Got $5,000? These 3 High-Yielding Dividend Stocks Are Trading Near Their 52-Week Lows

Buying dividend stocks when they are trading near their lows can set you up for some swell returns. In addition to locking in a higher-than-usual yield, you may also benefit from a rising price in the months and years ahead. PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP), Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB), and Unilever (NYSE: UL) are three stocks that provide investors with high yields and could be great places to invest $5,000 in today.

Soft drink and snack giant PepsiCo makes for a well-diversified company to invest in. Its Pepsi products are well-known around the world, and the company has been expanding through acquisitions to help generate additional growth opportunities. When it last reported earnings in October, its year-to-date organic revenue growth rate was impressive at 11.8%. Its core earnings per share, when excluding the impact of foreign exchange, was also up by 16% year over year.

PepsiCo's business has been able to pass along rising costs to consumers without feeling the effects of a significant drop in volume, as is evident with its strong top- and bottom-line results. In the past year, however, shares of PepsiCo have been flat, as investors may have grown concerned about its ability to rely on price increases for continued growth.

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