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Dividend investing is a huge part of my investment strategy. As I’ve mentioned in my now monthly passive income updates, receiving dividend income from my both my Ultimate Sustainable Dividend portfolio and my ETF portfolio is a primary driver of how my retirement will be like a few decades from now:) Today, I went back to looking for the top dividend stocks from the S&P500!
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Once again, the top dog going into the new year Windstream (WIN) wit a dividend yield above 10%!! That’s not everything that matters though and the fact that earnings per share have decreased by 25% on average over the past 5 years should be enough to make you stay away. I’ll perform a lot more analysis on these names in the coming days. If ever you’d like to get free analysis, please subscribe to our newsletter here:
In the meantime, here is the list!
| Ticker | Name | Price | Dividend Yield | Payout Ratio | Ex-Dvd Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIN | Windstream Holdings Inc | 7.98 | 12.55 | 356.15 | 3/27/2014 |
| FTR | Frontier Communications Corp | 4.65 | 8.6 | 298.64 | 3/5/2014 |
| CTL | CenturyLink Inc | 31.85 | 6.78 | 231.48 | 3/6/2014 |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp | 32.98 | 6.67 | 119.43 | 2/5/2014 |
| DO | Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc | 56.92 | 6.15 | 67.54 | 2/13/2014 |
| HCP | HCP Inc | 36.32 | 5.78 | 110.32 | 2/6/2014 |
| HCN | Health Care REIT Inc | 53.57 | 5.71 | 607.36 | 2/6/2014 |
| POM | Pepco Holdings Inc | 19.13 | 5.65 | 87.02 | 3/7/2014 |
| ETR | Entergy Corp | 63.27 | 5.25 | 69.57 | 2/7/2014 |
| ESV | Ensco PLC | 57.18 | 5.25 | 28.61 | 3/13/2014 |
| T | AT&T Inc | 35.16 | 5.23 | 141.35 | 1/8/2014 |
| TE | TECO Energy Inc | 17.24 | 5.1 | 77.4 | 2/14/2014 |
| VTR | Ventas Inc | 57.28 | 5.06 | 238.42 | 3/7/2014 |
| RAI | Reynolds American Inc | 49.99 | 5.04 | 103.6 | 3/7/2014 |
| EQR | Equity Residential | 51.87 | 5.01 | 210.01 | 3/20/2014 |
| TEG | Integrys Energy Group Inc | 54.41 | 5 | 72.79 | 2/26/2014 |
| MO | Altria Group Inc | 38.39 | 5 | 82.72 | 3/14/2014 |
| SO | Southern Co/The | 41.11 | 4.94 | 72 | 2/6/2014 |
| PPL | PPL Corp | 30.09 | 4.89 | 54.54 | 3/7/2014 |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan Inc/DE | 36 | 4.56 | 116.28 | 1/29/2014 |
| KIM | Kimco Realty Corp | 19.75 | 4.56 | 356.18 | 3/31/2014 |
| EXC | Exelon Corp | 27.39 | 4.53 | 147.72 | 2/12/2014 |
| RIG | Transocean Ltd | 49.42 | 4.53 | 34.81 | 2/19/2014 |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corp | 69.01 | 4.52 | 100.42 | 2/19/2014 |
| PCG | PG&E Corp | 40.28 | 4.52 | 95.71 | 3/28/2014 |
| PEG | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | 32.04 | 4.49 | 56.31 | 3/7/2014 |
| ED | Consolidated Edison Inc | 55.28 | 4.45 | 62.3 | 2/10/2014 |
| AEE | Ameren Corp | 36.16 | 4.42 | #VALUE! | 3/10/2014 |
| LO | Lorillard Inc | 50.68 | 4.34 | 73.63 | 2/26/2014 |
| SCG | SCANA Corp | 46.93 | 4.33 | 61.8 | 3/11/2014 |
| PM | Philip Morris International Inc | 87.13 | 4.32 | 62.64 | 3/25/2014 |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | 49.14 | 4.32 | 657.01 | 1/8/2014 |
| PBCT | People's United Financial Inc | 15.12 | 4.3 | 88.83 | 1/30/2014 |
| PNW | Pinnacle West Capital Corp | 52.92 | 4.29 | 75.48 | 1/30/2014 |
| AEP | American Electric Power Co Inc | 46.74 | 4.28 | 72.76 | 2/10/2014 |
| MAC | Macerich Co/The | 58.89 | 4.21 | 111.53 | 2/18/2014 |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants Inc | 54.37 | 4.05 | 64.09 | 1/8/2014 |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc | 27.94 | 4.01 | 57.67 | 3/18/2014 |
| GAS | AGL Resources Inc | 47.23 | 3.98 | 74.91 | 2/19/2014 |
| DTE | DTE Energy Co | 66.39 | 3.95 | 62.01 | 3/20/2014 |
| WMB | Williams Cos Inc/The | 38.57 | 3.94 | 102.53 | 3/5/2014 |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 70.65 | 3.91 | 44.31 | 2/13/2014 |
| KRFT | Kraft Foods Group Inc | 53.92 | 3.89 | 18.05 | 3/27/2014 |
| GRMN | Garmin Ltd | 46.22 | 3.89 | 64.78 | 3/13/2014 |
| LEG | Leggett & Platt Inc | 30.94 | 3.88 | 65.3 | 3/12/2014 |
| LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | 51 | 3.84 | 53.48 | 2/12/2014 |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corp | 26.77 | 3.81 | 66.74 | 2/12/2014 |
| PCL | Plum Creek Timber Co Inc | 46.51 | 3.78 | 133.99 | 2/19/2014 |
| PSA | Public Storage | 150.52 | 3.72 | 114.78 | 3/10/2014 |
| AIV | Apartment Investment & Management Co | 25.91 | 3.71 | #VALUE! | 2/19/2014 |
| WEC | Wisconsin Energy Corp | 41.34 | 3.7 | 50.58 | 2/12/2014 |
| AVB | AvalonBay Communities Inc | 118.23 | 3.62 | 147.85 | 3/28/2014 |
| CNP | CenterPoint Energy Inc | 23.18 | 3.58 | 82.97 | 2/14/2014 |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin Corp | 148.66 | 3.58 | 49.65 | 2/27/2014 |
| IRM | Iron Mountain Inc | 30.35 | 3.56 | 196.45 | 3/19/2014 |
| MRK | Merck & Co Inc | 50.05 | 3.52 | 83.87 | 3/13/2014 |
| D | Dominion Resources Inc/VA | 64.69 | 3.48 | 373.09 | 2/26/2014 |
| INTC | Intel Corp | 25.96 | 3.47 | 39.53 | 2/5/2014 |
| NEM | Newmont Mining Corp | 23.03 | 3.47 | 36.87 | 3/14/2014 |
| NU | Northeast Utilities | 42.39 | 3.47 | 71.4 | 2/28/2014 |
| SE | Spectra Energy Corp | 35.62 | 3.43 | 80.17 | 2/5/2014 |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc | 30.63 | 3.4 | 68.9 | 2/5/2014 |
| CVC | Cablevision Systems Corp | 17.93 | 3.35 | 483.89 | 3/12/2014 |
| MCD | McDonald's Corp | 97.03 | 3.34 | 53.07 | 2/26/2014 |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc | 37.74 | 3.31 | 39.01 | 1/13/2014 |
| VNO | Vornado Realty Trust | 88.79 | 3.29 | 265.31 | 2/5/2014 |
| WM | Waste Management Inc | 44.87 | 3.25 | 80.58 | 3/4/2014 |
| PBI | Pitney Bowes Inc | 23.3 | 3.22 | 68.95 | 2/12/2014 |
| CINF | Cincinnati Financial Corp | 52.37 | 3.21 | 62.47 | 3/17/2014 |
| SYY | Sysco Corp | 36.1 | 3.21 | 65.99 | 4/2/2014 |
| CVX | Chevron Corp | 124.91 | 3.2 | 26.14 | 2/19/2014 |
| MCHP | Microchip Technology Inc | 44.75 | 3.17 | 214.95 | 2/18/2014 |
| SPG | Simon Property Group Inc | 152.16 | 3.15 | 86.84 | 2/10/2014 |
| GE | General Electric Co | 28.03 | 3.14 | 50.22 | 2/20/2014 |
| RSG | Republic Services Inc | 33.2 | 3.13 | 58.39 | 3/28/2014 |
| DPS | Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc | 48.72 | 3.12 | 45.54 | 3/13/2014 |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corp | 104.46 | 3.1 | 66.46 | 3/5/2014 |
| NEE | NextEra Energy Inc | 85.62 | 3.08 | 52.33 | 2/26/2014 |
| PAYX | Paychex Inc | 45.53 | 3.07 | 83.78 | 1/31/2014 |
| EIX | Edison International | 46.3 | 3.07 | 28.48 | 3/28/2014 |
| STX | Seagate Technology PLC | 56.16 | 3.06 | 28.18 | 2/10/2014 |
| CLX | Clorox Co/The | 92.76 | 3.06 | 60.06 | 1/27/2014 |
| GIS | General Mills Inc | 49.91 | 3.05 | 46.79 | 1/8/2014 |
| NI | NiSource Inc | 32.88 | 3.04 | 66.61 | 2/5/2014 |
| MAT | Mattel Inc | 47.58 | 3.03 | 55.08 | 2/18/2014 |
| PLD | Prologis Inc | 36.95 | 3.03 | #VALUE! | 3/13/2014 |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | 22.45 | 3.03 | 33.16 | 1/2/2014 |
| ABBV | AbbVie Inc | 52.81 | 3.03 | 0 | 1/13/2014 |
| SPLS | Staples Inc | 15.89 | 3.02 | #VALUE! | 3/26/2014 |
| K | Kellogg Co | 61.07 | 3.01 | 64.72 | 2/27/2014 |
| LYB | LyondellBasell Industries NV | 80.28 | 2.99 | 84.09 | 3/6/2014 |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp | 37.43 | 2.99 | 35.19 | 2/18/2014 |
| CA | CA Inc | 33.65 | 2.97 | 48.48 | 3/3/2014 |
| CAG | ConAgra Foods Inc | 33.7 | 2.97 | 52.55 | 1/29/2014 |
| HP | Helmerich & Payne Inc | 84.08 | 2.97 | 12.97 | 2/12/2014 |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Co/The | 81.41 | 2.96 | 56.75 | 1/22/2014 |
| HAS | Hasbro Inc | 55.01 | 2.91 | 55.62 | 1/31/2014 |
| WU | Western Union Co/The | 17.25 | 2.9 | 24.54 | 3/13/2014 |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 91.59 | 2.88 | 60.89 | 2/21/2014 |
| DOW | Dow Chemical Co/The | 44.4 | 2.88 | 170.73 | 3/27/2014 |
