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Many high-yield S&P 500 stocks are risky, but 19 'safer' dividend dogs have strong free cash flow to support payouts and are worth considering. Analyst forecasts suggest the top ten S&P 500 dividend dogs could deliver 23% to 40% net gains by August 2026, with moderate risk. A market correction or dividend increases could make all top ten 'safer' dividend dogs attractively priced, maximizing yie...

As the stock market continues to hit new all-time highs, investors who are worried that a pullback could be looming may want to look for strong dividend stocks, which can provide reliable streams of passive income even if share prices slide. And those who have ambitious goals for their returns may be eyeing those with unusually high yields.

High yield stocks can be dangerous. But well-selected high-yield stocks can also be highly rewarding. I highlight three solid high-yield stocks worth considering.

Investors looking for unusually high-yielding dividend stocks have a couple of interesting options these days. Shares of at least two well-established businesses have been beaten down by more than half from their previous peaks.

On Aug. 1, commodity chemical giant Dow Inc. (DOW -0.94%) fell 6.4% -- reaching its lowest level since spinning off from DowDuPont in 2019. Dow has now surpassed its intraday low from the worst of the COVID-19 sell-off in March 2020.

Chemical giant Dow (DOW -2.63%) fell 17.5% on July 24 after reporting disappointing earnings and slashing its dividend by 50%. Before the cut, Dow was the highest-yielding stock in the S&P 500.

Three Fortune 500 Industry Leaders—Energy Transfer, Verizon, and World Kinect—currently meet the ideal 'dogcatcher' standard for fair-priced, safer dividend stocks. Analyst projections suggest the top ten F500IL 'dogs' could yield 15.1% to 34.8% net gains by July 2026, with lower-than-market volatility. Most high-yield F500IL stocks remain overpriced, but a market correction or dividend increas...

Despite an epic sell-off in April, the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.30%) recovered and rose 5.5% in the first half of 2025. It's a decent performance considering the index has averaged a 12.2% annual gain over the last decade.