2 High-Yield Short Squeeze Candidates

Here we offer a very interesting way to look for attractive income investments – by searching for short squeeze candidates that have enough operating cash flow and levered free cash flow to cover their high-yield dividends. We began this search by screening for high-yield stocks (between 4-7%) that were also short squeeze candidates, with short float above 10%.click for expanded image From this universe, we then searched for those stocks with enough TTM operating cash flow and TTM levered free cash flow to cover their annual dividend. Do you think these dividends are sustainable? Use this list as a starting-off point for your own analysis.1. CBL & Associates Properties Inc. (CBL): REIT Industry. Market cap of $2.77B. Short float at 12.31%, equivalent to 11.12 days of average volume. Dividend yield at 4.50%, with a payout ratio of 423.19%. This is a risky stock that is significantly more volatile... Read more

CBL

Latest Price: $ 48.80

Dividend Yield (TTM): 4.76%

  • 2025-11-25: $ 0.45
  • 2026-03-17: $ 0.45
  • 2026-04-10: $ 0.18
  • 2026-06-12: $ 0.63
  • 2026-09-15: $ 0.63
PBI

Latest Price: $ 17.40

Dividend Yield (TTM): 2.18%

  • 2025-11-10: $ 0.09
  • 2026-02-27: $ 0.09
  • 2026-05-18: $ 0.10
  • 2026-08-10: $ 0.10
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