The technology sector has many stocks that don't pay
dividends at all. Companies such as Facebook,Google parent Alphabet and
Salesforce pay no dividends. But that doesn't mean there aren't good
high-dividend stocks in the technology sector.
Even Warren Buffett -- who famously avoided tech stocks for
decades -- is invested in one of these high-yield technology stocks: IBM . It
is the fifth highest yielding stock in Warren Buffett's high-dividend
portfolio. We'll look at three other high-dividend technology stocks in this
article as well. Two are well-known large-cap technology stocks with strong
competitive advantages -- and high dividend yields. The other is the global
leader in wireless mobile communications devices. (Its products are found in
most smartphones.)
Most technology dividend-paying stocks don't have long
dividend histories -- that's because the technology industry changes quickly.
Two of the high-dividend technology stocks in this article are different. They
are members of the Dividend Achievers Index, stocks with 10 or more consecutive
years of dividend increases.
Let's take a closer look for those four...
Source: TheStreet