7 Dividend Stocks to Put on Your Shopping List

Dividend stocks can make for wonderful investments -- particularly companies with a strong track record of giving shareholders a reasonable payout while still retaining enough cash to invest in growing the business. What better way to recover from your holiday shopping than to invest in companies that'll send you a check? Here are seven we think deserve a closer look..

We reached out to seven of our top contributors and asked them to discuss a dividend stock that investors should have on their shopping list right now, and they gave us a diverse group including Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Nike (NYSE:NKE), Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED), Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD).

Source: Motley Fool

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