Comparing Dividend Yields of U.S. Equities with Foreign Equities

U.S. stocks generally have lower dividend yields than foreign stocks. Compare to the yield of around 2% for the S&P 500 many foreign markets have higher dividend yields. The following charts show the consistent lower yields of U.S. equities.

Chart 1: Dividend Yields of U.S. equities vs. Foreign Equities

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Chart 2: Historical and Current Dividend Yields of U.S. equities vs. Foreign Equities

Source for Chart 2: The case for equity income investing, Fidelity UK

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