High Dividend Yield Stocks

Dividend yield exists only when there are dividend payments. Past annual dividend payments can be found at Morningstar and Reuters, but does not predict future. Financial websites use different dividend yield definitions which can vary more than 6%. In the list below you can compare 3 dividend yield definitions: 5 year average dividend yield (5y.avg), forward annual dividend yield (forw. ann.) and trailing twelve month dividend yield without special dividend (ttm.w/o spec.div). Notice that telecom companies have a high representation in overview High Dividend Yield Stocks:

Attention: if the earnings announcement results are poor, this may lead in fewer dividend payments and a lower stock price both of which cause loss of income, but the dividend yield may remain the same.