Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based energy company operating in the U.S. through its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries.
Duke Energy is one of the industry’s highest yielding dividend stocks with a dividend yield of 5.27%. The company’s shares have a 52-week range of $15.57-$19.50. read more »
NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: NTLS) is a wireless and wireline communications services provider to consumers and businesses mainly in Virginia and West Virginia. NTELOS currently has a high dividend yield of 5.75%.
Earlier this month, NTELOS released its first-quarter financial results. The company reported first-quarter adjusted EBITDA of $60 million, up 39% over the same period in the previous year. The company’s wireless postpay gross additions increased 5% on a year-over-year basis in the first quarter of 2011. It reported wireless operating revenue of $104.8 million for the first quarter, up 1% over the same period in the previous year. read more »
Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) is a Netanya, Israel-based provider of cell communications services, offering a range of cellular services through its cellular networks, earning our focus today as one of the highest paying dividend stocks in the market.
Cellcom currently has a HUGE dividend yield of 11.69%. The company earlier this week declared dividend for the first quarter, representing almost 95% of its net income. read more »
CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is an integrated communications company offering a variety of communication services, which include local and long distance voice, wholesale local network access, high-speed internet access, other data services and video services.
CenturyLink currently has a high dividend yield of 6.84%. CenturyLink shares have a 52-week range of $32.46-$46.87. Year-to-date, the stock fell 8.12%. read more »
Integrys Energy Group Inc. (NYSE: TEG), a Chicago-based diversified energy holding company, today announced that its board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.68 per share. The dividend will be payable on June 20, 2011. Integrys Energy currently has a high dividend yield of 5.12%. read more »
PDL BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: PDLI) is an Incline Village, Nevada-based company engaged in the management of its antibody humanization patents and royalty assets.
PDL BioPharma currently has a crazy high dividend yield of 9.51%. PDL BioPharma shares have a 52-week range of $4.66-$6.75. The stock is currently trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Year-to-date the stock gained 1.28%. read more »
CPI Corp. (NYSE: CPY) declared a second-quarter cash dividend of $0.25 per share yesterday, with the high dividend payable on June 1, 2011, to shareholders of record as of May 18, 2011. As of May 4, 2011, CPI had 7,004,928 common shares outstanding. The ex-dividend date is May 16 and the yield is one of the highest dividend yielding stocks at 6.4%.
Recently, the company announced narrower fourth-quarter earnings as compared with same period previous year, impacted by a difficult industry and broader economic conditions. read more »
Park National Corporation (AMEX: PRK) recently approved a $0.94 per common share quarterly cash dividend, payable on June 10, 2011, to common shareholders of record as of May 25, 2011. The company has the 10th highest dividend yield in banking segment of the market. Its current dividend yield is 5.43%. Its dividend payout ratio was 83.43% for the last 12 months. read more »
