High-yield dividend stocks can be complex to navigate. While dividend yields reduce investors’ risk when the price dips, they also require investors to take on potentially more risk. In general, the higher the dividend yield, the riskier the stock is.
Besides the dividend yields, other metrics can be used to measure risk. One of these is the payout ratio, which measures what percentage of the profit a company pays to its shareholders. Each dividend stock included in this list has shown some unsavory metrics that investors should watch out for.
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