High-Yield Dividend Stocks Down 11% to 70%: How to Prepare for the Potential Reckoning Coming

By Jason Hall – Oct 5, 2023 at 5:59AM

NYSE: NEE

NextEra Energy

Market Cap

$147B

Today's Change

(0.88%) $0.62

Current Price

$71.97

Price as of July 29, 2025, 3:58 p.m. ET

Investors are finally beginning to reevaluate their options for safety and income.

Shares of NextEra Energy (NEE 0.88%) and subsidiary NextEra Energy Partners (XIFR 0.10%) have fallen sharply, dragging down shares of Brookfield Renewable (BEP -1.64%) (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN 1.37%) (CWEN.A 1.32%), and Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), too. PepsiCo (PEP 1.64%), Coca-Cola (KO 1.90%), Target Corp (TGT -2.11%), and Kroger (KR -0.06%) are also down double digits. In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall explains what's happening and how investors can adapt.

*Stock prices used were from the morning of Oct. 3, 2023. The video was published on Oct. 4, 2023.

About the Author

Jason Hall is a contributing Stock Market Analyst at The Motley Fool and has been with the company since 2012. Prior to that, Jason spent more than a decade in a technical sales role in the printing and information services industry. He also founded and operated a small food manufacturing business for many years. Fun fact: Jason has backpacked on three continents and scuba dived in over 100 locations around the world, but his favorite place to be found is on a baseball or soccer field, coaching or cheering on his son.

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Jason Hall has positions in Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure Plc, Brookfield Renewable, Brookfield Renewable Partners, Clearway Energy, and NextEra Energy Partners. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Brookfield Renewable, NextEra Energy, and Target. The Motley Fool recommends Brookfield Renewable Partners and Kroger and recommends the following options: long January 2024 $47.50 calls on Coca-Cola. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Jason Hall is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through their link they will earn some extra money that supports their channel. Their opinions remain their own and are unaffected by The Motley Fool.

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