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4. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 135
Year-to-Date Returns as of October 2: 37.8%

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is next on our list of the best dividend stocks of 2023, as the stock has delivered a 37.8% return to shareholders since the start of the year. The multinational tech company has raised its dividends for 11 years in a row and currently pays a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share. As of October 2, the stock offers a dividend yield of 0.56%.

At the end of Q2 2023, 135 hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey reported having stakes in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), up from 131 in the previous quarter. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway was the company’s leading stakeholder in Q2.

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