If You Like Dividends, You Should Love These 3 Stocks

If You Like Dividends, You Should Love These 3 Stocks

Who doesn't like dividends? Think about it: You get paid just for owning shares of a company. Although income stocks are pretty great, there's so much more to it than that. The best dividend stocks have a long history of returning value to shareholders, boast low payout ratios (demonstrating that distributions aren't at risk of being reduced), and have opportunities to grow their profits -- and hopefully their dividend payments -- over the long haul.

That's what makes agricultural powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), home garden supplier Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG), and transport leader Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI) worth a closer look. If you like dividends, then you should love these three stocks. Here's why.

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