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Investing $3,000 Into These 3 Ultra-High-Yielding Dividend Stocks Could Generate Hundreds of Dollars in Annual Passive Income

Source: Motley Fool

2026-02-23 09:35:00 ET

The S&P 500 currently has a rather pedestrian dividend yield of around 1.1%. That's near its record low. As a result, you'd only generate about $34 of annual passive income by investing $3,000 into an S&P 500 index fund.

Several companies offer dividend yields well above the market average. That enables you to generate a lot more income from the same investment. For example, investing $3,000 into the following three ultra-high-yielding dividend stocks would produce hundreds of dollars in passive income each year:

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