Dividend stock, Oct. 11 -- Stocks with high dividend yield often attract heightened investors interest, but can it become a sole metric to add one in your portfolio? Dividend yield is the percentage of annual dividend paid by a company to its stock price, and indicates how much dividend income you earn relative to your investment.

"High dividend is attractive; however, the durability of the dividend is what matters," explained Pankaj Pandey, Head of Retail Research-ICICI Securities, while adding that it can't be the sole criteria for a stock selection. So what are the other key factors investors must consider before choosing a stock for investment and dividend? Let's understand from the expert.

Dividend yield could be one of the factors...