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Stock Market Crash: The 4 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy Right Now

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Energy Transfer and Enterprise Products Partners are two of the largest midstream master limited partnerships (MLPs) in the U.S. Both pay robust distributions that are well covered by their distributable cash flow.

Philip Morris International is a growth stock in a defensive industry with an attractive dividend.

Verizon Communications (VZ) and its 6.4% yield are attractive in this current market.

Verizon Communications generated $19.8 billion in free cash flow last year , well above the $11.2 billion in dividends it paid out.

At a forward P/E of 9 times, the stock is trading well below rival AT&T 's valuation.

Verizon recently said that using AI assists from Alphabet was reducing customer service call times.

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