Tech Stocks Yielding Over 4%

Apple (AAPL) may not pay a dividend but there are plenty of other technology stocks that do. Here are four with yields over 5% and market caps above $500 million.

EarthLink, Inc. (ELNK), the Internet access service provider, pays a yield of 6.9%. The company has a market cap of $869 million. However, they have a very short term track record of quarterly dividend payments.

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI), the office equipment company, somewhat falls into the category of technology. The stock yields 6.6%, and has a market cap of $4.6 billion. The company has paid dividends since 1993.

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) yields 5% and has paid dividends annually since 2005.

Himax Technologies, Inc. (HIMX) pays a dividend of 8.4% and has paid annually since 2007.

If you like high yield stocks, you should check out the list of high yield utility stocks, high yield tax free dividend stocks, and high yield monthly dividend stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author owns AAPL.

By Stockerblog.com

Highest Yielding Top Rated Stocks (there are only two)

With the flack the credit rating agencies received during the recent financial collapse, it is interesting to see what their current ratings reveal.

If you look at some of the major firms that rate stocks, and you look to see what stocks meet their highest ratings, you can get a good idea of what the major consensus is for which stocks are considered quality investments.

Standard & Poor's highest rating is five stars. S&P is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP). The highest ratings for First Call Consensus are Buy and Strong Buy, the same with Jaywalk Consensus. The highest for Market Edge is Long, and for Jim Cramer 's TheStreet.com (TSCM), the top rating is Buy. If you look to see which stocks meet this criteria, and yield over 1%, you would come up with only two stocks. Here they are:

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) 2.1%

McKesson Corporation (MCK) 1.1%

If you want to see other high yield stocks, such as high yield electric utilities and stocks that pay dividends monthly, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author doesn't own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

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