Forget ConocoPhillips, Check Out These High-Yielding Dividend Stocks Instead

Oil driller ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP)is benefiting from rising oil prices and rewarding investors with dividend hikes. However, the company's drilling-focused business hasn't been able to sustain a high dividend in the past, cutting the payment in 2016 amid low oil prices. This suggests that dividend investors will end up disappointed if highly volatile oil prices fall again.

Here are two stocks with higher yields today and strong histories of rewarding investors through good times and bad: ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM)and The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG).