for a decade. In total, 24 stocks appear on my radar.

Which stocks do you like?

These are my 5 top results...