Top Dividend Stocks To Follow Today - October 9th

Key Points

• Five key dividend stocks to watch today include Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares, ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, PepsiCo, Verizon Communications, and Pfizer, identified by MarketBeat's stock screener.
• Dividend stocks are typically associated with **established companies** that provide regular cash payments to shareholders, offering both income and the potential for price appreciation.
• ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ aims to deliver **three times the inverse** of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index, while other stocks listed have significant roles in their industries ranging from beverages to biopharmaceuticals.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares, ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, PepsiCo, Verizon Communications, and Pfizer are the five Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that distribute a portion of their earnings to shareholders on a regular basis, typically as cash payments. Investors who buy dividend stocks often seek a steady income stream in addition to potential share-price appreciation. These stocks are generally associated with more established companies that generate consistent profits. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Dividend stocks within the last several days.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL)

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ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ)

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (the Fund) seeks daily investment results, which corresponds to three times the inverse of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the non-financial domestic and international issues listed on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) Stock Market.

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PepsiCo (PEP)

PepsiCo, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region.

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Verizon Communications (VZ)

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business).

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Pfizer (PFE)

Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular metabolic, migraine, and women's health under the Eliquis, Nurtec ODT/Vydura, Zavzpret, and the Premarin family brands; infectious diseases with unmet medical needs under the Prevnar family, Abrysvo, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, and Trumenba brands; and COVID-19 prevention and treatment, and potential future mRNA and antiviral products under the Comirnaty and Paxlovid brands.

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