# High dividend yield — NSE scan

> Trailing-year yield above 4% in companies worth over ₹1,000 crore, highest first. The market-cap floor keeps the penny-stock yields out.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/high-dividend-yield

```sift
where dividend_yield(1y) > 4% and marketcap > 1000cr
  sort by dividend_yield(1y) desc
```

Yield is the most-searched fundamental screen and the most misleading one raw. The top of any yield list is companies whose price collapsed faster than their payout was cut. The market-cap floor removes the penny-stock yields. I sort by yield anyway, so the extreme cases sit at the top where they can be read with suspicion rather than bought. The figure is the trailing twelve months by ex-date, split-adjusted to match the price, so a stock that split after paying does not show a doubled yield. Pair it with `dividend_years(5y) == 5` for the reliable version, or `close > sma(200)` for the one where the price is not the reason.

Category: [Fundamentals](https://patternsradar.com/scans/fundamentals.md). Default universe: top 500 by 20-day turnover.

More fundamentals: [Promoters buying](https://patternsradar.com/screener/promoter-buying.md), [Promoters selling](https://patternsradar.com/screener/promoter-selling.md), [High promoter holding in an uptrend](https://patternsradar.com/screener/high-promoter-holding.md), [Institutions on both sides](https://patternsradar.com/screener/institutional-ownership.md), [Tight public float](https://patternsradar.com/screener/tight-float.md).

The rendered page runs this scan against the latest session and can replay it across the last 250 sessions to measure its hit rate: https://patternsradar.com/screener/high-dividend-yield.

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Price and delivery data from the [eod2](https://github.com/BennyThadikaran/eod2) dataset: National Stock Exchange of India end-of-day files, split- and bonus-adjusted, updated after each close. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NSE. PatternsRadar is a research tool. Nothing here is investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell anything.