My 3 Favorite Dividend Stocks From the S&P 500

The S&P 500 index is a popular used tool by investors. Professionals, like big insurance players, allocate their portfolio weighting on the Dow Jones Index and Standard & Poor's 500. The S&P 500 is a free-float capitalization-weighted index published since 1957 by Standard & Poor's, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP). I screened the index with its 500 companies by dividends. The highest yield of the S&P 500 was 9.55 percent paid by Frontier Communications (FTR). The lowest yield came from Precision Castparts (PCP) with a dividend yield of 0.07 percent. In total, 388 stocks pay dividends and have a positive yield, 112 stocks pay no dividends. Here are my favorites: 1. Altria (MO) is acting within the tobacco industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 55.18 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 23.89 billion and a net income of USD 3.42 billion. It follows, Price/Earnings... Read more