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Enterprise Products and Realty Income lead high-yield dividend picks
Enterprise Products Partners offers a 5.6% yield and has increased distributions for 27 years, supported by distributable cash flow that covers its dividend by about 1.7 times.
Yahoo Finance highlights the challenge of finding high-yield dividend stocks in 2026, noting the S&P 500 is yielding roughly 1%. The article points to dividend sustainability as a key screen, citing Enterprise Products Partners and Realty Income as examples.
For Enterprise Products Partners, the piece says the company pays a 5.6% distribution yield and has boosted its dividend for 27 years. It attributes the long run to the firm’s midstream focus, where it charges fees for energy infrastructure used to transport oil and natural gas, which the outlet says can make cash flows less sensitive to commodity price swings.
The article also describes risk and coverage factors, saying Enterprise operates with an investment-grade-rated balance sheet and that distributable cash flow covers the distribution by about 1.7 times. It adds that the 5.6% yield may account for much of an investor’s total return over time, given slow and steady growth tied to large, costly infrastructure projects.
For Realty Income, Yahoo Finance says the company yields 4.9% and has increased its dividend for 31 years. It characterizes Realty Income as the largest net-lease REIT, with a portfolio of more than 15,500 properties and an emphasis on single-tenant retail assets, which the article says make up roughly 80% of its portfolio.
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