Best Of The Buy-Rated Dividend Stocks: Top 3 Companies

While plenty of high-yield opportunities exist, investors must always consider the safety of their dividend and the total return potential of their investment. It is not uncommon for a struggling company to suspend high-yielding dividends which could subsequently result in precipitous share price declines. The following pages contain our analysis of 3 stocks with substantial yields, that ultimately, we have rated "Buy."

National Retail Properties (NYSE: NNN) shares currently have a dividend yield of 4.40%. National Retail Properties, Inc. is a publicly owned equity real estate investment trust. The firm acquires, owns, manages, and develops retail properties in the United States. Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) shares currently have a dividend yield of 10.90%. Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) shares currently have a dividend yield of 4.20%. AbbVie Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceutical products worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 29.97.

Source: The Street

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