3 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks -- Sporting an Average Yield of 7.97% -- That Are Screaming Buys in February

2026-02-04 04:26:00 ET

With thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds to choose from, Wall Street gives investors no shortage of ways to grow their wealth. But among these countless ways investors can rearrange the puzzle pieces to generate profits, few have been more successful over the long run than buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks.

Companies that pay a continuous dividend are almost always profitable on a recurring basis and have demonstrated their ability to navigate challenging economic climates. Best of all, these are companies that tend to outperform.

In "The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future," analysts at Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research, compared the performance and relative volatility of dividend stocks to non-payers over 51 years (1973-2024). Their analysis found that income stocks more than doubled the annualized return of the non-payers (9.2% versus 4.31%) while being notably less volatile.

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