15 Very High Yield Dividend Stocks Worth Checking Out

12. Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN)

Dividend Yield: 6.91%

Revenue: $580,417

Market Cap: $1.95 billion

Assets: $4,075,969

Headquarters: Radnor, PA

BDN ranks 12th on our list of the very high dividend stocks. Brandywine Realty Trust is an independent REIT specializing in buying, owning, selling, and developing suburban offices in the US. Its portfolio consists of more than 25 million sq. ft. of rentable space, located mainly in urban and suburban areas of the mid-Atlantic region, as well as California and Texas. According to Yahoo Finance, Brandywine Realty Trust offers an annualized dividend of $0.76 yielding 6.91%. 

BDN shares were trading above $16 before the pandemic. If life goes back to normal after mass vaccinations, BDN shares will recover more of its losses. We believe BDN will outperform the S&P 500 Index in the next 12 months though we recommended a different real estate stock to our monthly premium newsletter subscribers and that stock is up more than 50% since the publication of our articles a few months ago.

11. AT&T (NYSE: T)

Dividend Yield: 7.27%

Revenue: $179.2 billion

Market Cap: $211.97 billion

Assets: $545.4 billion

Headquarters: Dallas, TX

AT&T ranks 11th on our list of the very high yield dividend stocks. Despite being the biggest telecom company in the world, AT&T had a tough 2020. The telecom giant’s shares are down about 21% in 2020 but for insiders, it is the best time to buy AT&T. AT&T currently pays an annual dividend rate of $2.08 yielding at 7.27%. Elliott Management went activist on AT&T and reached an agreement with the company wherein Elliott stated its agreement with AT&T:

“We have closely evaluated the company’s three-year plan and support the steps toward a faster-growing, more profitable, focused, and shareholder-friendly company. The combination of AT&T’s improving business performance, consistent and faster revenue growth, significant margin expansion, and enhanced capital return will generate meaningful earnings and cash flow growth over the next three years. In addition, AT&T will continue to refresh its Board as it executes on its plan to realize the $4.50 – $4.80 of EPS by 2022, a figure that is readily achievable and one which excludes the benefit of any portfolio actions. Altogether, we are confident this will yield significant share price upside at AT&T.”