Dividend stocks make sense for many kinds of investors -- not just those looking for a regular income stream or DRIP investing. After all, there have been many long-term studies that have shown that dividend payers have outperformed those stocks that haven't paid dividends.Let's take a look at eight appealing candidates for today's market. Each sports a dividend yield that's roughly two to three times the S&P 500's current dividend yield of 2%.
• AT&T -- 6.5% forward annual dividend yield
• Verizon Communications -- 4.1%
• Ford Motor Company -- 6.7%
• General Motors Company -- 4%
• ONEOK -- 4.9%
• TerraForm Power -- 5.9%
• Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. -- 4.8%
• CareTrust REIT -- 3.8%
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