Dividend investing is an extremely popular way in which you can utilize the stock market to generate a passive income. Personally, i've only been buying dividend-paying stocks for a few years now, but i've found that it's one of the most consistent ways to generate wealth. What's going on my fellow investors, i hope you're having a great day. My name is matt, and in this video i will be covering five of the best dividend-paying stocks.

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The first stock on this list is one of my all-time favorites microsoft. This gigantic technology company has a market cap of 1.4 trillion dollars, which makes it one of the biggest companies in existence. The current dividend yield is just below one percent and the dividend. Growth is 11, which is considerably fast.

The dividend safety score is 99, which is the highest possible value. This means that microsoft's dividend payments are extremely reliable. So not only does microsoft offer a great dividend, it's also a noteworthy growth stock. The stock symbol for microsoft is msft and over the past five years.

It's up 338 percent over the past 12 months, it's up 47 and from the start of 2020. Until now it's up 29. As things currently stand wall street analysts are very bullish. On microsoft, with one being very bearish and five being very bullish, the average analyst rating is 4.52 out of 34 analyst.

Ratings 30 are either very bullish or bullish in terms of a price target. Microsoft is currently trading around 209 dollars and analysts have a target of 230. between its dividend, its recent growth and its current positioning in the software sector. I truly think that microsoft is the full package, which is why i'm also very bullish on the stock.

The second stock on today's list is the well-known pharmaceutical company johnson johnson j has a market cap of 387 billion and is currently less volatile than the overall market. The dividend yield is more than double that of microsoft's and is currently at 2.69. The dividend growth is 6 percent, which is considered to be an average pace. The dividend safety score is 99, which means that j also has an extremely safe dividend.

Over the past five years, jnj is up 48 over the past 12 months, it's up 11 and from the start of 2020. Until now, it's up just under one percent wall street analysts are bullish on this pharmaceutical stock, with the average analyst rating at 4.05 out of 20 analyst ratings 13 are either very bullish or bullish, and at the time i'm making this video j j is trading around 150 and the average analyst price target is 164.. So not only is this company fundamentally strong, but it's also in the running to create a vaccine for kobit 19.. As you can imagine, if they're successful in this particular effort, the stock will almost undoubtedly explode upwards.

The third stock on today's list is procter gamble: a company that is responsible for an enormous amount of household products. The market cap and beta value are both very similar to j j's. The dividend yield is currently sitting at 2.33 percent and it's currently growing at a rate of 5 in terms of safety. Png also has a perfect score of 99.

procter gamble trades under the ticker symbol pg and over the past five years. It's up 75 percent over the past one year, it's up 14 and from january 2020. Until now, it's up 6.67 wall street is bullish on this particular stock and the average analyst rating is 3.95 out of 22 analyst. Ratings 13 are either very bullish or bullish, and the current price target is 139 dollars and at the time i'm making this video it's trading around 136..

I've actually owned procter gamble for a while now and i think it's a great long-term investment as long as it continues to dominate the household product sector, you can count on its consistent returns. Fourth, on this list is the athletic clothing company nike. Even though nike does have a relatively smaller dividend, yield of 0.94, it is growing at a considerable rate of 11 and as we saw in the first four stocks, this dividend payment is extremely reliable and it has a dividend: safety score of 99. nike trades under the Symbol, nke and over the past five years, it's up 84 over the past one year, it's up 28 and from january.

Until now, it's up just under 4. The average analyst rating of 4.35 means that wall street is bullish on this stock out of 34 analyst ratings 28 are either very bullish or bullish, and the average price target is 112 dollars, which is good news, because the stock is currently trading at 105.. Nike has proven to be a leader in the athletic wear industry and i'm not expecting that to change anytime soon. The fifth stock on this list is the largest health insurance provider in the united states, united health group.

The dividend yield is a respectable 1.55, but the dividend growth is an extremely fast 17 and, as we saw with all the stocks on this list, the safety score is maxed out, which means that the dividend payments are most likely not going to disappear anytime soon. In terms of growth, unh is up 158 percent over the past five years over the past one year, it's up 27 and from the start of the year. Until now, it's up seven percent wall. Street analysts are bullish on the stock with an average rating of 4.44 out of 27 analyst ratings 23 are either very bullish or bullish.

There is also some room for growth. Unh is currently trading around 323 dollars and the average analyst price target is 343.. If you think that people will continue to get sick, get into accidents and require health insurance, unh is an excellent company to invest into. I know i said i would be discussing five stocks in this video, but as a thank you for sticking around this long, i figured i would give you a bonus, one who doesn't love a nice ice cold pepsi.

I didn't make pepsi one of my main recommendations because it doesn't have a perfect safety score of 99, but it does have a high dividend yield of just under three percent, and on top of that, the dividend is growing at an acceptable rate of six percent. Pepsi trades under the symbol pep and over the past five years, it's up 37 over the past 12 months, it's up 5 and from january 2020. Until now, it's actually down one percent. The average analyst rating comes in at 3.85, which means that wall street is bullish out of 20 analyst ratings 11 are either very bullish or bullish.

At the time i'm making this video pepsi is trading around 138 dollars. This means that it has roughly nine dollars to go to hit the price target of 147.. Personally, i wouldn't be looking for a large growth return from pep, but i would be looking forward to a large dividend payout. There are many solid options when it comes to dividend paying stocks, but the ones covered on this list definitely deserve a place on your watch list.

If you have a favorite dividend stock, i would love to hear about it in a comment below. If you found value in this video, let me know by hitting the like button, if you enjoyed this type of content subscribe to the channel and don't forget to turn on your notifications, thanks for watching and until next time best of luck in the markets.