5 Russell 3000 Top Dividend Yielders - Are They Bargain Stocks Now?

About half of the 3,000 companies included in the Russell 3000 index pay dividends. Of those, 924 of them have a dividend yield greater than 2% and 362 have a yield over 4%. In my previous articles (here and here), I analyzed five stocks that have the highest dividend yields among the large-cap and mid-cap stocks. In this article, I have tried to find out if the five stocks that have the highest dividend yield among the stocks included in the Russell 3000 index are bargains right now. Russell 3000 Index Russell investment explanation: The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. The Russell 3000 Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive, unbiased, and stable barometer of the broad market and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are... Read more