Buy The Dip In These Beaten-Down Dividend Stocks
2026 has been a bit of a rollercoaster in the stock market.
The year started off well enough, but worries about artificial intelligence and the conflict with Iran made the stock market retreat over 10% from its high.
The market has rebounded, and we’re finally green for 2026 for the first time since February.
It can be pretty stressful seeing these wild swings!
However, wild swings in the stock market can be a good thing, especially for dividend investors.
It allows us to buy up great companies on the cheap and lock in some high dividend yields.
Every dividend investor should take the time to look at these stocks.
Insurance is popular with dividend investors because of its stability.
Prudential Financial (ticker: PRU) is one of the top life insurers in the United States, but its stock price is down almost 20% from its highs in January.
Last year, Prudential made over $6 billion in free cash flow and only paid around $2 billion of it in dividends.
Currently, Prudential’s dividend yield is 5.5%, which hasn’t been higher in 3 years.
Prudential also offers some nice dividend growth, having increased its dividend 17 consecutive years with an average annual growth rate of 7% each year for the past decade.
However, its dividend growth has slowed down to between 3% and 4% recently, which is still good for a stock with a dividend yield over 5%.
Prudential’s stock is also incredibly cheap with a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 7.2x, which is one of the lowest in the entire insurance industry.
T. Rowe Price (ticker: TROW) is one of the top asset managers around.
In total, T. Rowe Price manages around $1.7 trillion for its clients.
Similar to Prudential, T. Rowe Price’s stock price is down in 2026, though only by about 8%.
However, the drop raised T. Rowe Price’s dividend yield to 5.4%, which has never been higher.
The asset manager also has a long history of dividend growth with 40 years of consecutive increases.
Its dividend growth used to be higher, but it’s only been about 3% per year recently.
Still, a 5.5% dividend yield with dividend growth matching inflation is still a good deal for dividend investors.
Plus, T. Rowe Price’s return on equity (ROE) of 19.7% is one of the highest among asset managers.
And the company is doing it without any debt!
Last up is a company making headlines, but not in a good way.
Kimberly-Clark (ticker: KMB) is a manufacturer producing consumer goods and personal care products like diapers, toilet paper, and paper towels.
Its brands include Huggies, Kleenex, Depend, and Scott.
A few weeks ago, a Kimberly-Clark distribution center in California was set on fire by a disgruntled employee.
The fire destroyed the distribution center and caused the stock to drop 5%, but it’s only a temporary disruption to Kimberly-Clark’s operations.
The drop means its dividend yield is around 5.2%, which is an all-time high for Kimberly-Clark.
And if you think T. Rowe Price has the best history of dividend growth, Kimberly-Clark has it beat.
Kimberly-Clark has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years and has averaged about 3% growth historically.
The packaged goods company is also incredibly profitable with a profit margin over 11%, which is more than 3x higher than its industry.
What stocks are you buying in the recent downturn?
Michael Jennings, Editor
Dividend Stocks Research
Category: Dividend Stocks To Buy?
