Stocks That Pay Dividends In May

Here at Income Calendar, we bring you this list of stocks that pay dividends in May by examining the typical payment schedules of the most popular dividend stocks being tracked across our Income Calendar service, where the stock happens to typically see a pay date fall within the month of May. We divided up the resulting list of May dividend stocks into tables according to dividend yield level, beginning with the lowest yielding stocks paying current dividend levels that annualize to a yield of 2% or under (based on recent data):

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Moving on to our next group of stocks that pay dividends in May, we advance up to dividend yields in the range of 2-4%. This dividend yield band is attractive to many investors because at 2%, 3%, and 4%, the yields can often compare favorably to other fixed income opportunities, but unlike fixed income which typically only offers a return of principal, a well-chosen basket of dividend stocks can also deliver growth, via dividend increases over time and/or stock price appreciation.

As we continue up in yield levels, we next enter the levels that well exceed the long-term rate of expected inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index; in this next group of stocks that pay dividends in May (based on typical payout schedule we see in our system), we advance upwards to those dividend yields registering in the range of 4% to 6%.

Take a deep breath, because as we continue up even further in yield levels, we will leave those 5% yields that already looked attactive, and we will now enter the levels in a band around 7% where arguably the dividend returns alone provide an extremely enticing potential reward against the investment cost, even without any future share price appreciation. In this next group of stocks that pay dividends in May we move up to those dividend yields registering in the range of 6% to 8%.