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3 hours ago
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3 Dividend Growth Stocks to Buy in June and Hold Forever
Stocks that pay high yields generally don't raise their payouts very quickly. Prologis, MPLX, and McCormick are three dividend growth stocks with yields that are more than double the market average at recent prices. Patient investors could receive double-digit percentage yields from these stocks down the road. 10 stocks we like better than Prologis › High-yield dividend stocks are great, but you know what's even better? High-yield dividends that can grow rapidly. Prologis (NYSE: PLD), MPLX (NYSE: MPLX), and McCormick (NYSE: MKC) present investors with an unusual opportunity. They've been offering yields that are more than double the market average, plus they tend to raise their payouts rapidly. Here's why there's a good chance they'll generate a double-digit yield on cost for investors who buy now and hold over the long run. Prologis is the largest owner of logistics-related real estate on the planet and offers a 3.6% yield at recent prices. At the end of March, it owned or had investments in a stunning 1.3 billion square feet of logistics real estate. Prologis has one of the best credit ratings of any real estate investment trust (REIT), which enables it to borrow at interest rates its tenants can only dream of. For many businesses that own their logistics infrastructure, selling a building to Prologis and leasing it back is a great option for raising capital. Amazon rents more space from Prologis than any other tenant. At just 5% of total rent, though, this REIT could maintain its dividend payout even if the everything store suddenly becomes the hardly anything store. A slew of businesses fueling the e-commerce transition enabled Prologis to raise its dividend payout by an impressive 11.7% annually over the past five years. Sale-leaseback deals are already popular in the U.S., but this form of financing is still catching on in international markets. Currently, less than 30% of Prologis' net operating income is derived from international markets. Ex-U.S. operations playing catch-up could allow this REIT to continue its long history of big dividend payout raises. MPLX is a midstream energy business that pushes heaps of gas and crude oil through its growing pipeline operation. Until 2012, it was part of Marathon Petroleum, and the oil refining giant still buys a lot of the crude flowing through its pipes. MPLX is an income-seeking investor's dream come true because the revenue its pipelines generate is relatively reliable. Extra visibility regarding demand through its Marathon Petroleum tie-up gives it an advantage that translates to rapid dividend raises. At the moment, MPLX offers a huge 7.5% yield, and a new investor's yield on cost could quickly reach a double-digit percentage. The pipeline operator has raised its dividend payout by 8.1% annually over the past decade. With first-quarter net income rising 12% year over year, a big payout bump in the near term seems likely. Before filling your retirement account portfolio with MPLX shares, it's important to realize this is a master limited partnership (MLP). Since MLPs are tax-advantaged entities, things can get complicated if your traditional IRA receives more than $1,000 annually from MLP investments. Investors who want to add some flavor to their portfolios should consider McCormick, the spice and flavorings giant. This company has paid a dividend every year since 1925, and it's raised its payout for 38 consecutive years. If you look around your favorite grocery store, you'll find products from several businesses with decades-long dividend-raising track records. That said, I don't think any of them are raising their payouts as quickly as the spice king. McCormick's payout has risen by 8.4% annually over the past 10 years. Rising commodity costs abroad have pressured earnings growth in recent quarters and pushed the stock down by about 31% from its peak in 2020. So far, 2025 hasn't been a great year for selling spices. In the first quarter, sales hardly budged year over year. Despite the temporary challenges, McCormick expects adjusted earnings to rise by 6% this year, at the midpoint of management's guided range. At its depressed price, McCormick offers an unusually large 2.5% yield. This isn't a huge starting point, but steady movement in the right direction means patient shareholders could receive a double-digit yield on cost by the time they're ready to retire. Before you buy stock in Prologis, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Prologis wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $651,049!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $828,224!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 979% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 171% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Cory Renauer has positions in Amazon. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Amazon and Prologis. The Motley Fool recommends McCormick and recommends the following options: long January 2026 $90 calls on Prologis. 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a day ago
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1 No-Brainer High-Yield Stock to Buy With $1,000 Right Now
Investors often take on more risk than they realize when buying high-yield dividend stocks. AGNC Investment has a massive 16% dividend yield. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a more sustainable and reliable 4.5% yield. 10 stocks we like better than AGNC Investment Corp. › If you have $1,000 to invest and are looking for high-yield stocks, you might be tempted to try to maximize income. You could do that with the purchase of a stock like AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC), which has a huge 16%+ dividend yield. Here's why it would be a no-brainer to buy Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) instead, despite a much lower yield. AGNC Investment is a mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT), a fairly complicated niche of the REIT sector. The company buys mortgages that have been rolled up into bond-like securities. The goal is to make the difference between the interest it collects on the securities it buys and its operating costs. The REIT uses leverage in an attempt to enhance returns, and that huge 16%+ yield isn't actually as attractive as it seems. As the chart below highlights, AGNC Investment's dividend has been in decline for years after a brief jump following its initial public offering (IPO). The share price has tracked along with the dividend, jumping after the IPO and then steadily declining. Technically speaking, investors have made out OK because AGNC Investment has paid out more in dividends than it has lost in share price. But that's a nuanced view of things. Most dividend investors are looking to own stocks that have stable to growing dividends and stable to growing stock prices. Reaching for yield with AGNC Investment is likely to leave you with a bad taste in your mouth if you need income to pay for living expenses. Toronto-Dominion Bank, or TD Bank for short, is a much more reliable dividend stock. Yes, the 4.5% yield is much lower, but the dividend hasn't been cut regularly, even during hard times. For example, TD Bank didn't have to reduce its dividend during the Great Recession like many of its U.S. peers. And it increased the dividend at the start of 2025, despite facing some company-specific troubles. While TD Bank's dividend yield is lower than that of AGNC Investment, it is actually high in other ways. For starters, it's high relative to the 1.3% yield of the S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). It is high relative to the finance industry's 2.7%, and it is historically high for TD Bank. In fact, the last time the dividend was as high as it is today was during the Great Recession and the coronavirus pandemic's height. In other words, TD Bank is offering an attractive yield. The dividend is so high because TD Bank's U.S. business has weak internal controls against money laundering and it was used for that purpose. U.S. regulators were not pleased and have barred the company from growing in the U.S. market until they're satisfied that the internal control weakness is resolved. TD Bank's large and diversified Canadian business is still doing just fine, but the U.S. division was expected to be the bank's growth engine. It could take a few years to resolve this issue, and investors have shunned the stock because of this. Only TD Bank remains a strong financial institution with little risk of a dividend cut. In fact, the bank reported second-quarter 2025 earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. In other words, the business is managing well even in the face of adversity. It is, at the end of the day, a relatively low-risk and still high-yield turnaround play. If you think you've found a dividend stock that will provide you with a reliable income stream with AGNC Investment, well, history suggests you could be in for a very bad surprise. If you temper your income expectations and buy TD Bank right now, however, you'll likely be setting yourself up for years of reliable dividends and a stock price recovery as it works through its company-specific headwinds. Before you buy stock in AGNC Investment Corp., consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and AGNC Investment Corp. wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $638,985!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $853,108!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 978% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 171% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Reuben Gregg Brewer has positions in Toronto-Dominion Bank. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 1 No-Brainer High-Yield Stock to Buy With $1,000 Right Now was originally published by The Motley Fool
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a day ago
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Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Realty Income vs. Agree Realty
Realty Income is a net lease REIT with a lofty 5.8% dividend yield. Agree Realty is a net lease REIT with a roughly 4.1% yield. Realty Income wins on yield but falls short of Agree Realty on this key metric. 10 stocks we like better than Realty Income › The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is offering a tiny 1.3% yield today. The average real estate investment trust (REIT) has a yield of around 4.1%. That's the backdrop for investors considering between net lease REIT Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC) and its average 4.1% yield, and Realty Income (NYSE: O) and its above-average 5.8% yield. But there's more than yield to examine in this matchup. At the core of the business models followed by Agree Realty and Realty Income are net lease properties. Generally speaking, these assets are occupied by a single tenant, who is responsible for most property-level operating costs. This gives the tenant effective control over the asset they occupy, and reduces the risk for the landlord, since the property owner doesn't have to deal with the costs and effort of maintaining the asset. Although any single property is high risk, because there's just one tenant, over a large-enough portfolio, that risk is well mitigated. Realty Income is the largest net lease REIT with more than 15,600 properties. Agree Realty is a smaller REIT, but still has a significant portfolio with roughly 2,400 properties. But size isn't the only difference between these two portfolios. Agree is focused on owning retail assets in the United States. Realty Income's portfolio is roughly 75% retail, with industrial and "other" assets rounding the portfolio out to 100%. In the "other" category are things like vineyards, casinos, and data centers. It has a far more diversified portfolio, noting that it also has investments in several European countries. Given how much larger Realty Income is than Agree, it simply takes more transaction volume to move the needle on the top and bottom lines. The REIT's diversification helps ensure that it has more levers to pull when it comes to making new investments. From a business fundamentals perspective, Agree is small and focused on growing its core, while Realty Income is larger and more diversified. That has translated into very different valuations, which is, perhaps, appropriate. As noted, Agree Realty's dividend yield is 4.1% or so, right in line with the REIT industry average. Given the higher 5.8% yield on offer from Realty Income, it is pretty clear that investors are affording Agree Realty a premium price. It is worth highlighting that Realty Income, given its large size, is considered a bellwether in the net lease space. If you are looking to maximize the income your portfolio generates, then Realty Income will be the obvious choice here. However, that comes at a cost. That cost is growth. Agree Realty is projecting adjusted funds from operations (FFO) growth of 3.6% at the midpoint of its 2025 guidance. At the high point of Realty Income's guidance, it will only grow adjusted FFO by 2.1% or so. If you prefer to own a REIT that's growing more quickly, the better choice is Agree Realty. There's a secondary impact on the growth front. Realty Income's dividend has increased around 4.3% a year, on average, over the past 30 years. That's not bad, but if adjusted FFO is only expected to grow by 2% or so, investors should expect notably lower dividend increases over the near term. Agree Realty, on the other hand, has a bit more room to increase its dividend. And on that front, it has increased its dividend by around 5.5% a year, on average, over the past decade. Again, the near-term increases might fall below that figure, but they are still likely to be above the dividend growth on offer from Realty Income. So if you lean toward faster-growing dividends, Agree will win. At the end of the day, both Realty Income and Agree Realty are well run, financially strong net lease REITs. Dividend investors probably wouldn't be making a mistake with either one. However, they aren't interchangeable. If you are looking for yield and/or diversification, then Realty Income is the likely winner here. If you prefer faster-growing businesses and dividends, you'll probably prefer Agree Realty. Before you buy stock in Realty Income, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Realty Income wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $638,985!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $853,108!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 978% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 171% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Reuben Gregg Brewer has positions in Realty Income. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Realty Income. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Realty Income vs. Agree Realty was originally published by The Motley Fool
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
1 No-Brainer High-Yield Stock to Buy With $1,000 Right Now
Investors often take on more risk than they realize when buying high-yield dividend stocks. AGNC Investment has a massive 16% dividend yield. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a more sustainable and reliable 4.5% yield. 10 stocks we like better than AGNC Investment Corp. › If you have $1,000 to invest and are looking for high-yield stocks, you might be tempted to try to maximize income. You could do that with the purchase of a stock like AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC), which has a huge 16%+ dividend yield. Here's why it would be a no-brainer to buy Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) instead, despite a much lower yield. AGNC Investment is a mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT), a fairly complicated niche of the REIT sector. The company buys mortgages that have been rolled up into bond-like securities. The goal is to make the difference between the interest it collects on the securities it buys and its operating costs. The REIT uses leverage in an attempt to enhance returns, and that huge 16%+ yield isn't actually as attractive as it seems. As the chart below highlights, AGNC Investment's dividend has been in decline for years after a brief jump following its initial public offering (IPO). The share price has tracked along with the dividend, jumping after the IPO and then steadily declining. Technically speaking, investors have made out OK because AGNC Investment has paid out more in dividends than it has lost in share price. But that's a nuanced view of things. Most dividend investors are looking to own stocks that have stable to growing dividends and stable to growing stock prices. Reaching for yield with AGNC Investment is likely to leave you with a bad taste in your mouth if you need income to pay for living expenses. Toronto-Dominion Bank, or TD Bank for short, is a much more reliable dividend stock. Yes, the 4.5% yield is much lower, but the dividend hasn't been cut regularly, even during hard times. For example, TD Bank didn't have to reduce its dividend during the Great Recession like many of its U.S. peers. And it increased the dividend at the start of 2025, despite facing some company-specific troubles. While TD Bank's dividend yield is lower than that of AGNC Investment, it is actually high in other ways. For starters, it's high relative to the 1.3% yield of the S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). It is high relative to the finance industry's 2.7%, and it is historically high for TD Bank. In fact, the last time the dividend was as high as it is today was during the Great Recession and the coronavirus pandemic's height. In other words, TD Bank is offering an attractive yield. The dividend is so high because TD Bank's U.S. business has weak internal controls against money laundering and it was used for that purpose. U.S. regulators were not pleased and have barred the company from growing in the U.S. market until they're satisfied that the internal control weakness is resolved. TD Bank's large and diversified Canadian business is still doing just fine, but the U.S. division was expected to be the bank's growth engine. It could take a few years to resolve this issue, and investors have shunned the stock because of this. Only TD Bank remains a strong financial institution with little risk of a dividend cut. In fact, the bank reported second-quarter 2025 earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. In other words, the business is managing well even in the face of adversity. It is, at the end of the day, a relatively low-risk and still high-yield turnaround play. If you think you've found a dividend stock that will provide you with a reliable income stream with AGNC Investment, well, history suggests you could be in for a very bad surprise. If you temper your income expectations and buy TD Bank right now, however, you'll likely be setting yourself up for years of reliable dividends and a stock price recovery as it works through its company-specific headwinds. Before you buy stock in AGNC Investment Corp., consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and AGNC Investment Corp. wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $638,985!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $853,108!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 978% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 171% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Reuben Gregg Brewer has positions in Toronto-Dominion Bank. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 1 No-Brainer High-Yield Stock to Buy With $1,000 Right Now was originally published by The Motley Fool Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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a day ago
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Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Realty Income vs. Agree Realty
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is offering a tiny 1.3% yield today. The average real estate investment trust (REIT) has a yield of around 4.1%. That's the backdrop for investors considering between net lease REIT Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC) and its average 4.1% yield, and Realty Income (NYSE: O) and its above-average 5.8% yield. But there's more than yield to examine in this matchup. What do Agree Realty and Realty Income do? At the core of the business models followed by Agree Realty and Realty Income are net lease properties. Generally speaking, these assets are occupied by a single tenant, who is responsible for most property-level operating costs. This gives the tenant effective control over the asset they occupy, and reduces the risk for the landlord, since the property owner doesn't have to deal with the costs and effort of maintaining the asset. Although any single property is high risk, because there's just one tenant, over a large-enough portfolio, that risk is well mitigated. Realty Income is the largest net lease REIT with more than 15,600 properties. Agree Realty is a smaller REIT, but still has a significant portfolio with roughly 2,400 properties. But size isn't the only difference between these two portfolios. Agree is focused on owning retail assets in the United States. Realty Income's portfolio is roughly 75% retail, with industrial and "other" assets rounding the portfolio out to 100%. In the "other" category are things like vineyards, casinos, and data centers. It has a far more diversified portfolio, noting that it also has investments in several European countries. Given how much larger Realty Income is than Agree, it simply takes more transaction volume to move the needle on the top and bottom lines. The REIT's diversification helps ensure that it has more levers to pull when it comes to making new investments. From a business fundamentals perspective, Agree is small and focused on growing its core, while Realty Income is larger and more diversified. That has translated into very different valuations, which is, perhaps, appropriate. Dividend yield or dividend growth? As noted, Agree Realty's dividend yield is 4.1% or so, right in line with the REIT industry average. Given the higher 5.8% yield on offer from Realty Income, it is pretty clear that investors are affording Agree Realty a premium price. It is worth highlighting that Realty Income, given its large size, is considered a bellwether in the net lease space. If you are looking to maximize the income your portfolio generates, then Realty Income will be the obvious choice here. However, that comes at a cost. That cost is growth. Agree Realty is projecting adjusted funds from operations (FFO) growth of 3.6% at the midpoint of its 2025 guidance. At the high point of Realty Income's guidance, it will only grow adjusted FFO by 2.1% or so. If you prefer to own a REIT that's growing more quickly, the better choice is Agree Realty. There's a secondary impact on the growth front. Realty Income's dividend has increased around 4.3% a year, on average, over the past 30 years. That's not bad, but if adjusted FFO is only expected to grow by 2% or so, investors should expect notably lower dividend increases over the near term. Agree Realty, on the other hand, has a bit more room to increase its dividend. And on that front, it has increased its dividend by around 5.5% a year, on average, over the past decade. Again, the near-term increases might fall below that figure, but they are still likely to be above the dividend growth on offer from Realty Income. So if you lean toward faster-growing dividends, Agree will win. What are you trying to achieve? At the end of the day, both Realty Income and Agree Realty are well run, financially strong net lease REITs. Dividend investors probably wouldn't be making a mistake with either one. However, they aren't interchangeable. If you are looking for yield and/or diversification, then Realty Income is the likely winner here. If you prefer faster-growing businesses and dividends, you'll probably prefer Agree Realty. Should you invest $1,000 in Realty Income right now? Before you buy stock in Realty Income, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Realty Income wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $638,985!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $853,108!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor 's total average return is978% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to171%for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025
