Runway Growth Finance Corp. (NASDAQ: RWAY) is a venture-debt business development company (BDC) that offers a dividend yielding roughly 15%, placing it firmly among the high-yield names that income investors track. A mid-teens yield is elevated but, for a BDC, is more potentially coverable …
BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TCPC) is a business development company (BDC) managed by an affiliate of BlackRock, offering a yield in the mid-to-high teens. That yield reflects both a high regular distribution and a share price that has fallen amid dividend reductions and …
UWM Holdings Corporation (NYSE: UWMC), the parent of United Wholesale Mortgage, has appeared on high-dividend screens with a yield around 10% to 11%. Unlike a mortgage REIT, UWMC is an operating mortgage originator, and its high yield combined with a payout ratio well above …
PennantPark Investment Corporation (NYSE: PNNT) is a business development company (BDC) that has become a fixture on high-yield screens, offering a monthly distribution that annualizes to a yield around or above 20%. Yields in that range are a clear signal that investors should scrutinize …
Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) is one of the largest and most widely held business development companies (BDCs), and a perennial fixture on high-yield, monthly-dividend lists. After a dividend cut, its yield still sits around 20%, a level that signals continued market skepticism about …
Brilliant Earth Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRLT) appears on high-dividend-yield screens with a yield that looks remarkable for a consumer-discretionary jewelry retailer, well into the double digits according to some data providers. A yield that high on a growth-oriented retailer is itself a warning sign, …
GMEX Robotics Corporation (NASDAQ: GMEX) has surfaced on screens of high-dividend-yield U.S.-listed stocks, and at first glance the numbers look astonishing. Some data providers have displayed an annualized dividend yield in the hundreds of percent for GMEX, a figure so far outside the range …
Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ: NHTC) has appeared on high-dividend-yield screens with a yield in the mid-teens, an unusual figure for a small consumer-products company. Unlike a mortgage REIT or BDC, NHTC is an operating business whose elevated yield is driven more by a …
OFS Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: OFS) is a small business development company (BDC) whose yield has remained extraordinarily high, around 28%, even after a 50% dividend cut in late 2025. When a stock still yields nearly 30% after halving its payout, the market is sending …
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (NYSE: ORC) is a monthly-paying agency mortgage REIT whose yield has run above 20%, placing it among the highest-yielding names on U.S. high-dividend screens. Yields at that level in the mortgage-REIT world almost always coincide with book-value risk, and ORC …