This article emphasizes the potential of dividend-paying value stocks for income and portfolio protection. It highlights specific stocks, including American Electric Power, with a 3.56% yield and upcoming dividends. Other notable stocks are EPR Properties at 6.65% yield and Realty Income at 5.5% yield. The article also mentions a predicted increase in electricity demand due to population growth and urbanization, which underlines the importance of investing in reliable dividend-yielding companies amid rising energy needs.
With a yield of 3.56%, American Electric Power is an attractive bet on a recent pullback to $104.62. Its latest quarterly dividend of 93 cents per share is payable on March 10 to shareholders of record as of February 10.
With a yield of 5.5%, Realty Income, known as 'The Monthly Dividend Company,' will pay out a dividend of $0.268 per share on March 14.
Growth in the world's population and economy, coupled with rapid urbanization, will result in a substantial increase in energy demand over the coming years.
Electricity demand could increase by 38% between 2020 and 2040, outpacing the growth in final energy demand for many years.
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