Protect Your Portfolio with High-Yielding Stocks

With market volatility wreaking havoc on your portfolio, you can always protect it with high-yielding stocks.

After all, you’re just not going to make the money you want in today’s low-yielding savings accounts. You’re lucky if you earn 0.40% these days. So, if it’s dependable income you’re after, one of the best things you can do is invest in yielding stocks.

Here are three you may want to consider.

Realty Income (SYM: O)

Realty Income, or The Monthly Dividend Company, pays a monthly dividend.

At the moment, with a yield of 5.7%, it’s paying $0.2690 per share on July 25 to shareholders of record as of July 1. Annualized, that’s $3.228 per share. This is now the company’s 131st monthly dividend increase.

If you were to invest $10,000 in Realty Income, you’d take ownership of about 176 shares. Using its annualized dividend of $3.228, you could collect an easy $568.12 a year.

And all you have to do is hold the stock.

Making it even more attractive, Realty income is one of the biggest lease real estate investment trusts (REITs) you can buy. It also owns more than 15,600 properties, with a vast majority of that in the retail sector. In fact, some of its biggest tenants include 7-Eleven, Dollar General, Walgreen’s, Wynn Resorts, FedEx, BJ’s Wholesale Club, CVS, and Tractor Supply.

Agree Realty (SYM: ADC)

With a yield of 4.2%, Agree Realty is a net lease REIT with a strong focus on retail.

Helping, ADC just declared a monthly dividend of $0.256, which was payable on July 15 to shareholders of record as of June 30.

Annualized, that’s a dividend of just over $3.07.

If you were to invest $10,000 IN ADC, you’d take ownership of about 139 shares. Not only can you collect returns from ADC appreciation, but you’d also collect $426.73 in annual income.

Some of its top clients include Tractor Supply, TJX Companies, Walgreen’s, Walmart, Dollar General, Best Buy, CVS, Hobby Lobby, and The Home Depot to name a few.

EPR Properties (SYM: EPR)

There’s also EPR Properties, which yields 5.93% and invests in amusement parks, movie theaters, ski resorts and other entertainment properties.

It just declared a quarterly dividend of $0.295 per share, which was payable on July 15 to shareholders of record as of June 30.

So, if you were to invest $10,000, you can pick up about 167 shares. Using its annualized dividend of $1.18 per share, you can collect $197.06 in passive income.

And again, all you have to do is hold the stock.

Plus, earnings have been solid. In its first quarter, its FFO, or funds from operations was $1.20, which beat by two cents. Revenue of $175.03 million, up 4.7% year over year, beat by $10.85 million. EPR then lifted its full-year guidance, now expecting for 2025 FFO to range from $5 to $5.16, which is above its prior range of $4.94 to $5.14.

Further Reading: Confidential Economic Advisory

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