2 Dividend-Paying Stocks and 1 ETF With Yields Over 3.5% to Buy in 2025

With the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) yield at just 1.2%, it has become more challenging to find companies or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that can provide a steady and sizable stream of passive income. Here's why these two dividend stocks and this ETF are worth buying now. Scott Levine (Kimberly-Clark): It's hard to argue with the allure of picking up a leading consumer staples stock like Kimberly-Clark and watching the ample dividend income consistently roll in -- as it has done at increasingly higher amounts for over five decades, resulting in the stock earning the title of Dividend King.