The real estate sector carries
an average dividend yield of 3.6 percent, versus that of the S&P 500 at 2.1 percent, she noted.
DUK's stock has a dividend yield of 4.1 %, which is somewhat below its five - year
average dividend yield of 4.3 %.
At the start of 2012,
the average dividend yield of stocks listed on the S&P 500 index was 2.06 %.
The U.S. banks pay a lower
average dividend yield of 2.2 %, whereas the Canadian banks pay an average yield of 3.7 %.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average had
an average dividend yield of 2.7 % in 2005, while the NASDAQ 100 had
an average dividend yield of 1.2 %.
This compares to a five - year
average dividend yield of 1.6 %.
It has
an average dividend yield of 2.7 % and a modest dividend payout ratio of 21 %.
The current
average dividend yield of the Dogs of the Dow screen is 3.9 %; this means shareholders of these stocks would actually have an annual return that is higher by approximately this amount.
Then the full Monty TR [Total Return] would simply depend on
the average dividend yield of each class, which is added to the price - only return.
So my next question is, «Have you, or anyone else, looked at
the average dividend yield of small cap versus large cap, and value stocks versus growth stocks?
Historically, stocks have offered
an average dividend yield of about 3.8 %.
General Mills currently has a market cap of $ 34 billion and an above -
average dividend yield of 3.1 %.
This compares to a peer
average dividend yield of 2.39 percent and a payout level of 46.70 percent.
Portfolio # 1 shows
an average dividend yield of 8.12 %, this is a very impressive payout distribution yield.
Eaton trades at a forward price - to - earnings multiple of 14.2 and has a dividend yield of 3.7 %, which is higher than its five - year
average dividend yield of 3.1 %.
Brian Bollinger of TheStreet has chosen 10 Aristocrats with
an average dividend yield of 3 % that he feels have the growth to continue raising dividends because they are operating strong and steady business models.
Brian Bollinger of TheStreet wrote about 10 Dividend Aristocrats To Buy Now where he chooses 10 aristocrats with
an average dividend yield of 3 % that he feels (1) have the strength to continue raising dividends and delivering income to their shareholders, and (2) operate strong and steady business models.
NNN's stock trades at 19.4 times estimated 2016 FFO per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8 %, which is significantly lower than its five - year
average dividend yield of 4.9 %.
CMP trades at about 14x forward earnings and offers a dividend yield of 3.6 %, which is meaningfully higher than its five year
average dividend yield of 2.7 % and a great starting base for investors living off dividends in retirement.
These have
an average dividend yield of 4 %, approximately three percentage points above the current yield on 10 - year TIPS, and over one percentage point ahead of the yield on standard 10 - year Treasury bonds.
European stocks, on the other hand, have been delivering
an average dividend yield of more than 2.5 %, according to MSCI data as of February 27, 2015.
Overall, this enables MLPs to offer attractive income yields (often substantially higher than
the average dividend yield of equities).
If all you wanted was a 3.6 % per year income stream, you could just buy a portfolio of stocks that had
an average dividend yield of 3.6 % per year or more (such as those above).
If an equal - dollar amount of each stock were purchased, the resulting mini-portfolio would have an average P / E of 12.1 and
an average dividend yield of 4.5 %.
Let's imagine you're going to invest in large cap dividend paying blue chip stocks that have
an average dividend yield of 4 %.
If he insists on
an average dividend yield of 3 %, he would be collecting $ 94,672.08 in cash dividends each year.
Portfolio # 1 shows
an average dividend yield of 8.12 %, this is a very impressive payout distribution yield.
Not exact matches
The forward price / earnings ratio
of the top 25 %
of S&P 500 stocks by
dividend yield is 17, vs. a 36 - year
average of 12, according to Ned Davis Research.
The stocks that hedge funds have largely ignored tend to be much larger than the hotels, have less debt, grow earnings more slowly but consistently, and pay bigger
dividends (an
average yield of nearly 3 % for the S&P 500 constituents, compared with 2 % for the index overall).
Luciano Siracusano, chief investment strategist at ETF and index developer WisdomTree (wetf), says the 1,400
dividend - paying stocks in the company's WT Dividend index now have average yields of about 3 %, twice the yield of 10 - year Tre
dividend - paying stocks in the company's WT
Dividend index now have average yields of about 3 %, twice the yield of 10 - year Tre
Dividend index now have
average yields of about 3 %, twice the
yield of 10 - year Treasuries.
There is also opportunity abroad: Non-U.S. stocks with the highest
dividend yields (
average price / earnings ratio
of 15.8) are cheaper than domestic counterparts (23.1), according to O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.
The
average stock on the S&P 500 stock index has a
dividend yield of about 2 percent whereas the 10 - year Treasury note
yields 1.7 percent.
An above -
average dividend yield (the MSCI Canada Energy Index is
yielding an annualized
dividend of 3.6 % versus 2.9 % on the overall MSCI Canada index, according to Bloomberg data as
of July 31, 2017) and lower price volatility could make energy a more attractive sector for income - seeking investors in a low
yield world.
Based on
dividend yield, hotel REITs rank in the upper - end
of the REIT universe, paying an
average yield of 4.2 %.
You can also sort by
dividend rate,
yield, and
average if you're looking for a solid
dividend - paying income stock, and make use
of advanced metrics like EBITDA margin, 50 and 200 - day moving
averages, and post-tax profit margin for continued operations.
There are a multitude
of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on
dividend stocks, specifically one
of two strategies -
dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio
of companies that have raised their
dividends at rates considerably above
average and high
dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above -
average dividend yields as measured by the
dividend rate compared to the stock market price.
Of course, in recent years, stock prices have grown much faster than earnings and
dividends, driving the P / E far above its historical
average and the
dividend yield (D / P) far below its historical
average.
Kick in the
average 2.8 %
dividend yield since 1982, and you arrive at the 33 - year total return since 1982
of 12.3 % annually.
However, with both the 10 - year Treasury
yield and the
average dividend yield for a company on the S&P 500 hovering around 2.35 %, that doesn't leave much in the way
of real gains if inflation is running at 2 % per annum.
A direct consequence
of this is that
dividend yields on S&P 500 stocks have fallen to 1.91 % and are now 32 % below their long - term
average.
In order to received $ 60k in annual
dividend income, I'll need a portfolio valued at over 1.7 Mil that
yields an
average of 3.5 %.
I've also included a Google Docs list
of all the companies in the list with their streak length, but the excel spreadsheets provided above have a lot more information like the
dividend yield,
average highest
yield for 3, 5 and 10 years, the past 10 years worth
of dividends, and lots
of other stock information.
As you can see in the chart above, December's purchases resulted in a total increase
of $ 8.27 to my forward 12 - month
dividends and carried an overall
average yield on cost
of 2.18 %.
For comparison, the
average yield of all 778
Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers is 2.8 %.
Since total return is comprised
of income (via
dividends or distributions) and capital gain, with the former counting much more over the long term, the case for this stock having a great 2018 is certainly already there based on that higher - than -
average yield.
All 30
of the components
of the Dow Jones Industrials (DJINDICES: ^ DJI) are stocks that pay
dividends, but by focusing on some
of the top -
yielding stocks in the
average, you can capture more in
dividend payments — and sometimes produce great returns.
If you're an income investor, you're looking for stocks that have higher - than -
average dividends and
dividend yields, a steady track record
of paying out
dividends, stable performance, solid reputations, and rising
dividends year over year.
If the
dividend yield rises to the historical
average of 4 % even 30 years from now, investors will have earned a total return
of just 5 % annually over that span.
This
dividend yield compares favorably with the market
average of 2 %.
If I assume a
dividend growth rate
of 6 percent (about the long - run
average *), the current S&P 500
dividend yield of 2.1 percent (from multpl.com), a terminal S&P 500
dividend yield of 4 percent (Hussman says that the
dividend yield on stocks has historically
averaged about 4 percent), the expected nominal return over ten years is 2.4 percent annually.