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Bloomberg ranked U.S. companies based on dividend yield on July 24, 2013. The yield was based on the July 24, 2013 share price and on the last dividend or partnership distribution paid annualized.
The universe consisted of 1,000 companies with share prices of at least $1 and market capitalizations of at least $250 million. Equity and nonequity investment instruments (such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds) were excluded as were companies with no share price on July 24 or a share price lower than it was one year earlier. Among the 180 companies that remained, the top 25 were identified. Hugoton Royalty Trust pays its dividend monthly; all other companies pay quarterly.
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Rank | Company | Indicated yield | Last dividend paid | Share price | Industry |
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1 | Arlington Asset Investment | 13.51% | $0.88 | $25.91 | Mortgage Finance |
2 | Ellington Financial | 13.50% | $0.77 | $22.82 | Other Financial Services |
3 | Hugoton Royalty Trust | 13.47% | $0.10 | $9.21 | Royalty Income - Oil and Gas |
4 | Rhino Resource Partners | 12.73% | $0.45 | $13.98 | Coal Operations |
5 | Resource Capital | 12.36% | $0.20 | $6.47 | Commercial Mortgage REITs |
6 | Chimera Investment | 12.12% | $0.09 | $2.97 | Residential Mortgage REITs |
7 | Newcastle Investment | 11.79% | $0.17 | $5.77 | Mortgage Finance |
8 | Rentech Nitrogen Partners | 10.80% | $0.85 | $31.47 | Nitrogenous Fertilizers |
9 | Natural Resource Partners | 10.31% | $0.55 | $21.34 | Coal Operations |
10 | PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 10.17% | $0.57 | $22.41 | Mortgage REITs |
11 | Och-Ziff Capital Management Group | 10.01% | $0.28 | $11.19 | Investment Management |
12 | Memorial Production Partners | 9.98% | $0.51 | $20.55 | Oil Exploration and Production |
13 | Vector Group | 9.74% | $0.40 | $16.42 | Cigarette Manufacturing |
14 | Niska Gas Storage Partners | 9.63% | $0.35 | $14.54 | Midstream Oil and Gas |
15 | Frontier Communications | 9.35% | $0.10 | $4.28 | Wireline Telecom Services |
16 | Stonemor Partners | 9.22% | $0.60 | $26.03 | Cemeteries and Crematories |
17 | TCP Capital | 8.87% | $0.36 | $16.23 | Business Development and Investment Companies |
18 | Ferrellgas Partners | 8.85% | $0.50 | $22.59 | Midstream Oil and Gas |
19 | Consolidated Communications Holdings | 8.82% | $0.39 | $17.57 | Wireline Telecom Services |
20 | PetroLogistics | 8.79% | $0.30 | $13.65 | Petrochemicals |
21 | Terra Nitrogen | 8.64% | $4.68 | $216.56 | Agricultural Chemicals |
22 | Apollo Global Management | 8.56% | $0.57 | $26.64 | Private Equity Investments |
23 | Legacy Reserves | 8.23% | $0.58 | $28.19 | Oil Exploration and Production |
24 | Mid-Con Energy Partners | 8.18% | $0.52 | $24.69 | Oil Exploration and Production |
25 | PVR Partners | 8.17% | $0.55 | $26.94 | Midstream Oil and Gas |