High-yield dividend stocks are great for investors looking for a more immediate return on their investment, rather than waiting purely for the stock to appreciate in price over time.
Getting paid to wait sounds pretty good to me! But of course there are caveats. You simply can’t buy the highest yielding stocks out there and assume you’re going to get a good return. Rather you’ve got to balance yield, and the company’s financial ability to safely pay their dividend over time, and understand the industry in which the company operates. After all, if they can thrive in their industry, it stands to reason they’ll want to, and be able, to return more money to shareholders like you and me over time.
With that said, here are the top 25 high yield dividend stocks that can serve as a launching point for your own research. To make my list, they need to be listed in the United States, be larger than a microcap company, and have at least some dividend history to study.
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