5 Stocks to Buy With Dividends Yielding More Than 5%

While several market sectors have rebounded from their initial COVID-19 sell-off, energy and real estate remain under pressure. Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning hospital properties that it leases back to operators. Overall, the REIT has collected more than 95% of what it billed each month during the pandemic, putting Medical Properties on track to achieve its full-year earnings forecast, which implies that it will pay out a conservative 65% of its cash flow in support of its high-yielding dividend.