4 Highly Shorted, High Dividend Yield Stocks with Impressive Free Cash Flow

If you’re looking for potential sources of dividend income, one thing to keep in mind is the company’s free cash flows. Because cash flows are the most sustainable source for a company to pay their dividends, having high free cash flows is a good indicator for dividend reliability. Here we ran a screen on high dividend yield stocks (with dividend yield above 3% and a sustainable payout ratio below 35%) that have high levered free cash flow relative to market cap. Levered free cash flow is the free cash flow available after paying interest on outstanding debt. On top of this screen, we then searched for those that are being highly shorted (with short float above 10%).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... Read more