Investors typically rate a dividend stock according to the size of its dividend relative to the stock price -- known as the dividend yield. The higher the yield, the better the dividend stock.
But it's actually not quite that simple. There are plenty of very high-yielding stocks I would say to run from because they're quite risky as investments. When a yield is extremely high, it almost always means there are underlying operational risks in the company, and all except the most risk-tolerant should stay away.
I'm going to recommend two stocks that offer a fairly high yield but are also low-risk, and investors can hold onto them for a long time and expect them to keep paying out a growing and reliable dividend: Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) . Let's dive in.
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2 Top Dividend Stocks You Can Buy and Hold Forever