Scorecard for S&P 500's 10 Highest Dividend Yield Stocks
Published Mar 23, 2011 on Seeking Alpha

With interest rates near zero, a growing number of investors craving for dividend income, and the economic outlook for slow growth, it is no surprise we are seeing incredible demand for high-yield stocks. Following are the 10 highest dividend yield blue chip stocks from the S&P 500: 10 Highest-Yielding Stocks in the S&P 500 Name (Symbol) Sector Forward P/E Yield Frontier Communications (FTR) Telecommunications 25 9.5% Windstream Corporation (WIN) Telecommunications 15 7.9% CenturyLink (CTL) Telecommunications 14 7.2% Reynolds American Inc (RAI) Consumer Staples 12 6.3% Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) Financials 12 6.1% Altria Group, Inc. (MO) Consumer Staples 12 6.1% AT&T Inc. (T) Telecommunications 11 6.1% Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) Industrials 11 6.0% PEPCO Holdings Inc (POM) Utilities 14 5.9% FirstEnergy (FE) Utilities 13 5.7% Which stock is the best? I use 8 metrics below to rank these 10 stocks. In each category, the best stock is ranked 10 and... Read more