Highest dividend yields, irregular payers excluded
The trap on every list like this is the special distribution: one extraordinary payment turns a 2% payer into a 14% payer for exactly one year. Instruments flagged as having an irregular payment in the trailing twelve months are excluded here, and anything above 20% is excluded too — above that a yield is almost always a collapsed price the dividend has not caught up with yet.
| ticker | yield | price | paid 12m | payments | paying since | 1y price | sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWAY Runway Growth Finance Corp. | 20.00% | 6.64 | 1.320 | 4 | 2021-11-05 | -37.5% | CS |
| HIX WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCOME FUND II INC. | 19.95% | 3.94 | 0.784 | 16 | 2016-01-20 | -9.0% | CS |
| ACP abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund | 19.83% | 5.09 | 1.008 | 13 | 2016-02-09 | -14.6% | CS |
| EHI WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FUND INC. | 19.41% | 5.78 | 1.120 | 16 | 2016-01-20 | -12.6% | CS |
| NMFC New Mountain Finance Corp | 19.34% | 7.56 | 1.460 | 5 | 2016-03-15 | -26.9% | CS |
| PSBD Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. | 19.24% | 10.27 | 1.970 | 8 | 2024-03-27 | -25.9% | CS |
| GDO WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY FUN | 18.99% | 10.28 | 1.952 | 16 | 2016-01-20 | -14.7% | CS |
| SCM Stellus Capital Investment Corp | 18.47% | 8.65 | 1.596 | 14 | 2016-01-27 | -40.3% | CS |
| AOMR Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. | 18.35% | 8.24 | 1.600 | 5 | 2021-08-20 | -17.6% | Real Estate |
| WDI Western Asset Diversified Income Fund (WDI) | 18.32% | 12.97 | 2.376 | 16 | 2021-08-23 | -14.1% | CS |
| NHS Neuberger High Yield Strategies Fund Inc. | 18.22% | 5.95 | 1.086 | 12 | 2016-01-13 | -19.0% | CS |
| ABR ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC | 18.15% | 5.19 | 0.940 | 4 | 2016-03-08 | -55.3% | Real Estate |
| REFI Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. | 17.72% | 10.78 | 1.880 | 4 | 2022-03-30 | -24.0% | Real Estate |
| PDI PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 17.65% | 15.12 | 2.646 | 12 | 2016-01-12 | -21.3% | CS |
| ARR Armour Residential REIT, Inc. | 17.65% | 16.34 | 2.880 | 12 | 2016-01-13 | +10.3% | Real Estate |
| LIEN Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. | 17.38% | 10.01 | 1.700 | 5 | 2024-12-19 | -7.9% | CS |
| TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc. | 17.36% | 5.93 | 1.000 | 5 | 2018-03-29 | -13.0% | Communications |
| MNR MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP | 17.29% | 12.71 | 2.180 | 5 | 2016-02-11 | -8.8% | Energy |
| EIC Eagle Point Income Co Inc. | 17.27% | 10.00 | 1.730 | 15 | 2019-08-15 | -24.3% | CS |
| MFIC MidCap Financial Investment Corp | 17.21% | 9.76 | 1.690 | 5 | 2022-09-19 | -24.7% | CS |
| VOC VOC Energy Trust | 17.11% | 3.41 | 0.575 | 4 | 2016-01-28 | +27.7% | CS |
| PMT PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 17.04% | 9.35 | 1.600 | 4 | 2016-04-08 | -23.2% | Real Estate |
| IGR CBRE GLOBAL REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND | 16.92% | 4.61 | 0.780 | 13 | 2016-01-20 | -5.9% | CS |
| CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. | 16.77% | 11.35 | 1.900 | 5 | 2017-06-28 | -17.4% | CS |
| VTS Vitesse Energy, Inc. | 16.75% | 17.11 | 2.875 | 6 | 2023-03-14 | -31.3% | Energy |
| DX DYNEX CAPITAL INC | 16.68% | 13.03 | 2.210 | 13 | 2016-03-30 | +4.1% | Real Estate |
| BWG BrandywineGLOBAL-Global Income Opportunities F | 16.43% | 7.74 | 1.280 | 16 | 2016-01-20 | -10.2% | CS |
| WU Western Union CO | 16.12% | 7.30 | 1.175 | 5 | 2016-03-15 | -12.0% | Technology |
| MFA MFA FINANCIAL, INC. | 16.11% | 8.91 | 1.440 | 4 | 2016-03-23 | -9.6% | Real Estate |
| HIO WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND INC | 16.09% | 3.52 | 0.568 | 16 | 2016-01-20 | -10.7% | CS |
| FSCO FS Credit Opportunities Corp. | 16.06% | 5.18 | 0.826 | 13 | 2022-11-28 | -30.7% | CS |
| OPP RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fu | 15.99% | 7.48 | 1.199 | 13 | 2016-11-16 | -12.9% | CS |
| BRW Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund | 15.96% | 6.43 | 1.020 | 12 | 2021-01-08 | -22.3% | CS |
| ACRE Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp | 15.92% | 4.77 | 0.750 | 5 | 2016-03-29 | +5.8% | Real Estate |
| HGLB HIGHLAND GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND | 15.92% | 7.60 | 1.205 | 14 | 2019-03-21 | -10.0% | CS |
| SUNS Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. | 15.78% | 7.65 | 1.200 | 4 | 2016-01-19 | -28.9% | Real Estate |
| BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | 15.61% | 24.76 | 3.850 | 5 | 2021-12-30 | -17.3% | CS |
| RIV RIVERNORTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. | 15.34% | 11.00 | 1.686 | 13 | 2016-02-09 | -10.9% | CS |
| MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund | 15.28% | 15.36 | 2.350 | 5 | 2023-12-27 | -13.0% | CS |
| RWT REDWOOD TRUST INC | 15.16% | 4.80 | 0.720 | 4 | 2016-03-14 | -20.7% | Real Estate |
| KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. | 14.99% | 13.36 | 2.000 | 5 | 2024-06-28 | -11.1% | CS |
| MORT VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF | 14.96% | 9.90 | 1.485 | 4 | 2016-04-01 | -8.3% | ETF |
| FRA BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND | 14.74% | 10.78 | 1.610 | 13 | 2016-02-11 | -18.0% | CS |
| CRESY CRESUD INC | 14.72% | 11.17 | 1.618 | 2 | 2017-11-10 | +4.8% | Real Estate |
| SLRC SLR Investment Corp. | 14.71% | 12.63 | 1.850 | 5 | 2016-03-22 | -23.5% | CS |
| CLPR Clipper Realty Inc. | 14.71% | 3.28 | 0.475 | 5 | 2017-04-06 | -19.8% | Real Estate |
| FAX ABRDN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC. | 14.57% | 14.77 | 2.145 | 13 | 2016-01-19 | -10.4% | CS |
| SEVN Seven Hills Realty Trust | 14.56% | 7.70 | 1.120 | 4 | 2021-04-23 | -26.6% | Real Estate |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 14.55% | 209.62 | 30.540 | 5 | 2024-03-07 | -7.1% | Industrials |
| HYI Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc. | 14.49% | 10.46 | 1.520 | 16 | 2016-01-20 | -12.8% | CS |
| KIO KKR Income Opportunities Fund | 14.44% | 10.96 | 1.579 | 13 | 2016-01-13 | -11.5% | CS |
| EMD WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC. | 14.41% | 10.60 | 1.520 | 16 | 2016-03-16 | +1.9% | CS |
| USEA United Maritime Corp | 14.39% | 2.77 | 0.390 | 4 | 2023-01-11 | +81.9% | Industrials |
| BGT BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME TRUST | 14.37% | 10.86 | 1.564 | 13 | 2016-02-11 | -12.6% | CS |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | 14.29% | 10.89 | 1.560 | 13 | 2016-01-27 | +12.2% | Real Estate |
| PCF HIGH INCOME SECURITIES FUND | 14.24% | 5.36 | 0.759 | 13 | 2016-01-20 | -16.1% | CS |
| VVR Invesco Senior Income Trust | 14.24% | 2.95 | 0.420 | 12 | 2016-01-13 | -18.1% | CS |
| CIM CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP | 14.16% | 11.52 | 1.640 | 4 | 2016-03-15 | -16.7% | Real Estate |
| QQQI NEOS Nasdaq 100 High Income ETF | 14.15% | 54.24 | 7.648 | 12 | 2024-02-21 | +3.7% | ETF |
| EDF Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fu | 14.15% | 5.06 | 0.720 | 12 | 2016-01-13 | -1.0% | CS |
Yields are trailing, computed from payments actually made in the last twelve months against the current price. A trailing yield is a fact about the past; a forward yield is a forecast, and we do not publish one. The 1-year price column is there for a reason — a high yield next to a −60% price is a warning, not a gift.
Questions
Are these forward or trailing yields?
Trailing. We divide what was actually paid over the last twelve months by today's price. Forward yields require assuming the next payment, and that assumption is exactly what breaks when a company cuts.
Why exclude special distributions?
Because they do not repeat, and they dominate any ranking sorted by yield. A list topped by one-off payouts is a list of things that already happened.
Does a high yield mean a good investment?
Often the opposite. Yield rises when price falls, so the top of this list is biased toward companies the market is worried about. Read it alongside the 1-year price column and the filings.
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