{
  "id": 3099479,
  "title": "3 Dividend Stocks to Buy Before August Ends and Hold for Life",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/3-dividend-stocks-to-buy-before-august-ends-and-hold-for-life",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-23T11:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/3-dividend-stocks-buy-august-110058634.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Here are three dividend stocks worth considering before August ends, each with a long history of increasing payouts and showing strong recent results:\n\nProcter & Gamble (PG):\n- Up 32% year-to-date on record trademark volume growth\n- Pays $1.0885 per share annually, with 70 straight years of dividend increases\n- 136-year streak of dividend hikes, dating back to 1890\n- Fiscal 2026 EPS of $6.89 on $87.03 billion in revenue\n- Management targeting >$10 billion in dividends and $5 billion in share repurchases in 2027\n- Products like Tide, Pampers, Gillette, Crest, Charmin, and Olay driving growth\n- 6.21% down over past year, trading at 20x forward P/E for a durable business\n- Potential 1 billion after-tax cost headwinds in fiscal 2027\n\nPepsiCo (PEP):\n- Offers 4.05% dividend yield, up from $1.4225 in latest quarterly payout\n- 5 decades of annual dividend increases, with $5.92 per share forward annualized dividend\n- Q2 2026 revenue of $24.18 billion, 7% growth and net revenue increase\n- CEO highlights strong international business, now $40 billion with profit accretion\n- Up 5.77% in past month as North American weakness recognized\n- Forward P/E of 17 for a business with 51% return on equity\n- Capital return plan includes $8.9 billion in dividends and buybacks\n- North America convenience-channel weakness noted, with moderate margin pressure from affordability investments\n\nCoca-Cola (KO):\n- Up 32.06% year-to-date and 32.6% in past year\n- 10.83% gain in last month, with $0.53 per share quarterly dividend annualizing to $2.12\n- Q2 2026 statement quarter: 5% volume growth, 6% organic revenue growth\n- Trademark Coca-Cola volume up strongest in 17 years, excluding COVID recovery\n- Fairlife and Powerade growing 18% and 8% globally\n- Full-year guidance for 5% organic revenue growth and 9-10% EPS growth\n- World Cup catalyst in 180+ markets, collecting 25 million+ first-party data points\n- Net debt at 1.4x EBITDA, below 2-2.5x target\n- Valuation concern with forward P/E of 27, and Q4 2026 fewer days than prior year\n- Hold for long-term income, but worth watching into September entry point\n\nEach company demonstrates a track record of reliable dividend growth and strong recent performance, making them compelling options for long-term income investors before the new fiscal year begins.",
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