Highest Dividend Paying Stocks

To know the dividend that is forecast and expected in the current year it is essential to know more about the concept of dividends and stocks. The parameters for the best investments differ from year to year and one has to change as per the need of time. The concept of stock, or stock trading, is simple, a stock, technically known as share security is an invested amount put into the company's capital via the stock exchange. The company, rewards the share/stock holders with a certain dividend, annually.

There are two things that you need to know about the dividend, one there is nothing mandatory about the dividend that is paid by the company, the amount and even the actual payment. There are times when dividends are not paid at all. Since the decision lies in the hands of the management, a good board of directors is needed to get high dividend. Secondly, the revenue and profits of a company are usually directly related to the dividends, hence, the better the profit and revenue, the better is the dividend. Thus, on the whole, the best companies to invest in, are the ones that have a very steeply positive profit, revenue and good sales. A good management with, good dividend payment history is also necessary.

High Dividend Stocks

Every year, there are several indexes that depict the highest dividend stocks list, such as the 'dogs of dow' from Dow Jones Index, which depict some of the best dividend and yield stocks. The logic that you need to apply for all the high yield and high dividend stocks is that the greater the revenue and sales scope, the better is the dividend going to be. One positive aspect of the highest dividend paying stocks is that they relatively stable, you will have a convenient purchase price, i.e, it will not be very volatile and are hence counted among the good stocks to buy. Here are some brief pointers that will help you to track the stocks that are likely to yield the highest dividends, in the current stock market:

• Steel and related engineering industry is bound to churn out a really great revenue in the upcoming year, due to the automotive sector revival and the regularly observed demand for metal, steel and engineering. Also look out for some mining, purification and forging stocks.
• Consumer and food based industry is always a great revenue earner as the sales are assured and needed by all the consumers and can be touted to be one of the high dividend stocks
• Pharmaceuticals and the supporting chemical, is always a booming sector with the even in demand sales and production is rarely affected or dropped. The stock and dividend are always even and stable, and you don't need stock predictions 2011 to reassure yourself about the dividend.
• Electronics, Telecommunications, software and computer, form the focal point of modern society, sales and revenue from consumers, working people and corporates is always assured.
• Banking and finance companies are recovering from the recession, and revenue is on the rise. Now, make sure that you study the policies of banking and finance companies, since there is a lot of change that is still going on in this sector. Nevertheless, the companies from this sector are good revenue earners.
• Crude oil companies have come under a considerable point of debate due the rising prices of oil. The high price of oil for all crude oil companies will prove to be good revenue earner.

There are countless factors that tend to affect the market values of shares that you will need to study, dynamically. Simple things such as staying abreast of the financial news and keeping a watch on the stock exchanges website will help you to get the shares at a minimal market value. Secondly, most of these stocks, have good sale and realization values. Hence, if you keep a keen watch on the market prices, you can also easily sell off the shares at a handsome profit, in cases if the prices escalate drastically. Here is a table showing some really high dividend paying companies.

Company	Sector	Notes
AT&T	Telecommunications,Internet service provider and Digital television	The company has several other ownerships and some of the best investments in other communication companies. AT&T also owns several Bell operating companies and cellular communication company, Cellular One. These facts point to a good potential revenue. Included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 component
DuPont	Chemicals	Reputedly the third largest chemical company, by virtue of market capitalization. DuPont has been instrumental in the manufacture of some needed, trademark chemicals and especially certain polymers, rubbers and plastics. A consistent revenue has been observed and, as of today, the company has diversified substantially with the supply proceeding to companies involved in electronics and communications, coatings, safety, agriculture, nutrition, etc. It is deemed to be one of the prominent high yield stocks due to the escalated market and realization price.
Intel Corporation	Computers and electronics	Global giant in microprocessors and processors manufacture. Component in Dow Jones, NASDAQ, SEHK and Euronext. Revenue guaranteed as Intel chips are used in almost all computers and related electronics making it one of the high yield stocks.
Merck	Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals	Global giant, sales wise. The company though German by origin,has substantial sales and production activities in North America, Oceania, Asia, Africa and select Latin American countries. The company acquired Serono SA and Millipore corporation. The company is also expanding the product range and is making substantial developments in biotechnology. These factors are bound to generate great revenue.
Chevron corporation	Petrochemical and Crude oil (+) consumer	The company has a mammoth sales projection, with an equally successful history, the revenue coming in from fuel which is marketed under notable brands such as Standard oil and Caltex. Apart from that, the company also sells lubricants and fuel additives, not to mention the 4 convenience store brands that it owns. The company is a Euronext and Dow Jones component and is among the 5 largest American corporations of Fortune 500, and is also the best stock to invest in right now.
Kraft Foods	Foods, consumer and Tobacco	This company which is a Dow Jones component is the largest food and beverage corporation in US. It's sales come from 155 countries and the company owns 11 of the worlds most popular brands, that include, Kraft, Cadbury's, Oscar Mayer, Nabisco, LU, etc. The company is a revenue machine.

DISCLAIMER: This article is just for reference purposes and does not recommend any stock market transactions.

The aforementioned companies are among the recommended ones, and are considered to be the best stocks to buy right now. The notes column can be used as leads for the analysis that you conduct.