3 High Dividend Stocks for Long-Term Income | Investing.com

The average dividend yield in the S&P 500 Index remains low at 1.1%. As a result, income investors largely have to settle for less dividend income when buying stocks. However, there are still quality companies with high dividend yields well above the market average.

Investors do not have to sacrifice income when it comes to quality dividend payers with competitive advantages and long-term growth potential.

These 3 stocks have leadership positions in their industries, dividend yields above 4% and secure dividend payouts. These qualities make them among the best high dividend stocks.

The Kimberly-Clark Corporation is a global consumer products company that operates in 175 countries and sells disposable consumer goods, including paper towels, diapers, and tissues. It operates through two segments that each house many popular brands: Personal Care Segment (Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Poise) and the Consumer Tissue segment (Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, and Viva), generating about $20 billion in annual revenue.

Kimberly-Clark posted third quarter earnings on October 30th, 2025, and results were better than expected on both the top and bottom lines. Adjusted earnings-per-share came to $1.82, which was seven cents ahead of estimates. Revenue was flat year-over-year at $4.15 billion, but did best estimates by $50 million. Sales included negative impacts of about 2.2% from the exit of the private label diaper business in the US.

Organic sales were up 2.5%, which was driven by a 2.4% gain in volume, while portfolio mix and price were flat. Gross margin was 36.8% of revenue on an adjusted basis, off 170 basis points year-over-year. This reflected strong productivity gains that were more than offset by unfavorable pricing net of cost inflation. The latter was attributable to investments to improve price, as well as tariff-driven cost increases.

Future growth will be aided by a huge acquisition. Kimberly-Clark announced its intention to buy Kenvue (KVUE) for $48.7 billion in a cash and stock deal.

Kimberly-Clark has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years, making it a member of the extremely prestigious Dividend Kings.

Stanley Black & Decker is a world leader in power tools, hand tools, and related items. The company holds the top global position in tools and storage sales. Stanley Black & Decker is second in the world in the areas of commercial electronic security and engineered fastening.

The company is one of just 55 Dividend Kings.

On November 4th, 2025, Stanley Black & Decker reported third quarter results. For the quarter, revenue grew 0.3% to $3.76 billion, but this was $10 million below expectations. Adjusted earnings-per-share of $1.43 compared to $1.22 in the prior year and was $0.24 above estimates. Company-wide organic growth decreased 1% for the quarter. Organic sales for Tools & Outdoor, the largest segment within the company, had a decline of 2%. North America was down 2%, Europe was flat, and the rest of the world fell 1%.

DEWALT continues to perform well thanks to a resilient pro demand. The Industrial segment grew 5% as volume improved 4% and pricing and currency exchange both added 1% to results. A product line transfer to the Tools & Outdoor segment was a 3% headwind. Adjusted gross margin improved 110 basis points to 31.6% for the period.

The cost reduction program remains on track to deliver $2 billion in pre-tax savings by the end of 2025. Stanley Black & Decker has achieved $1.9 billion of cost savings since starting the program. Stanley Black & Decker provided updated guidance for 2025 as well. The company now expects adjusted earnings-per share to be ~$4.55, compared to ~$4.65 previously.

The company’s typically low payout ratio does make it likely that dividends will continue rising even through a serious economic downturn.

PepsiCo is a global food and beverage company that generates $89 billion in annual sales. The company’s products include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Frito-Lay chips, Gatorade, Tropicana orange juice and Quaker foods. The company has more than 20 individual $1 billion brands in its portfolio.

On February 4th, 2025, PepsiCo announced that it would increase its annualized dividend by 5.0% to $5.69 starting with the payment that was made in June 2025, extending the company’s dividend growth streak to 53 consecutive years.

On October 9th, 2025, PepsiCo reported third quarter earnings results for the period ending September 30th, 2025. For the quarter, revenue grew 2.7% to $23.9 billion, which beat estimates by $90 million. Adjusted earnings-per-share of $2.29 compared unfavorably to $2.31 the prior year, but this was $0.03 better than expected. Organic sales grew 1.3% for the third quarter. For the period, volumes for both beverages and foods were down 1%.

PepsiCo Beverages North America’s organic revenue grew 2% for the period even as volume declined by 3%. Revenue for PepsiCo Foods North America decreased 3%, largely due to divestitures. Food volume decreased 4%. The International Beverages segment fell 1%, primarily due to lower volume. Revenues in Europe/Middle East/Africa were up 5.5%.

PepsiCo is a relatively recession-proof company. Earnings grew during the last recession and it offers a generous dividend yield. PepsiCo has several key competitive advantages that set it apart from the competition. The company is one of the largest in its sector, which gives it pricing power with vendors.

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