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The 25 Highest-Yielding REITs

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  Published Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:57:47 GMT on The Motley Fool
  

  
  

  Dividend investing is popular again. Investors have taken to heart Jeremy Siegel's studies, which show that higher-yielding stocks tend to offer greater returns over time than low- or no-yield stocks. The highest dividend yields can be very tantalizing. As long as a stock yielding 15% doesn't lose value, you'll make 15% in one year! In more cases than not, however, an astronomical yield is a bad sign for a stock. Since dividend yields and stock prices move in opposite directions, a high yield usually means that investors have begun to worry about the business, and driven down its stock price.Most real estate companies are organized as real estate investment trusts, or REITs. They do this so that they can get around the double taxation issue that most investors face. REITs don't pay taxes as long as they distribute at least 90% of their income as dividends. The investor holding shares of the REIT then has to pay taxes on those dividends as though they are income. This differs from most dividends which are taxed at a lower rate.... Read more
  

  Stock name									ISIN	Last trade		P/E	Earnings/Share	Dividend/Share	Dividend yield
  AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY									US02503X1054	27.72		11.8	2.38	5.00	18.04
  INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL									US46131B1008	19.42		7.0	2.79	2.60	13.39
  ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT									US0357104092	14.42		8.6	1.67	1.80	12.48
  RESOURCE CAPITAL									US76120W3025	6.41		9.0	0.72	0.80	12.48
  CHIMERA INVESTMENT									US16934Q1094	3.16		23.9	0.13	0.36	11.39
  CYPRESS SHARPRIDGE INV									US23281A3077	11.44		5.8	1.98	1.28	11.19
  DYNEX CAPITAL									US26817Q5062	10.63		7.8	1.36	1.16	10.91
  HATTERAS FINANCIAL									US41902R1032	25.71		7.6	3.39	2.80	10.89
  ANWORTH MORTGAGE ASSET									US0373471012	5.77		9.2	0.63	0.60	10.40
  CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE									US14067E5069	12.26		9.0	1.37	1.24	10.11
  PENNYMAC MORTGAGE INV TRUST									US70931T1034	23.15		6.4	3.62	2.28	9.85
  MFA FINANCIAL									US55272X1028	9.08		11.3	0.81	0.88	9.69
  NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE									US66704R1005	9.26		0.0	-1.91	0.76	8.21
  STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST									US85571B1052	26.48		15.3	1.74	1.84	6.95
  HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST									US44106M1027	30.86		41.1	0.76	1.88	6.09
  REDWOOD TRUST									US7580754023	20.33		10.7	1.91	1.12	5.51
  INVESTORS REAL ESTATE									US4617301035	9.46		91.3	0.10	0.52	5.50
  AGREE REALTY									US0084921008	33.47		25.0	1.33	1.64	4.90
  MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST									US58463J3041	16.35		24.3	0.68	0.80	4.89
  COMMONWEALTH REIT									US2032331017	20.49		53.4	0.39	1.00	4.88
  SUN COMMUNITIES									US8666741041	52.45		297.0	0.18	2.52	4.80

  
  

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