The final four dividend stocks to buy and hold in 2025 are a mixed assortment. The common denominators between these stocks include that they have solid businesses built for the long term and they all pay juicy dividends.

Dividend stocks provide income, even amid market sell-offs, and can hedge against inflation in 2025. Learn about 3 top dividend stocks for 2025.

Some prominent healthcare and consumer stocks have fallen out of favor with the market, so now is the time to pounce on some great deals.

Helia Group offers a notable 13.1% dividend yield, which may continue to be supported by strong capital reserves and ongoing share buybacks.

Explore the importance of diversification in your investment portfolio. I discuss two of my largest non-REIT dividend investments.

Best of all, AT&T's shares can be had for only about 10 times its forecasted free cash flow for 2025 (and 9 times its projections for 2027). Additionally, its stock currently yields a hefty 4.9%.

Despite finishing up more than 23% higher for the second year in a row, the S&P 500 has been weighed down by sell-offs amid thin volume trading as investors take profits before the new year. For many investors,