What should investors be looking for when it comes to choosing the best dividend stocks? At Morningstar, we think that the best dividend stocks aren’t simply the highest-yielding dividend stocks.

Here’s our list of the top dividend stocks of 2024. Use this ranking as a tool to help you identify the companies that offer the best investment potential now, based on yield, stability and value.

Dividend stocks, which have underperformed the past two years as interest rates rapidly rose, are poised to come into their own. High rates punish dividend payers in two ways, the theory goes.

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With the first three quarters of the calendar year in the books, investors are strolling into October with the major indexes at all-time highs and a more than 20% year-to-date gain in the S&P 500 ...

As a result, Seeking Alpha highlighted ten strong dividend stocks that may appeal to the investment community. For reference, the screener that was used to identify the following stocks was ...

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The US stock market finished the third quarter of 2024 up 6% as measured by the Morningstar US Market Index. Heading into the fourth quarter, stocks look fairly valued, according to our metrics.

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