5 Blue Chip Dividend Stocks With Over 4% Yield

1. Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI)

Dividend Yield as of January 28: 8.91%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 15

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) is a triple-net, equity real estate investment trust that finances skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI)’s portfolio of assets includes rental facilities, mortgage notes, and lease income. 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) on January 27 declared a $0.67 per share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. The dividend will be distributed on February 15, to shareholders of record on February 7. The company also announced that a repurchase up to $500 million of its outstanding common stock through March 2025 has been approved by the board of directors..

On January 20, Mizuho analyst Haendel Malhotra lowered the price target on Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) to $34 from $39 and kept a Neutral rating on the shares. After outperforming the S&P 500 Index in 2021, the real estate investment trust sector faces a “tricky macro set-up” in 2022, Malhotra tells investors in a research note. He downgraded his REIT sector view to Equal weight and emphasizes stock selectivity with a focus on pricing power and duration.

D E Shaw is the biggest Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) stakeholder as of Q3 2021, holding 1.46 million shares of the company, valued at $43.85 million. Overall, 15 hedge funds were bullish on the stock in the third quarter of 2021.

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