Ben Reynolds

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) began with a single store location in Seattle’s Pike Place Market in 1973, but has grown over time to more than 38,000 stores worldwide. Approximately half of the stores are located in the US and nearly 20% are in China. The company has a market capitalization of $100 billion and generates annual revenue of $37 billion, highlights Ben Reynolds, editor of Sure Dividend.

Black Hills Corp. (BKH) is an electric utility that provides electricity and natural gas to customers in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Black Hills was founded in 1941, and has a $3.6 billion market cap, while generating about $2.2 billion in annual revenue. The company is a Dividend King thanks to 54 years of consecutive dividend increases, explains Ben Reynolds, editor of Sure Retirement.

Returns from dividend stocks can be thought of on a spectrum. On one end of the spectrum is high growth. On the other end is high yield. In very rare cases, a stock can offer both, but that usually involves a high level of risk. One name I like here is SJW Group (SJW), explains Ben Reynolds, editor of Sure Dividend.

Safehold (SAFE) went public in June 2017, with iStar as its manager and primary investor; recently, the two firms merged to form a single entity, notes Ben Reynolds, editor of Sure Dividend's Top 10 REITs.