Key Points Realty Income is a net lease REIT with a 5.3% yield. Asset manager T. Rowe Price has a 4.9% yield and a very sticky business. Canadian banking giant Bank of Nova Scotia has a 4.9% yield and has been paying dividends since 1833. 10 stocks we like better than Realty Income › The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index has a tiny little average yield of around 1.2% today. That's probably not enough income to support most investors' retirement goals, particularly if they aim to rely largely on the ...