The final four dividend stocks to buy and hold in 2025 are a mixed assortment. The common denominators between these stocks include that they have solid businesses built for the long term and they all pay juicy dividends.

These five high-yield dividend stocks have the potential to deliver positive total returns and dependable passive income.

Plenty of high-performing growth stocks pay dividends -- such as Apple and Nvidia -- and though their dividend yields can be low sometimes, they can also be fast-growing. When you factor growing dividends into the total returns of slower-growing blue chip companies,