12 High-Yield, Low-Payout Dividend Stocks

Scott's Investments submits:This is my third article this week focusing on the US Dividend Champions, a list compiled and tracked at DRIP Investing. The list is comprised of stocks which have increased their dividend payout for at least 25 consecutive years.

Scott's Investments submits:I have recently begun using DRIP Investing's US Dividend Champions list to identify potential high yield equities. My site tends to focus on price momentum strategies for picking ETFs and stocks.

Scott's Investments submits:Approximately once per month I run a high-yield momentum screen using the free service on Finviz and post the results. Last month's list is here and the strategy returned -1.51% for the month, including dividends.

ByEquity Watch:Treasury yields have been trending downwards since the 2007 market crash and currently treasury yields are at their historic lows. In this low yield environment, the utility sector offers high yield.

By Qineqt:Utilities are offering a decent risk-adjusted return during the current economic turmoil. Current low treasury yields have shifted the attention of income seeking investors to healthy dividend offering utilities. As long as treasury yields remain low, we believe utilities will remain attractive for income seeking investors. There are some concerns regarding the high valuations of utilities, but we believe that valuations are not as high, considering the current economic environment.

By Insider Monkey: Defensive investors like high dividend yielding stocks and consider them as viable options in especially inflationary environments. We expect high dividend stocks to outperform the 10-year Treasuries over the next 10 years.

By Jim Pyke:Utilities have always been attractive given their high yields and relatively low correlations to the market. Furthermore, utilities have provided consistent growth and reliable dividends over the years. In today's low interest rate environment, investors look more to dividend stocks for current income given the anemic yields on other financial products like money market accounts, CDs and even bonds.

Frank J. Constantino submits:The exchange traded fund industry has been happy to answer investor's calls for high yield investments in this low rate environment. The problem is that often these products come with hefty expense ratios, eating up a considerable amount of the distribution yield. Here are three high yield ETFs won't line management's pockets with most of your income.