3 Top Stocks With High Dividend Yields

COVID-19 clobbered dividend investors this year as hundreds of companies slashed and suspended their payouts to preserve cash during the pandemic. That cut into the cash flows of most income investors while also leaving them with fewer options to help pick up the slack.

However, not all dividend stocks have faced that fate as several payouts proved their resiliency this year, including many with above-average yields. At more than 4%, the payouts of infrastructure giant Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP)(NYSE: BIPC), REIT Realty Income (NYSE: O), and pipeline operator TC Energy (NYSE: TRP) stand out. Not only are they more than double the S&P 500's average of 1.7%, but they're also on firm financial foundations.