April S&P 500 Top Dividend Dogs: 74 Price Drops Bolster Yields For New Buyers

"The S&P 500 High Dividend Index is a benchmark for income seeking equity investors. It measures performance of 80 high-yield S&P 500 companies and is equally weighted."
After 6 curtailed dividends in March, 74 S&P 500 High dividend-yield index-dogs showed top-ten net gains for April ranging 82-150.91% topped by ONEOK 3/31/20. The ten averaged 113.86% broker-projected net gains.
High dividend-yield S&P 500 index dogs ranged 2.39-19.30% in estimated annual yield. Top 10, WMB, KIM, VTR, IVZ, SLB, CCL, SPG, OKE, IVZ, HP, and KSS averaged 14.83%.
S&P 500 ten top high yield index firms by April broker target-price upsides, GM, UNM, VLO, KIM, SLB, KSS, SLG, SPG, CCL, & OKE,  averaged 47.65%.
$5k invested in the lowest-priced five April high-yield S&P 500 index dividend dogs showed 10.10% less net gain than from $5k invested. Big, higher-cost dividend dogs came back to rule this pack for April.
Foreword
The many ways to evaluate the S&P 500 list include pitfalls and perils. A straight listing by yield, for example, includes as many top dogs poised to fall amid a few rising stars. This high-dividend yield index list narrows the field to (presently) 74 stocks with (mostly) positive returns over the past year, and yields greater than 2.39%, assuming their good fortune holds. Nevertheless, past pleasantries are never a guarantee of future fates. Witness the six S&P 500 dearly departed high dividends from March: F; GPS; JWN; LB; M; TPR.
The S&P 500 High Dividend Index (SPXHDUP) serves as a benchmark for income-seeking equity investors. The index is designed to measure the performance of 80 high yield companies within the S&P 500 and is equally weighted to best represent the performance of this group, regardless of constituent size.
Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Forecast 82% To 150.91% Top Ten S&P Top-Return Net Gains To April 2021
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