When income investor Jenny Harrington looks for top dividend stocks, names like Whirlpool come to mind. The home appliance manufacturer not only has a 6% dividend yield, but it has also gotten very cheap, Harrington said. Finding companies with low valuations is a part of her strategy.
"Temporary earnings compression from industrywide impacts, plus Elliott's activist campaign, will combine to bring to light the high value critical towers assets of CCI, with reliable earnings growth beginning in 2026," Harrington said. Activist fund Elliott Investment Management launched a campaign in November , pushing for leadership change and enhanced corporate governance at Crown Castle as well as a review of its fiber business.