Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE:WPZ), EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are the top dividend paying stocks in Cramer’s list. Each of these stocks have dividend yield in excess of 4% and Cramer has mentioned them at least twice in the last 30 days.
Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE:WPZ) is the top dividend payer in Cramer’s list with dividend yield of 6.88% and he has mentioned it twice in the last 30 days. While talking about the stocks on his Mad Money’s Lighting Round, Cramer said, “I like this one. I also like Williams Companies (WMB). I think this one is excellent.” The shares of Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE:WPZ) are trading at $54.02 with P/E ratio of 82. The company has current market capitalization of $23.75 billion.
EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) comes at number two in Jim Cramer’s high-dividend stock list with dividend yield of 6.14%. While sitting with the CEO of EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR), Cramer said that the company is working at the right places and its dividend yield is likely to touch 6% or even higher in the upcoming quarters. As of now, the shares of EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are trading at $55.66 with current market cap of $3.18 billion and P/E ratio of 18.09.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is the third large dividend payer in Cramer’s list with dividend yield of 4.38%. Cramer was bullish on the telecom company’s stock and mentioned it in the lighting round of Mad Money show. The shares of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) are trading at $50.21 with current market cap of $208.36 billion and P/E ratio of 10.42%.
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This article has been written by Prakash Pandey.
