3 Crypto Dividend Alternatives with 35%+ Growth Potential - Analyst Picks for 2025

Wall Street's chasing yield while crypto's building generational wealth.

Forget traditional dividend plays - these digital assets offer the upside potential that makes 35% returns look almost conservative. Analysts are finally waking up to what crypto natives have known for years.

The Growth Engine

Staking rewards that compound automatically, governance tokens paying real yields, and decentralized protocols distributing fees directly to holders - this is the new dividend landscape. No board meetings required, no quarterly cuts to worry about.

Market-Beating Mathematics

While traditional investors fight over shrinking dividend pools, crypto's yield mechanisms scale with network growth. That 35% upside projection? Just the baseline when protocols are capturing entire industries.

Of course, Wall Street will call this 'risky' right up until their clients demand exposure. Funny how 35% returns suddenly become respectable when your bonus depends on it.

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Leveraging TipRanks’ Best Dividend Stocks Screener, we have identified three stocks with Strong Buy ratings from analysts. These stocks also offer a dividend yield above 5%, and analysts expect more than 35% upside for each over the next 12 months. Click on any ticker to thoroughly research the stock before you decide whether to add it to your portfolio.

Here are this week’s stocks:

(VNOM) – Viper Energy is an oil and gas company that owns and manages mineral and royalty interests, mainly in the Permian Basin. The stock carries a dividend yield of 6.42% and a Smart Score of Eight. In the last three months, all 14 Wall Street analysts covering VNOM stock have rated it a Buy, with their 12-month consensus price target indicating an upside of about 37.64%. VNOM stock has declined 20.86% year-to-date.

(NOMD) –This is an European frozen foods company best known for brands like Birds Eye, Findus, and Iglo. The stock carries a dividend yield of 5.49% and a Smart Score of Nine. Interestingly, five out of the six Wall Street analysts covering NOMD stock have rated it a Buy, with their 12-month consensus price target indicating an upside of about 43.39%. NOMD stock is down 26.2% so far this year.

(HASI) –Thisis a real estate investment trust that finances clean energy, decarbonization, and climate-focused infrastructure projects. The stock carries a dividend yield of 5.72% and a Smart Score of “Perfect 10.” Interestingly, 10 out of the 11 Wall Street analysts covering HASI stock have rated it a Buy, with their 12-month consensus price target indicating an upside of about 39.87%. HASI stock is up 10.75% so far this year.

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