One of my readers asked me a good question about my latest screens. Here is what he wrote:
“I am new at this and trying to learn. Your site is very helpful. From your post:
41 Top Yielding Stocks with Ex-Dividend Date In May 2013
I do not understand the reported yield for Southern Copper. Most all sites I see report dividend 2.42%.
| ARR | ARMOUR Residential | 13-May | 30-May | 17.09 |
| HRZN | Horizon Technology Finance | 16-May | 17-Jun | 13.91 |
| SCCO | Southern Copper | 6-May | 21-May | 11.75 |
| FULL | Full Circle Capital Corporation | 29-May | 14-Jun | 11.73 |
| FSC | Fifth Street Finance | 13-May | 31-May | 10.87 |
| STB | Student Transportation Inc | 29-May | 17-Jun | 8.88 |
Thanks“
That's an error in my screening database. Sometimes it needs time to update the yield lists with current dividend payments. If a company pays a much lower dividend in the future or they paid special dividends, the yield explodes but on the new basis its a normal value. Here is the dividend history of SCCO: Long-Term Dividend History of SCCO. I think the $2.75 extraordinary payment causes the error.
SCCO has a yield of 2.42% based on a $0.8 annual dividend.
If you like you can also read my post about "How to predict the future Dividend".
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