6 S&P 500 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Are Down the Most from All-Time Highs

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Here at 247 Wall St. we constantly emphasize the power of total return to our readers. This strategy, which is the combined growth of stock value and dividends, can significantly boost your overall investment success.

For example, if you buy a stock at $20 that pays a 3% dividend and goes to $22 in one year, your total return is 13%. That is 10% for share price growth and 3% for dividends paid.

We might have hit the mother tab of great total return ideas when I saw an incredible list of stocks in every S&P 500 sector falling the most from their all-time highs. The team at BTIG posted a list of all 11 S&P 500 sectors, with two stocks from each sector, so we meticulously vetted that list, looking for the best dividend-paying companies. It should be noted that the 22 companies featured are down anywhere from 60% to 95% from their all-time highs. Some were recent highs and some were from a long time ago.

Logic, especially if they’re solid companies, it’s that the total return potential for these stocks could be staggering. Even if they don’t rise tomorrow, dividends will help investors wait for a catalyst. If and when a catalyst hits, shareholders could have a total homecoming.

AES

AES is an American utility and power generation company. It owns and operates power plants, which it uses to generate and sell electricity.

With a solid of 4.03% yield and down a staggering 77% from all-time highs, this utility stock, AES Corp. (NYSE: AES ), is a safe and secure play. The Company and its subsidiaries operate as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally.

The company owns and operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers such as utilities, industrial users and other intermediaries; owns and operates utilities to develop or purchase, distribute, transmit and sell electricity to end customers in the residential, commercial, industrial and government sectors; and generate and sell electricity on the wholesale market.

Use various fuels and technologies for generating electricity, such as:

• Coal
• Gas
• Water
• wind
• Solar
• biomass
• Renewables, including energy storage and landfill gas

The company owns and operates a generation portfolio of approximately 34,596 megawatts and distributes power to 2.6 million customers.

City Group

Citigroup is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company based in New York.

This top The central bank has fallen nearly 90% from its all-time highs. Warren Buffett bought a massive $2.5 billion worth of stocks in the summer of 2022. The stock pays a reliable 3.63% dividend. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is a leading global diversified financial services company that provides a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations and governments.

City Group offers:

• Consumer and credit bank
• Corporate and Investment Banking
• Brokerage of securities
• Transaction Services
• Wealth management services.

Citi operates and does business in over 160 countries/jurisdictions in North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe/Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Trading at a at a reasonable 9.2 times 2025 earnings, this company looks very reasonable in what remains a volatile stock market and in a sector that has lagged somewhat in 2024, but appears to be gaining ground.

Devon Energy

Devon Energy is engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States.

64% decrease from all-time highs, this energy company uses the variable dividend strategy to pay investors a solid dividend of 4.50%. Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) is an independent energy company primarily engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States and Canada. About 19,000 wells are in operation.

The company also provides midstream energy services, including gathering, transportation, processing, fractionation and marketing, to producers of natural gas, NGL, crude oil and condensate through natural gas pipelines, facilities and treatment facilities.

Production is weighted towards crude oil, while growth opportunities are focused on liquids. These areas anchor the company:

• Delaware Basin
• COPA/SPA
• Eagle Ford Shale
• Canadian oil sands
• Barnett shale

Devon still owns it shares in the publicly traded EnLink MLP.

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Ford is an American automobile corporation founded in 1903 by Henry Ford and 11 associated investors.

This legacy automaker it’s down 85% from all-time highs and pays shareholders a rich dividend of 5.89%. Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) develops, delivers and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial vehicles and vans, sport utility vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide.

works through five segments:

• Ford Blue
• Ford Model e
• Ford Pro
• Ford Next
• Ford Credit

The company sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, service parts and accessories through distributors, dealers and dealers to commercial fleet customers, daily car rental companies and governments.

It also engages in vehicle financing and leasing activities to and through automobile dealers.

In addition, the company provides retail installment contracts and financing for:

• New and second-hand vehicles
• Direct new car leasing financing to retail and commercial customers such as leasing companies, government entities, daily rental companies and fleet customers
• Wholesale loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory, loans to dealers to finance working capital and improve dealer facilities, the purchase of dealer real estate and other dealer vehicle programs.

Properties of Healthpeak

This company invests in real estate related to the healthcare industry, including senior housing, life sciences and medical offices.

The peak of health Properties Inc. (NYSE: DOC ) presents a compelling investment opportunity, down 58% from all-time highs. With an aging population and growing demand for new facilities, this fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) and S&P 500 company offers a substantial 5.51% dividend. In addition, it holds the potential for significant growth.

Healthpeak’s strategic focus on owning, operating and developing high-quality real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery ensures a stable and profitable investment.

In March, the company completed its previously announced merger with Physicians Realty Trust, a merger of equals. The combined company will operate under “Healthpeak Properties, Inc.” Healthpeak now owns a combined portfolio of high-quality healthcare real estate assets in high-barrier-to-entry markets in the United States.

Kimco Realty

Kimco Realty is a REIT that engages in the ownership and operation of outdoor shopping centers.

Down nearly 60% from all-time highs, this conservative REIT pays a reliable dividend of 4.36%. Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) is North America’s largest publicly traded owner and operator of grocery-anchored outdoor shopping centers and a growing portfolio of mixed-use assets.

Company portfolio is primarily concentrated in the first-ring suburbs of major metropolitan markets, including those in coastal markets with high barriers to entry and rapidly expanding Sun Belt cities, with a tenant mix focused on essential, needs-based goods and services, who conduct several shopping trips per week.

Publicly traded on the NYSE since 1991 and included in the S&P 500 index, the company has specialized for more than 60 years in the ownership, management, acquisitions and redevelopment activities that enhance the value of shopping centers.

From December 31, 2023, the company owned interests in 523 U.S. shopping centers and mixed-use assets comprising 90 million square feet of gross leasable space.

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