Dividend Champions List: Top 15 Stocks to Buy

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1. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD)

Dividend Yield as of October 2: 6.94%

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) runs one of the biggest energy infrastructure systems in North America. The business isn’t about drilling for oil or gas itself. Instead, it earns steady fees by moving and storing fuels and byproducts through its network of pipelines, storage hubs, and other facilities.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) has roughly $6 billion worth of projects that should be finished and up and running by the end of this year, with more lined up for 2026. Once these projects kick in, they’re expected to add a dependable stream of cash. That cash matters, since it helps support the distributions that Enterprise has managed to raise every single year for the past 27 years. The firm also stands out for having one of the strongest balance sheets in the industry, giving it plenty of room to keep expanding beyond what’s already in progress.

On July 9, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) declared a 2% increase in its quarterly payout, which has taken its current dividend to $0.545 per share. The stock has a dividend yield of 6.94%, as of October 2.

While we acknowledge the potential of EPD to grow, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than EPD and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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