| Table 2. The 10 Highest Dividend Yielders | |||||||||
| Dividend Yield |
Annual Growth Rates |
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| Company (Exchange: Ticker) | Current (%) |
5-Yr Avg (%) |
Div/ Shr (%) |
EPS (%) |
EPS Est (%) |
Payout Ratio (%) |
52-Wk Rel Strgth (%) |
Price Chg (52 Wk) (%) |
Description |
| Firms With Dividend Reinvestment Plans | |||||||||
| First Horizon National Corp. (N: FHN) | 4.2 | 3.4 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 7.8 | 41.1 | -10 | 2 | bank holding co |
| BB&T Corporation (N: BBT) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 11.6 | 14.3 | 9.0 | 48.9 | -3 | 10 | financial holding co |
| TCF Financial Corporation (N: TCB) | 3.5 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 11.1 | 9.0 | 42.5 | -9 | 4 | bank holding co |
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. (M: CINF) | 3.1 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 38.7 | 10.3 | 35.2 | -6 | 6 | insurance prods |
| First Niagara Financial Group (M: FNFG) | 3.1 | 2.2 | 28.1 | 23.2 | 12.3 | 46.0 | -1 | 12 | bank holding co |
| Wells Fargo & Company (N: WFC) | 3.0 | 2.7 | 17.3 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 43.9 | 1 | 15 | financial servs |
| General Electric Company (N: GE) | 2.9 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 3.7 | 11.4 | 39.3 | -16 | -4 | diversified financial |
| Independent Bank Corporation (M: IBCP) | 2.9 | 2.5 | 19.8 | 18.8 | 10.0 | 35.1 | -7 | 5 | bank holding co |
| Masco Corporation (N: MAS) | 2.8 | 2.4 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 24.1 | -11 | 1 | home/building prods |
| Synovus Financial Corp. (N: SNV) | 2.8 | 2.5 | 10.4 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 43.3 | -12 | 0 | financial servs |
| Firms Without Dividend Reinvestment Plans | |||||||||
| SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (ADR) (N: SKM) | 8.2 | 2.1 | 126.0 | 40.5 | 5.6 | 21.6 | 21 | 37 | Korea wireless |
| HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (N: HBC) | 7.2 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 13.4 | 7.2 | 27.8 | -4 | 8 | financial servs |
| Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania (M: RBPAA) | 4.6 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 16.8 | na | 36.3 | -6 | 7 | bank holding co |
| Allied Irish Banks, plc. (ADR) (N: AIB) | 4.4 | 4.1 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 9.0 | 27.3 | 3 | 17 | financial servs |
| Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (ADR) (N: ITY) | 4.4 | 3.9 | 16.2 | 12.5 | na | 33.9 | -5 | 8 | tobacco prods |
| Unilever N.V. (ADR) (N: UN) | 4.4 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 27.9 | 4.1 | 41.7 | -1 | 12 | food/home prods |
| CKF Bancorp, Inc. (O: CKFB) | 4.1 | 3.9 | 15.6 | 23.1 | na | 38.3 | -1 | 12 | bank holding co |
| Doral Financial Corp. (N: DRL) | 4.0 | 1.3 | 35.8 | 19.5 | na | 35.7 | -50 | -44 | mortgage banking |
| Citigroup Inc. (N: C) | 3.9 | 2.6 | 27.6 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 36.5 | -6 | 6 | financial servs |
| Reed Elsevier plc (ADR) (N: RUK) | 3.8 | 2.4 | 7.7 | 46.1 | 10.0 | 38.9 | -11 | 1 | publishing/info servs |
| For an expanded list of stocks passing these screens, go to the Stock Screen area of AAII.com. Exchange Key: M= NASDAQ National or NASDAQ Small Cap Market, N= New York Stock Exchange, O= Over the counter Source AAII's Stock Investor Pro/Reuters Research, Inc. and I/B/E/S. Data as of 4/28/2006. |
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