10 High-Paying European Dividend Stocks

European companies generally pay higher dividends than American companies. Most companies have maintained that tradition during the past two years when the global financial crisis ravaged world markets. Many European banks have reduced or suspended their dividends due to government bailouts and the subsequent ownership stakes they acquired. Because of their high dividend yields, European dividend stocks are worth considering when looking for developed market equities that offer stable growth with solid dividends.

The Dow Jones EURO STOXX® Select Dividend 30 Index offers exposure to the highest dividend-paying European stocks relative to their home markets. “Set up in advance of the launch of the Euro currency, the index covers stocks from Eurozone countries and stocks are screened by defined historical non-negative dividend-per-share growth rates and dividend to earnings-per-shares ratios. The benchmark is a yield weighted index.” The iShares DJ Euro STOXX Select Dividend ETF (IDVY) which trades on the London Stock Exchange, tracks the above index. The fund has a 4.31% (Euros) dividend yield.

The Top 10 components of the iShares DJ Euro STOXX Select Dividend ETF are listed below with their current dividend yields if they trade in the US:

1. Company: Banco Santander (STD)
Country: Spain
Current Dividend Yield: 4.18%

2. Company: Erste Bank Group (EBKDY.PK)
Country: Austria
Current Dividend Yield: 2.02%

3. Company: Banco Popular
Country: Spain
Current Dividend Yield: No regular dividend paid

4. Company: Vallourec (VLOUF.PK)
Country: France

5. Company: Metso OYJ (MXCYY.PK)
Country: Finland
Current Dividend Yield: 3.03%

6. Company: Enel Spa (ENLAY.PK)
Country: Italy
Current Dividend Yield: 4.87%

7. Company: Wereldhave NV
Country: The Netherlands

8. Company: Bilfinger Berger AG (BFLBY.PK)
Country: Germany
Current Dividend Yield: No regular dividend paid

9. Company: RWE AG (RWEOY.PK)
Country: Germany
Current Dividend Yield: 6.65%

10. Company: Thyssenkrupp AG (TYEKF.PK)
Country: Germany
Current Dividend Yield: No regular dividend paid

RWE of Germany and Enel Spa of Italy are stable long-term utility stocks. Erste Bank of Austria, which had high exposure to emerging East European markets, received one of the best financial aid packages from the Austrian government.

Comments

[PVR:]

You missed Nestle (NSRGY:PK) which has a history of raising its dividend each year. Currently the dividend yield is about 3% and with the dollar weakening it v/s the Swiss Franc it will prove even more beneficial.

Nov 09 06:04 PM

[Advill:]

Banco Popular of Spain has been paying for more than 20 years regularly a dividend and has been incrementing it each year even in 2009. As a matter of fact you can consider it as "aristocrat stock", please review your data.

Rgds.

Nov 25 10:07 PM