Dividend-paying stocks historically outperform their non-dividend paying peers, but that doesn’t mean it’s smart to buy every dividend stock out there. In addition to knowing how much money a company returns to investors via dividends, it’s important to understand whether its sky-high dividend payments can continue.
For instance, the 10 following stocks pay the biggest quarterly dividends in the S&P 500. Does that make them worth owning in your portfolio?
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