Two High-Yield Dividend Stocks: 1 Is the Better Buy Now

By Jason Hall – Oct 17, 2024 at 5:30AM EST

NYSE: XIFR

XPLR Infrastructure

Market Cap

$942M

Today's Change

(-0.50%) $0.05

Current Price

$10.03

Price as of January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET

They may look similar, but sometimes higher yield means higher risk.

In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down what makes Brookfield Renewable (BEP +0.71%)(BEPC +0.00%) and NextEra Energy Partners (NEP 0.50%) different, and which he thinks is a better buy right now.

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Oct. 8, 2024. The video was published on Oct. 16, 2024.

Jason Hall is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst with more than a decade of experience writing about dividend stocks and long-term investing. He has been with the company since 2012 and previously spent over 10 years in technical sales in the printing and information services industry. Jason also founded and operated a small food manufacturing business.

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