3 Dividend Stocks I'd Buy Right Now
Dividend stocks have historically produced market-beating returns. However, it's important to point out that the biggest factor driving outperformance isn't a stock's dividend yield, but whether the company routinely increased its payout. Because of that, it's often better to find a lower-yielding dividend stock with ample room to grow than one with a higher payout, since the latter are often at greater risk of a dividend reduction.
However, sometimes investors can have the best of both worlds with an above-average payout that has lots of growth ahead. Three stocks meeting both criteria are Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP)(NYSE: BIP), Clearway Energy (NYSE: CWEN)(NYSE: CWEN.A), and Crown Castle International (NYSE: CCI). Because of that, I'd have no problem buying shares of any one of them right now.
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