Improve Your Retirement Income with These 3 Top-Ranked Dividend Stocks

Dividend-paying stocks from low-risk, high-quality companies are a smart way to generate steady and reliable attractive income streams to replace current low risk, low yielding Treasury and bond options. One approach to recognizing appropriate stocks is to look for companies with an average dividend yield of 3% and positive average annual dividend growth. Numerous stocks hike dividends over time, counterbalancing inflation risks. Here are three dividend-paying stocks retirees should consider for their nest egg portfolio.

CF Industries (CF) is currently shelling out a dividend of $0.3 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.05%. Omnicom (OMC) is paying out a dividend of 0.65 per share at the moment, with a dividend yield of 3.27%. Taking a look at the company's dividend growth, its current annualized dividend of $2.6 is up 8.33% from last year. Currently paying a dividend of $0.34 per share, Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Looking at dividend growth, the company's current annualized dividend of $1.36 is up 13.33% from last year.

Source: Yahoo Finance

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