Highest Yielding S&P 500 Stocks

Irving, Texas-based Pioneer Natural is yielding an impressive 12.2% despite the stock falling just 2.6% this year. Just know that the dividend likely won't stick around forever. Rival Exxon Mobil (XOM) is looking to buy Pioneer for roughly $65 billion. Exxon Mobil stock yields just 3.8% — a fraction of what Pioneer does.

Pioneer is the only S&P 500 stock paying a double-digit percentage as a dividend. But approaching that level at a 9.4% yield is ailing drugstore Walgreens Boots Alliance. Mostly due to a 43% plunge in the stock price, the company now yields 9.4%. That's certainly an outlier. S&P 500 industry peer CVS Health (CVS), in contrast, yields just 3.4%.

Company	Ticker	Dividend yield	Sector
Pioneer Natural Resources	PXD	12.21%	Energy
Walgreens Boots Alliance	WBA	9.36	Consumer Staples
Altria Group	MO	9.21	Consumer Staples
Invesco	IVZ	8.27	Financials
Verizon	VZ	6.92	Communication Services
Devon Energy	DVN	6.5555	Energy
Healthpeak Properties	PEAK	6.54	Real Estate
Whirlpool	WHR	6.476	Consumer Discretionary
Kinder Morgan	KMI	6.4571	Energy
AT&T	T	6.45	Communication Services
KeyCorp	KEY	6.34	Financials
Boston Properties	BXP	6.32	Real Estate
Truist Financial	TFC	6.27	Financials

Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, IBD

Top-Tier Dividend Stocks With 5%+ Yields

These  high-yielding dividend stocks can be a great source of passive income for investors.

• Devon Energy (DVN): Investors looking for energy exposure can’t go wrong owning this big dividend payer.
• Verizon Communications (VZ): Patient investors might find this all-time low trading price a compelling opportunity.
• V.F. Corp. (VFC): This company’s recent decline makes its yield too good to ignore.