Get Paid While You Wait: 3 Top Dividend Stocks in the Food Industry
Many investors seek dividend stocks, which pay you money as a shareholder. Dividend investors earn income on their investments, and it can add up to a lot. You can also reinvest dividends in more stock purchases.
But not all dividends are created equal. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), and Costco (NASDAQ: COST) all offer high dividends in addition to being great companies with future growth ahead of them.
One of the elite Dividend Aristocrats, Coca-Cola has been paying and increasing its dividend for 57 straight years. In fact, that makes it a Dividend King, in other words, a company that increased its dividend for 50+ consecutive years. The company's recent $0.41 dividend per share gives it a high 3.4% yield, which is much higher than the S&P 500 average of 2%.
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