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While the tariff situation has created a great deal of uncertainty and stock prices have crashed in tow, one silver lining is that dividend yields have at least ticked up. Currently, the S&P 500's dividend yield of 1.64% is the highest it has been since November 2023. For the average member that pays a dividend, it has seen a 33 bps increase in its yield, up to 2.58%. Additionally, there are 59 S&P 500 members that now have a higher yield than the 10-year Treasury.

Of course, the impact of tariffs could materially impact earnings and hence their ability to pay a dividend at all, but holding that conversation aside, below we show the S&P 500 members that have seen the largest increases in their dividend yields since the sell-off began on February 19. Of all members of the index, there are 34 to have seen a full percentage point increase in their yields as a result of the declines since the S&P's high.  The largest increase has come from Dow (DOW) which now yields over 10% after falling over 30% since 2/19.  That is also the single highest yield of all S&P 500 members. Of the rest of the list below, there are another five stocks that now rank in the top ten highest yields: LyondellBassell (LYB), Pfizer (PFE), Franklin Resources (BEN), APA Corp (APA), and United Parcel Services (UPS).

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