3 Dividend Stocks I'd Buy With $5,000 Before the End of November
Dividend stocks can turn savings into a growing stream of income. If I had $5,000 to invest in dividend stocks before the end of November, I'd split it equally among PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) , Hershey (NYSE: HSY) , and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) . All three have long records of paying dividends, and research shows that companies that pay dividends have historically outperformed those that don't. According to Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research, S&P 500 stocks that grew or initiated dividends returned about 10% per year from 1973 through 2025, versus about 4% for stocks that paid no dividends. At Nov. 3 prices, investing $1,667 into each stock would earn about $176 a year in dividends, a blended yield of about 3.5% -- more than three times the S&P 500 average. Here's why now is a good time to buy these stocks. Continue reading