High Dividend Yield Indexes

MSCI High Dividend Yield Indexes aim to represent the performance of an opportunity set of companies paying larger-than-average dividends. They are designed to support investors building products intended to avoid exposure to unsustainable dividend payouts or erratic dividends from temporarily high earnings, high payouts or falling prices.

Target benefits
Building strategies around regular income streams

Identify high dividend yield securities

Indexes designed to include companies with dividend yields at least 30% higher than parent index.

Target dividend sustainability and persistence

Screen for companies with historical track records of stable and increasing dividends.

Screen for quality

Exclude firms with low valuations and weak balance sheets that could fall into “yield traps”.