The S&P 500 is up 5.05% YTD. But the financial sector component in the index has increased by 10.3%. Many of the beaten down banks have recovered nicely in the past year and continue to gain further traction.

Some of the community bank stocks currently offer high dividends. The following is a list of 33 banks trading in the NASDAQ markets that have over 5% dividend yields:

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