3 Energy Stocks With Dividends Yielding More Than 5%
Finding energy stocks with high dividend yields and stable businesses is tough today. Many oil companies are spending more on dividends and capital expenditures than they make in operating cash flow, and that's even after slashing capital spending, which will hamper future cash flow. Utilities, which have long been safe dividend stocks, are also coming under pressure: Consumers are generating their own energy with rooftop solar, and low wholesale power prices are dampening earnings from wholesale subsidiaries.
Amid the rapidly changing energy sector, there are some great dividend stocks worth buying with yields over 5%. And 8point3 Energy Partners (NASDAQ: CAFD), Pattern Energy Group (NASDAQ: PEGI), and Total (NYSE: TOT) are at the top of my list.
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