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1 week agoClorox's 5% Yield Looks Solid but One Metric Deserves Attention
Clorox’s high dividend yield is risky due to volatile cash flow, elevated payout ratios, and declining shareholder equity despite manageable debt.
The Global X SuperDividend ETF ( NYSEARCA:SDIV) generates its 8% yield by investing in 100 of the highest dividend-yielding equities across global markets. The fund holds stocks from developed and emerging markets spanning telecommunications, energy, materials, financials, and real estate. Income comes directly from dividends paid by underlying companies, making SDIV's distributions entirely dependent on whether holdings can maintain their payouts.
Dividend investing is tricky business. On the one hand, investors looking for yield are enticed to consider the highest-yielding names in a given group. That said, as a stock's overall dividend yield rises, its risk profile inherently rises. Any time an investor sees a company with a double-digit yield or something outside of what most would consider to be a "normal" range, it's probably a company that's at risk of a dividend cut or further downside. That's what the market is saying at least.