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It is that time of the year again, time to publish the top dividend stocks on the S&P500, as of April 30th 2010. Frontier Communications Corp (FTR) remains at the top and is currently the only stock in the S&P500 with a dividend yield over 10%. As I’ve said before, I continue to be more careful with communications companies simply because a lot is going on in their environment. For example, FTR currently has a pending deal with Verizon which could have an impact on its future profitability and dividends. The next two companies, Windstream Corp (WIN) and Century Tel (CTL) are also communications companies that face fierce competition. Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T), two mobile phone carriers are also among the top dividend payers. AT&T is a very dependant on Apple’s Iphone business which could be seen as a good or a bad thing depending on what you think Apple will do in the near future.
So the top non-communications company is Reynolds American (RAI), a holding company that is mainly involved in the tobacco industry and next up AltriaGroup Inc (MO), another tobacco player. They would seem like a safer bet although additional research would be needed on any of these companies.
Of course, tobacco companies would fall out of the investment possibilities for many who do social investing but for the majority, it is a business like any other.
Good luck with your research!
Ticker Name Price Dividend Yield Return MTD Next ex-date
FTR Frontier Communications Corp 7.96 12.56 6.99 6/9/2010
WIN Windstream Corp 11.05 9.05 1.47 6/28/2010
CTL CenturyTel Inc 34.11 8.5 -3.81 6/14/2010
RAI Reynolds American Inc 53.42 6.74 -1 6/8/2010
MO Altria Group Inc 21.19 6.61 3.27 6/11/2010
VZ Verizon Communications Inc 28.89 6.57 -5.37 7/7/2010
POM Pepco Holdings Inc 16.74 6.45 -2.33 6/8/2010
T AT&T Inc 26.06 6.45 2.5 7/7/2010
PGN Progress Energy Inc 39.92 6.21 3.08 7/7/2010
Q Qwest Communications International Inc 5.23 6.12 0.19 5/19/2010
HCN Health Care REIT Inc 44.93 6.05 -0.66 5/6/2010
AEE Ameren Corp 25.96 5.93 -0.46 6/7/2010
FE FirstEnergy Corp 37.87 5.81 -3.12 5/5/2010
HCP HCP Inc 32.12 5.79 -1.29 8/5/2010
PBI Pitney Bowes Inc 25.4 5.75 3.93 5/12/2010
DUK Duke Energy Corp 16.78 5.72 2.82 5/12/2010
PPL PPL Corp 24.76 5.65 -10.57 6/8/2010
NI NiSource Inc 16.3 5.64 4.7 7/28/2010
PNW Pinnacle West Capital Corp 37.34 5.62 0.43 7/30/2010
LLY Eli Lilly & Co 34.97 5.6 -3.45 5/12/2010
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp 28.4 5.56 -1.73 6/16/2010
TEG Integrys Energy Group Inc 49.61 5.48 4.71 5/26/2010
CNP CenterPoint Energy Inc 14.36 5.43 0 5/12/2010
SO Southern Co 34.56 5.27 5.56 7/29/2010
ED Consolidated Edison Inc 45.2 5.27 1.48 5/10/2010
LO Lorillard Inc 78.37 5.1 4.16 5/28/2010
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 25.29 5.06 -5.28 6/30/2010
AEP American Electric Power Co Inc 34.3 4.9 0.35 5/6/2010
RRD RR Donnelley & Sons Co 21.49 4.84 1.88 8/4/2010
EXC Exelon Corp 43.59 4.82 -0.5 5/12/2010
SCG SCANA Corp 39.47 4.82 5 6/8/2010
PM Philip Morris International Inc 49.08 4.73 -6.02 6/22/2010
TE TECO Energy Inc 16.93 4.73 6.48 5/12/2010
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc 29.21 4.67 3.73 5/18/2010
PLD ProLogis 13.17 4.55 -0.15 5/12/2010
VTR Ventas Inc 47.23 4.53 -0.48 6/7/2010
HCBK Hudson City Bancorp Inc 13.3 4.51 -6.07 5/3/2010
XEL Xcel Energy Inc 21.75 4.51 2.59 6/22/2010
DTE DTE Energy Co 48.17 4.4 8 6/17/2010
D Dominion Resources Inc/VA 41.8 4.38 1.68 5/26/2010
MRK Merck & Co Inc 35.04 4.34 -6.18 6/2/2010
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp 61.26 4.31 -2.58 6/2/2010
PFE Pfizer Inc 16.72 4.31 -2.57 5/5/2010
SE Spectra Energy Corp 23.34 4.28 3.64 5/12/2010
GAS Nicor Inc 43.51 4.28 3.75 6/28/2010
PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc 32.13 4.26 8.84 6/7/2010
LEG Leggett & Platt Inc 24.53 4.24 13.35 6/11/2010
PCL Plum Creek Timber Co Inc 39.8 4.22 2.36 5/12/2010
PCG PG&E Corp 43.8 4.15 3.28 6/24/2010
DD EI du Pont de Nemours & Co 39.84 4.12 6.98 5/12/2010
KIM Kimco Realty Corp 15.59 4.11 -0.32 7/2/2010
ETR Entergy Corp 81.29 4.08 -0.07 5/10/2010
PAYX Paychex Inc 30.6 4.05 0.68 7/30/2010
PBCT People's United Financial Inc 15.53 3.99 0.28 7/28/2010
FII Federated Investors Inc 24.12 3.98 -8.57 5/5/2010
KFT Kraft Foods Inc 29.6 3.92 -2.12 6/28/2010
FPL FPL Group Inc 52.05 3.84 7.7 6/2/2010
GPC Genuine Parts Co 42.8 3.83 1.33 6/9/2010
COP ConocoPhillips 59.19 3.72 15.67 5/20/2010
CMS CMS Energy Corp 16.26 3.69 5.17 5/5/2010
NU Northeast Utilities 27.79 3.69 0.51 5/27/2010
NYX NYSE Euronext 32.63 3.68 10.2 6/11/2010
EIX Edison International 34.37 3.67 0.59 6/28/2010
WM Waste Management Inc 34.68 3.63 0.76 5/27/2010
HNZ HJ Heinz Co 46.87 3.58 2.76 6/22/2010
OKE Oneok Inc 49.14 3.58 8.77 7/28/2010
CVX Chevron Corp 81.44 3.54 7.4 5/17/2010
ABT Abbott Laboratories 51.16 3.44 -2.07 7/13/2010
AVB AvalonBay Communities Inc 104.04 3.43 20.49 6/28/2010
MWV MeadWestvaco Corp 27.17 3.39 6.34 5/4/2010
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 64.3 3.36 -1.38 5/27/2010
MMC Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc 24.22 3.3 0 7/7/2010
KO Coca-Cola Co/The 53.45 3.29 -2.82 6/11/2010
HRB H&R Block Inc 18.31 3.28 2.87 6/8/2010
CAG ConAgra Foods Inc 24.47 3.27 -1.6 7/28/2010
MAT Mattel Inc 23.05 3.25 1.36 11/24/2010
MTB M&T Bank Corp 87.35 3.21 10.04 5/28/2010
NUE Nucor Corp 45.32 3.18 -0.18 6/28/2010
SRE Sempra Energy 49.18 3.18 -1.54 6/15/2010
SYY Sysco Corp 31.54 3.17 6.85 6/30/2010
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc 43.36 3.14 -2.5 6/9/2010
MCD McDonald's Corp 70.59 3.12 5.8 6/3/2010
VNO Vornado Realty Trust 83.37 3.12 10.21 5/6/2010
MRO Marathon Oil Corp 32.15 3.11 1.61 5/17/2010
PG Procter & Gamble Co/The 62.16 3.1 -1.05 7/21/2010
SLE Sara Lee Corp 14.22 3.1 2.01 5/27/2010
CLX Clorox Co 64.7 3.09 1.66 7/23/2010
PPG PPG Industries Inc 70.37 3.07 7.66 5/6/2010
CPB Campbell Soup Co 35.86 3.07 1.44 7/1/2010
LLTC Linear Technology Corp 30.06 3.06 6.29 5/12/2010
WEC Wisconsin Energy Corp 52.51 3.05 6.27 5/12/2010
BMS Bemis Co Inc 30.41 3.03 5.88 5/19/2010
EQR Equity Residential 45.27 2.98 15.63 6/10/2010
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp 84.89 2.97 2.01 5/27/2010
K Kellogg Co 54.94 2.95 2.83 5/27/2010
PEP PepsiCo Inc/NC 65.22 2.94 -1.45 6/2/2010
TWC Time Warner Cable Inc 56.25 2.84 5.61 5/26/2010
TRV Travelers Cos Inc/The 50.74 2.84 -5.91 6/8/2010
CB Chubb Corp 52.87 2.8 1.97 6/23/2010
MHP McGraw-Hill Cos Inc/The 33.72 2.79 -5.41 5/24/2010
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Good luck in the future!
