A stock's dividend yield moves in the opposite direction as its share price. That means sell-offs can be great opportunities for income-focused investors to satisfy their craving for a higher yield.

Shares of Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE: FCPT) and Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) are down sharply over the past year. That's driven up their dividend yields to appetizing levels for income-seeking investors.

Four Corners Property Trust is a real estate investment Trust (REIT). It currently yields 5.1% following a roughly 10% decline in the stock price over the past year, in part because of higher interest rates' impact on REIT valuations. That's well above the S 500's 1.6% dividend yield. 

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Source Fool.com