Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong income characteristics for investors to consider today, September 16th:

Delek Logistics Partners DKL: This company which owns, operates, acquires and constructs crude oil and refined products logistics and marketing assets, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.3% over the last 60 days.

Delek Logistics Partners, L.P. Price and Consensus

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This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company has a dividend yield of 10.4%, compared with the industry average of 7.3%.

Delek Logistics Partners, L.P. Dividend Yield (TTM)

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CTO Realty Growth CTO: This real estate company, which owns income properties,has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing nearly 9.0% over the last 60 days.

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. Price and Consensus

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. price-consensus-chart | CTO Realty Growth, Inc. Quote

This Zacks Rank #1 company has a dividend yield of 8.0%, compared with the industry average of 4.4%.

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. Dividend Yield (TTM)

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. dividend-yield-ttm | CTO Realty Growth, Inc. Quote

Veren Inc. VRN: This company which explores, develops and produces oil and gas properties principally in Canada and the United States, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing nearly 18.8% over the last 60 days.

Veren Inc. Price and Consensus

Veren Inc. price-consensus-chart | Veren Inc. Quote

This Zacks Rank #1 company has a dividend yield of 5.4%, compared with the industry average of 4.2%.

Veren Inc. Dividend Yield (TTM)

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