Income Ideas: 12 High Dividend Yield Stocks Being Exited by Short Sellers

If you are looking to invest in dividend paying stocks, a good starting point for potential candidates is to analyze those stocks in which short sellers are covering their short positions. In order to construct this list we looked for stocks with the following characteristics: Dividend yield above 2% Short float above 5% Decrease of the shorted shares over the last four weeks, prior to the benchmark date of May 13th Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the top six stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research. Your browser does not support iframes. We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to the S&P 500 index over the last month. To access a complete analysis of this list's recent performance, click here. (Click to enlarge) Considering... Read more