Ford is one of the many stocks on this list of the best dividend stocks in the S&P 500 that have seen shares slump lately. Its struggles to enter the electric vehicle market are pretty well known, but the recent news that it was canceling its EV SUV plans – and writing off $1.9 billion to do it – went over like a lead balloon in August.

The average dividend stock currently yields less than 1.5% based on the S&P 500 's dividend yield. That's well below the historical average of more than 4% over the long term because many companies have deemphasized dividends in recent years.

Here are four well-known companies that recently had hefty dividend yields. You might want to consider some for your portfolio or your watch list.

To keep earning higher rates of income, investors can rotate some of their holdings out of fixed income and into high-quality dividend stocks. These 15 offer particularly compelling prospects for the rest of 2024 and beyond: Popular Brokers : Popular Brokers Toyota Motor is one of the world's dominant automakers.

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The telecom giant's high yield appears sustainable, which should attract investors as interest rates come down.