With 10 year US Treasury yields near recent highs as investors digest ongoing fiscal deficits and potential policy shifts, the search for dependable income feels more urgent. Cash rates may not stay where they are forever, yet inflation concerns still linger. That is where Dividend Powerhouses with 3%+ yields come in. This article highlights three stocks from the screener that offer income focused investors a starting shortlist.

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Accenture (ACN)

Accenture is a global consulting and IT services company that helps large businesses and governments run and modernize their operations, which supports a mature, cash generating outsourcing and managed services platform linked to the Dividend Powerhouses theme. It earns most of its revenue from industry groups such as Products at about $22.3b, Health & Public Service at about $14.9b, Financial Services at about $13.8b, Communications, Media & Technology at about $12.4b, and Resources at about $9.8b. Accenture’s market cap is about $113.4b, putting it firmly in large cap territory.

Income focused investors may want to pay attention to Accenture because its large scale consulting and outsourcing franchises generate the steady cash flows that support a 3.52% dividend yield and ongoing buybacks, while the stock trades on a P/E below both the US market and IT industry averages. At the same time, the company is leaning into AI, cybersecurity and cloud partnerships with groups like NVIDIA and Google Cloud, which adds growth potential but also raises questions about how quickly AI might reshape its labor heavy model and margins. The tension between strong fundamentals, solid dividend coverage and real disruption risk is exactly what makes the next few years for Accenture so important to watch.

Accenture’s cash rich outsourcing machine and AI partnerships may be masking an underappreciated story in plain sight. Get the full picture with the analysis report for Accenture

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Kaspi.kz (KSPI)

Kaspi.kz runs a super app that combines payments, shopping and consumer finance for users and merchants across Kazakhstan and nearby markets. Its largest revenue stream is Marketplace at about KZT 2.15b, followed by Fintech at about KZT 1.71b and then Payments at about KZT 677.2m, where high margin, recurring bill payments, merchant acquiring and P2P transfers help fund its high dividend profile. The company has a market cap of about US$20.1b.

Kaspi.kz may interest income focused investors because its Payments engine generates recurring, fee based cash flow that helps support a high dividend, with the board recently recommending an 18% increase to 1,000 KZT per ADS for approval. At the same time, investors need to weigh margin pressure from higher funding costs, the mixed impact of expansion into Türkiye and e-Grocery, and regulatory shifts across key verticals. Analysts continue to publish research on the stock, yet the combination of past dividend volatility and insider selling means the real story on how dependable this payout could be over the next few years is more complicated than headline yields suggest.

Kaspi.kz’s cash rich super app story can look straightforward on the surface, yet the real puzzle sits in how Marketplace, Fintech and Payments interact with dividend policy and regulatory shifts. Get the full context from the analysis report for Kaspi.kz

VICI Properties (VICI)

VICI Properties is an experiential real estate investment trust that owns 103 gaming and leisure properties such as Caesars Palace, MGM Grand and The Venetian. It collects long term, triple net rents that underpin its role in the Dividend Powerhouses theme. The company generated about US$4.1b from real estate investment activities, almost entirely in the United States, and has a large cap of roughly US$29.2b. For income focused investors, this scale and rental focus help explain why VICI Properties is often viewed through a dividend lens.

Income investors may want to look at VICI Properties because its long term, inflation linked leases help support a sizeable dividend that is backed by contractual rent from blue chip casino and experiential operators. At the same time, the stock is priced as a value opportunity relative to many specialized REIT peers. Recent deals such as the Golden Entertainment sale leaseback and the new Club Med partnership add fresh tenants and geographies. The catch is that high reliance on external funding and tenant concentration in groups such as Caesars and MGM mean dividend strength is closely tied to refinancing terms and a handful of operators. Understanding how that trade off plays out across rent coverage, debt costs and future acquisitions is where the real investment story starts to get interesting.

VICI Properties’ rental engine and acquisition pipeline can look like a straightforward income story, yet the real twist is how future deals and debt costs could reshape that cash stream. Get the full analysis report for VICI Properties

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