ARCC yields nearly 10% with 17 years of stable dividends, while VICI's 7% yield comes with 100% occupancy and 40-year inflation-linked leases. Pfizer yields 6% at a forward P/E of 10, delivering five straight EPS beats while prioritizing its dividend over buybacks in 2026. Roth IRA placement turbocharges all four picks since their distributions are taxed as ordinary income in taxable accounts.
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Roth IRAs let dividends compound tax-free forever, which makes them the ideal wrapper for names that spit out ordinary-income distributions taxed at your marginal rate outside the account. The four below yield well above the S&P 500 average, and each brings a different flavor of durable cash flow: a business development company, a gaming net-lease REIT, a tobacco cash machine, and a large-cap pharma. As one reference point, Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) alone reports $1.92 in annualized dividends per share, a payout policy backed by 17 years of stable or increasing regular quarterly dividends.
Ares Capital yields 9.76% at a current price of $19.86, with a declared quarterly payout of $0.48 that has held steady from the 2023-03-14 through 2026-09-15 ex-dividend dates. Q2 2026 core EPS of $0.47 comfortably covers the $0.48 dividend, and net investment income rose to $359 million from $342 million a year earlier. The balance sheet carries roughly $6.0 billion of available liquidity with leverage at 1.15x.
Because BDC distributions are largely ordinary income, the Roth IRA tax shelter is especially valuable. 24/7 Wall St has helped investors make money for over two decades, and our top analysts just finished ranking the definitive Top 10 Stocks To Buy Now. Not the ten biggest companies. Not the ten everyone is arguing about.
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