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EnLink Midstream Partners LP, (NYSE:ENLK) – a Dallas-based energy services providers – rewards its unitholders with an 8.5% dividend yield and a unit price growth that pushed the one-year total return above 25%. While EnLink did not boost its total annual distribution in the past two years, the partnership hiked its annual payout six out of the past eight years…

While seeking stocks with high-dividend yields to maximize their dividend income, investors also must differentiate between equities that pay qualified versus non-qualified dividends. Qualified dividends are taxed different from non-qualified dividends — qualified dividends are subject to the same tax rate as long-term capital gains, which is lower than the ordinary income tax affecting non-qualified dividends. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) treats…

TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (NYSE:TLP) has boosted its total annual dividend payout amount every year since the company started distributions in 2005. It currently offers its shareholders an 8.3% dividend yield. In addition to 13 years of consecutive annual dividend hikes, the company has also increased its quarterly dividend amount for the past 12 consecutive quarters. Furthermore, TransMontaigne’s current dividend yield is…

Tallgrass Energy, LP (NYSE:TGE) has rewarded its shareholders with dividend hikes every quarter since the company initiated distributions in August 2015. For 13 consecutive quarters, the company managed to maintain a double-digit-percentage growth rate. Additionally, the rising dividend payouts resulted in a current dividend yield of 8.4%. That outperformed various industry averages by 35% or more. While the company’s quarterly…

The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO)  – an equity real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in security and protection services – rewarded its shareholders with a dividend yield of nearly 8%. While shareholders have enjoyed annual dividend hikes every year since GEO converted from a publicly traded company to operating as a REIT in 2012, the company’s share price has also encountered some…