7 Surprising Dividend Stocks to Buy That Offer Ample Yields

The REIT market, as measured by the Bloomberg US REITs Index, has an average yield of 3.8.%. That’s much higher than the general S&P 500. And like for utilities, the past decade has shown a price gain for the index of 116.3% while with dividends, the return again jumps to 223.9%. But there are many sectors and individual stocks that you will be surprised to learn offer ample dividend yields well beyond the usual sources for stock income investors. The following are some of my recommendations which are inside the model portfolios of my Profitable Investing...

Covanta (NYSE:CVA). The company operates collection and processing facilities for trash throughout the U.S. FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) is a long-standing company with a history of transforming itself every so many decades. Then for livestock there’s Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS). This company makes animal healthcare products and vital vaccines. Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) is based in the tech mecca of the U.S. in Palo Alto, California. American Campus Communities (NYSE:ACC) develops, owns and operates student housing for major universities around the U.S. MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) yields 10.5% — and that isn’t a misprint. And it isn’t a flighty, higher-risk stock either. Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) is a Canadian-based company which also easily trades in the U.S. markets.

Source: InvestorPlace

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