Best Dividend Yields in the Portfolio

Today, I put together a spreadsheet with the dividend yield of all 141 stocks within the Own Every Stock Portfolio.  Currently, only 9 stocks within the portfolio do not pay a dividend, and 35 stocks are producing a dividend of over 5%.  However, I am going to group the stocks into two categories:  Domestic stocks and foreign stocks issued as ADRs on a U.S. Exchange.  All the dividend yields on the U.S. companies are based on their current dividend payout while the foreign based companies are based on the dividend payments made in 2009.  It is much more difficult to forecast upcoming dividends on foreign stocks, because the amounts will vary from year to year and often times special dividends are paid in addition to regular dividends.  In addition, the top few dividend yields on the foreign stocks listed are likely to be cut or significantly reduced in 2010, especially Lloyd's Banking Group and WSP Holdings.  Here is a chart with the 35 stocks within the Own Every Stock Portfolio currently earning more than a 5% dividend yield based on today's closing prices.


Domestic Stocks
Symbol
 Dividend
     Yield 
         Foreign Stocks
Symbol
  Dividend
      Yield
Cherokee, Inc.
  CHKE
  11.76%Lloyds Banking Group
    LYG
     32.02% 
Windstream Corp.
  WIN  
    9.17%
WSP Holdings Ltd.
     WH
     22.26%
World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc.
  WWE
    8.78%
Tele Norte Leste Part.
    TNE
     11.88%      
B & G Foods, Inc.
  BGS
    7.82%
France Telecom
    FTE
       9.86%
Centurytel, Inc.
  CTL
    7.81%
Cellcom Israel
    CEL
       9.68%
Deluxe Corporation 
  DLX
    7.28%
Magyar Telekom
    MTA
       9.26%
Altria Group, Inc.
  MO
    7.02% Telecom Corp of New Zealand
    NZT        9.13%
Reynolds American, Inc. 
  RAI
    6.81%
Philippine Long Distance
    PHI
       6.46%
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. 
  TEG
    6.56%
CPFL Energia SA
    CPL
       5.89%
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
  POM
    6.40%
Banco Santander SA 
    STD 
       5.33%
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
  PBI
    6.40%
Telecom de Sao Paulo SA
    TSP
       5.22%
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
  CINF
    6.19%
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri
    TKC
       5.00%
Progress Energy, Inc.
  PGN
    6.02%
   
AT&T, Inc.
    T
    5.95%
   
Ameren Corporation
  AEE
    5.75%
   
Verizon Communications
  VZ
    5.71%
   
Sovran Self Storage, Inc.
  SSS
    5.48%
   
Centerpoint Energy, Inc.
  CNP
    5.47%
   
Eli Lilly & Company
  LLY
    5.36%
   
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
  ED
    5.34%
   
Leggett & Platt, Inc.
  LEG
    5.21%
   
DuPont de Nemours & Co.
  DD
    5.19%
   
Life Partners Holdings, Inc.
  LPHI
    5.15%
   

 

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  • 3/6/2010 7:09 AM Horace wrote:
    I really like this project. I thought about trying this myself years ago but never started. Now I will start my own project/portfolio. Thank you. One question, do you use sharebuilder.com to buy shares because I notice fractional shares.
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    1. 3/6/2010 10:39 AM Your Friendly Stock Collector wrote:
      Horace, thanks for the positive feedback and good luck with your own stock project.  I actually use Tradeking.com for my Own Every Stock Portfolio and the reason for the fractional shares is that I have automatic dividend reinvestment for all the stocks in the portfolio.  Thanks again for stopping by, keep me updated on the progress of your own portfolio.

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