Five High Dividend Yield Stocks (AGNC, CIM, NLY, PDLI, ANH)

If you are interested in stocks that have very high dividend yield you should take a look at the following names:

1. American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) has a dividend yield of 19.70%, or $5.60 per share. This real estate investment trust stock has had a great performance recently. AGNC gained 8.60% in the last three months, and since the beginning of the year it jumped 41.18%. Valuation looks pretty attractive, with P/E multiple at 4.08, and forward P/E at 6.19. Its P/B is currently at 1.21. Institutional holders own 29.27% of this stock, and Vanguard group, BlackRock and Vertex One Asset Management have the highest stake among them. American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) gained 1.21% today, and closed at $28.42.

2. Chimera Investment Corporation's (NYSE: CIM) dividend yield is 17.44%, or $0.68 per share. Chimera (CIM) is a real estate investment trust and it invests in residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans, real estate-related securities, asset backed securities (ABS), and various other asset classes in the United States. It gained 14.37% this year, and in the last 30 days it is 3.17% up. CIM's P/E stands at 5.34, and its forward P/E is at 5.27. It has a P/B of 1.19 and a debt to equity ratio of 1.31. Institutional owners own 60.70% of Chimera (CIM), and Capital Research Global Investors has the biggest stake with 7.96%. Chimera (CMI) closed today at $3.90, and its average volume in the past three months is 15.25M shares.

3. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) has a yield of 15.60%, or $2.72 per share. Annaly Capital Management (NLY) is a real estate investment trust, and it gained 18.48% this year. Its forward P/E is at 6.25, and its P/E stands at 9.28. At $17.44 per share, you are paying 1.01 of NLY's book value. This company has a high debt to equity ratio of 5.90. Allianz Global Investors of America is an institutional owner with the largest stake in NLY. Among the top holders, you can also find BlackRock, Clearbridge Advisors and Waddell and Reed Financial.

4. PDL BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: PDLI) is another high dividend stock. It pays 15.43% dividend yield or $1.00 per share. Big institutions own more than 90% of this stock, and the largest shareholder among them is Renaissance Technologies. Iridian asset management and Vanguard group also own this stock. Its market capitalization is $775.49M, and the stock trades at $6.48. Its P/E and forward P/E stand at 7.20 and 5.10 respectively. PDLI gained 7.28% this year, and it dropped 2.26% in the last seven days.

5. Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (NYSE: ANH) has a dividend yield of 13.99%, or $1.00 per share. ANH is a real estate investment trust with a market capitalization of $836.76M. It gained approximately 10% this year, but it dropped 1.11% in the last 30 days. Its P/E is 7.08, and it has a P/B ratio of 0.92. Wells Fargo & Company, Vanguard Group and Dreman Value Management are the institutions with the largest stake in Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (ANH).