4 Great Dividend Stocks for Long-Term Investors

Brookfield Property Partners LP (TSX:BPY.UN)(NYSE:BPY), Rogers Sugar Inc. (TSX:RSI), Domtar Corp. (TSX:UFS)(NYSE:UFS), and Bird Construction Inc. (TSX:BDT) are four of the top dividend stocks in their industries. Which should you invest in today?

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One of the keys to success in investing is owning dividend-paying stocks, because as history has shown, they outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long term. With this in mind, let’s take a look at four high-quality stocks with yields of 4-7% that you could add to your portfolio today.

1. Brookfield Property Partners LP

Brookfield Property Partners LP (TSX:BPY.UN)(NYSE:BPY) is a global owner, developer, and operator of diversified, high-quality real estate. Its portfolio includes over 150 office properties and over 120 retail malls around the world. It also has ownership interests in multi-family, triple net lease, industrial, hospitality, and self-storage assets.

It pays a quarterly distribution of US$0.28 per share, or US$1.12 per share annually, giving its stock a yield of about 4.7% at today’s levels.

It’s also important to make the following two notes about Brookfield’s distribution.

First, its 5.7% distribution hike in February has it on pace for 2016 to mark the second consecutive year in which it has raised its annual distribution.

Second, it has a distribution-growth target of 5-8% annually.

2. Rogers Sugar Inc.

Rogers Sugar Inc. (TSX:RSI) is one of Canada’s largest refiners, processors, distributors, and marketers of sugar products, including granulated, cube, icing, liquid, and specialty sugars. Its brands include Lantic Sugar and Rogers Sugar.

It pays a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share, or $0.36 per share annually, giving its stock a yield of about 6.1% at today’s levels. It has maintained this annual rate since 2013, and its strong growth of free cash flow, including its 23.6% year-over-year increase to $37.8 million in fiscal 2015 and its 3.4% year-over-year increase to $20.6 million in the first half of fiscal 2016, could allow it to continue to do so going forward or allow it to announce a hike when it releases its third-quarter earnings results on July 27.

3. Domtar Corp.

Domtar Corp. (TSX:UFS)(NYSE:UFS) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of fibre-based products, including communication, specialty, and packaging papers, papergrade, fluff, and specialty pulp, and absorbent hygiene and personal care products.

It pays a quarterly dividend of US$0.415 per share, or US$1.66 per share annually, giving its stock a yield of about 4.7% at today’s levels. It has also raised its annual dividend payment for five consecutive years, and its two hikes since the start of 2015, including its 3.8% hike in May of this year, have it on pace for 2016 to mark the sixth consecutive year with an increase.

4. Bird Construction Inc.

Bird Construction Inc. (TSX:BDT) is one of Canada’s largest general contractors with 12 offices from coast to coast. It provides both construction and pre-construction services, and its subsidiaries include H.J. O’Connell and Nason Contracting Group.

It pays a monthly dividend of $0.0633 per share, or $0.76 per share annually, giving its stock a yield of about 5.7% at today’s levels. It has maintained this annual rate since 2014, and its very strong growth of operating cash flow, including its 16% year-over-year increase to $75.3 million in fiscal 2015 and its 48.8% year-over-year increase to $15 million in the first-quarter of 2016, could allow it to continue to do so going forward or allow it to announce a hike when it releases its second-quarter earnings results in August.

This article represents the opinion of the writer, who may disagree with the “official” recommendation position of a Motley Fool premium service or advisor. We’re Motley! Questioning an investing thesis — even one of our own — helps us all think critically about investing and make decisions that help us become smarter, happier, and richer, so we sometimes publish articles that may not be in line with recommendations, rankings or other content.

Fool contributor Joseph Solitro has no position in any stocks mentioned.

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