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Highest dividend yields
A stock enters the top tenth of the universe by trailing dividend yield.
Times fired
411
2017-02-28 → 2026-08-14
Median 6-mo vs S&P 500
-0.3%
Beat the index
48%
lost 52% of the time
High yield is often distress in costume — this page shows what actually followed, which is the point.
Full distribution, year by year, every event Gold
The spread behind the median, how it held up in each year, and each firing with its outcome — plus 1, 3 and 12-month horizons.
p25 / p75 spread
2022 hit rate
12-month median
Further reading
A base rate is not a prediction; past firings do not decide the next one. Educational analysis of published data — insight, not advice.