Top Dividend Yield Stocks
Dividends are distributed as portion of the company’s profit and are
paid out to the shareholders of a company. Dividend yield measures the sum of
earnings by way of the total dividends that investors make by investing in that
stock. It usually expressed as a percentage.
Dividend yield stocks are better investment options during volatile
times, as these companies’ payoff good returns. Investors should check the
valuation and dividend pay off track records. Dividends paid to investors are
tax-free and, hence, investing in high dividend yield stocks creates an appropriate
tax-saving asset.
Check out for the Top 10 dividend
paying companies over last five years:
|
Stocks
|
Dividend Payout Ratio(%)
|
Dividend Yield(%)
|
|
ITC
|
81.51
|
5.2
|
|
Hindustan Zinc
|
102.44
|
7.02
|
|
Power Grid Corporation of India
|
43.43
|
5.41
|
|
Indian Oil Corporation
|
48.87
|
10.46
|
|
Bharti Infratel
|
58.87
|
5.13
|
|
Petronet LNG
|
69.36
|
5.08
|
|
Pfizer
|
296.54
|
6.8
|
|
Sun Tv Network
|
71.13
|
5.16
|
|
P&G
|
87.09
|
8.71
|
|
SKF India
|
222.4
|
7.78
|
The above companies provided dividend on the
investment done by investors and shareholders, although one should always do
some research work before investing in any share present in the market.
Dividend may have been showed in the past performance records but you should
also analyze the company’s credibility for future profits before investing.