The article highlights four high-yield dividend payers, Verizon (VZ), Realty Income (O), Altria Group (MO) and PepsiCo (PEP), whose profits or cash flow exceed their dividends. Verizon yields 6.18%, with trailing EPS of $3.84 against an annual dividend of $2.795 per share, and first-half free cash flow of $10.2B versus $5.9B in dividends paid, though its quarterly reported earnings fell 22% year over year. Realty Income has declared 673 consecutive monthly dividends, yields 5.84%, and raised its 2026 AFFO guidance to $4.44–$4.45 per share against an annualized forward dividend of $3.258. Altria shares rose 35% year to date, as a roughly 7% retail price increase on Marlboro offset a roughly 5% decline in industry volume.
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