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High-yield dividend stocks provide cash flow with perfect liquidity, meaning you can add, trim, or exit a position on any trading day. That combination of yield and flexibility is why income-focused investors love telecommunications, energy infrastructure and health care real estate.
We scoured our 24/7 Wall St. Dividend Equity Research database for massive dividend-paying stocks and found a collection that could generate over $5,790 per year in passive annual income if you invested $30,000 in each stock at the time of this writing.
Healthpeak Properties
- Stock #3: Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC)
- Yield: 7%
- $30,000 worth of shares: ~1,791
- Annual passive income: ~$2,185
Healthpeak Properties is a Healthcare REIT Concentrated in three high-demand areas: life sciences, outpatient medicine, and senior housing. As a REIT, it must distribute at least 90% of taxable income to shareholders, structurally resulting in yields higher than most equity categories. The company pays a monthly dividend of $0.10167 per share, which equates to an annual rate of $1.22 per share.
The portfolio is actively expanding. Healthpeak acquired the South San Francisco life sciences campus for $600 million and executed new and renewal leases for 2.1 million square feet in outpatient medical and laboratory space. The company plans to spin off its senior housing properties into a separate REIT called Janus Living. Institutional investors own about 98% of the float. Analysts’ consensus target is $19.84, which is higher than the current trading price of $16.54.
Enterprise Product Partners
Enterprise Products Partners is one of the largest midstream energy MLPs in North America, operating an integrated network of natural gas, NGL, crude oil, petrochemical and refined product pipelines, processing plants and storage facilities. The MLP pass-through structure means that the partnership does not pay corporate income taxes at the unit level, allowing it to distribute the bulk of operating cash flow directly to unitholders. A portion of each distribution is often tax-deferred, adding after-tax efficiency for taxable accounts.
The business delivered record NGL fractionation of 1.9 million barrels per day and record pipeline volume of 14.1 million bpd-equivalent in the fourth quarter of 2025. The current quarterly distribution is $0.55 per unit, annuitized is $2.20 per unit, and the partnership has increased its distribution for 27 consecutive years. Management has authorized a $5 billion unit buyback program, with approximately $1.4 billion repurchased so far. Insiders own 33% of outstanding units, indicating strong alignment.
Verizon Communications
- Stock #1: Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)
- Yield: ~6%
- $30,000 worth of shares: ~652
- Annual passive income: ~$1,845
Verizon is the largest US wireless carrier in terms of subscribers, generating revenue of $134.79 billion and free cash flow of $19.82 billion in fiscal 2024. Wireless service revenue has grown for 18 consecutive quarters, and the company has grown its fixed wireless access customer base to approximately 4.6 million, with a target of 8 to 9 million by 2028. The pending Frontier Communications acquisition will expand its fiber footprint.
The most recent quarterly dividend came in at $0.7075 per share, indicating continued dividend growth. Institutional investors own about 69% of the shares, and the analyst consensus price target is $51.58, compared to the current price of $45.14. The stock is up 17% year-to-date, which shows that yield and price appreciation in telecom can coexist if the fundamentals are solid.
Combined, these three positions generate an annual passive income of $5,790 on a $90,000 investment, which is a compounded yield of approximately 6%. HealthPeak Properties contributed $2,185, Enterprise Products Partners added $1,760, and Verizon completed the portfolio with $1,845.
| store | annual income | share of total |
|---|---|---|
| DOC (Healthpeak Properties) | $2,185 | ~38% |
| VZ (Verizon) | $1,845 | ~32% |
| EPD (Enterprise Product Partners) | $1,760 | ~30% |
What differentiates this income portfolio from a rental property or private credit fund is its ability to automatically reinvest distributions, scale up or down positions without transaction friction, and put three different economic drivers under one strategy. Cash flow that grows quietly over time becomes the most consequential part of the portfolio.