3 Utility Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in April

Astute long-term dividend investors should be looking for attractive utility stocks while the utility sector is still on the outs on Wall Street. Notably, the S 500 index has risen over 27% over the past year, while Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEMKT: VPU) has fallen 3%.

This is an opportunity to pick up solid dividend-paying utilities like NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE), relatively small Black Hills (NYSE: BKH), and absolutely tiny Dividend King Northwest Natural (NYSE: NWN). The best part: They all have historically high yields today.

NextEra Energy's 3.2% dividend yield probably won't excite very many dividend investors. But what will excite dividend growth investors, as well as investors looking for a mix of growth and income, is the 10% annualized dividend growth rate over the past decade.

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