Top 10 Basic Materials Dividend Stocks

These basic materials (metals, energy but excluding utilities, chemicals) stocks are well positioned to take advantage of rising commodity prices while offering an attractive dividend yield. Some names on this list may be more familiar than others. One goal was to select companies that represent a broad range of industries. Analysis The analysis was conducted by screening through stocks within in the sector and limiting the selections to stocks with a greater than 2% dividend yield. I also looked at the full universe of basic materials stocks to compile some general statistics about the sector. The initial screen showed that there were 268 stocks in the basic materials category and 144 offered a dividend yield at .1% or higher with the maximum yield at 12.9% for Great Northern Iron Ore Properties (GNI). This analysis is limited by the stock screening tool that I used and one clear issue is that... Read more