Building A High-Yielding Stock Portfolio That Can Outperform By A Big Margin

I tried to create a high-yielding stock portfolio that can outperform the market by a big margin. The following screen shows such promise. I have searched for companies that pay very rich dividends with a low payout ratio. Those stocks also would have to show low debt. The screen's method that I use to build this portfolio requires all stocks to comply with all following demands: The stock does not trade over-the-counter (OTC). Price is greater than 1.00. Market cap is greater than $100 million. Dividend yield is greater than 4.0%. The payout ratio is less than 100%. Last dividend declared is greater than the last dividend paid. Total debt to equity is less than 1.0. The ten stocks with the lowest payout ratio among all the stocks that complied with the first seven demands. I used Portfolio123's powerful screener to perform the search and to run back-tests. Nonetheless,... Read more