Right now, artificial intelligence (AI) titan Nvidia holds the title. Apple is also firing on all cylinders again. Identifying the market's smartest growth stock to buy, however, is a different story.

Hershey (NYSE: HSY) isn't normally viewed as a high-yield stock, but its dividend yield of 3.2% today is near its highest level ever. Investors can still easily find higher yields on Wall Street. Here's what's going on and why you might want to buy Hershey right now.

As we enter 2025, many growth stocks are trading at high valuations and could be running out of room to rise in the near term. For long-term investors, now may be a good time to reevaluate the contents of your portfolio to see if it's worth potentially selling off some of your recent high performers and swapping in some cheaper growth stocks instead.