6 Highly Profitable High Dividend Yield Stocks

If you like the safety that dividend income can offer, here are some ideas on how to find interesting dividend paying stocks. We ran a screen on stocks paying dividend yields above 4% and sustainable payout ratios above 50%. To control for "value traps," we screened that these stocks have performed positively over the last month. We then screened for those with impressive profitability, beating their industry averages of gross, operating, and pretax margins. ‪Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research.‬ We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to the S&P 500 index over the last month. To access a complete analysis of this list's recent performance, click here. Do you think... Read more