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sat posted: Sat 2019-04-27 12:51:33 tags: finance
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best invested 12-month dividend pay-outs / price per share:
REM: 3.8072 / 44.24 = 8.61%
SDIV: 1.477 / 17.86 = 8.27%
GYLD: 1.282 / 16.60 = 7.72%
SRET: 1.1745 / 15.24 = 7.71%
DIV: 1.501 / 23.52 = 6.38%
JNK: 1.85 / 36.25 = 5.11%

Googling "top dividend etfs" suggested an Investopedia article which mentioned a handful of dividend-oriented ETFs. Unfortunately the names dropped were not "top performers" by my reckoning:
SDY: 2.425 / 101.11 = 2.4%
VIG: 2.151 / 112.98 = 1.9%
DVY: 3.2872 / 100.64 = 3.27%
HDV: 3.118 / 94.54 = 3.3%
VYM: 2.69 / 87.52 = 3.08%
VNQ: 3.441 / 86.80 = 3.96%
DEM: 1.899 / 44.41 = 4.28%
FGD: 1.286 / 23.97 = 5.37%

EFTDB.com was pretty much useless, as no one seems to be cleaning closed ETFs out of its symbol database. Dividend Detective's "Top 15 Recent Yield" metrics don't line up 100% with my calculations but at least its data is reasonably fresh.
COMT: 1y 10.72% skewed by an unusual recent payout; 3y 5.64% is more indicative
BIZD: 1y 9.453% ; 3y 9.275%
SRET: see above ; 3y 7.85%
VNQI: DivDetective says 9.4% but my 1y calc is only 4.13% and 3y similar at 4.16%
REM: 1y 8.61% and 3y 8.01% before brokerage fees from 4:1 reverse split in Nov 2016
YMLP: 1y 8% ; 3y 9.75%
KBWD: 1y 7.72% ; 3y 8.76%
SPFF: 1y 7.0% ; 3y 7.99%
PCEF: 1y 7.42% ; 3y 7.46%
SDIV: see above ; 3y 8.15%
SDEM: DivDetective says 7.4% but my 1y calc is only 5.58% and 3y 5.34%
MORT: 1y 7.19% ; 3y 7.49%
YMLI: 1y 7.16% ; 3y 8.32%
FCEF: DD says 6.8% but I calc 1y 5.27% and 2y 5.0% (started less than 3y ago)
EMLC: DD says 6.4% but due to months with no payout, I calc only 1y 4.01% and 3y 3.15%