Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Realty Income vs. British American Tobacco

Dividend investors looking for high-yield stocks have to carefully balance risk against reward. Reaching too far for yield can leave you owning a struggling business that might someday cut its dividend.A good example of this today is British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI). Here's why conservative income investors should pass on the cigarette maker's 8.1% yield and instead go with Realty Income's (NYSE: O) 6% yield.Roughly 80% of British American Tobacco's revenue comes from its combustibles division; cigarettes account for some 98% of the volume in that division. It is, without a doubt, a cigarette company.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool