Top 100 Stocks by Dividends Paid
Top companies ranked by dividends paid, latest annual filings.
What Dividends Paid Means for US-listed Companies
Dividends paid is the cash a company actually sent to its shareholders over the latest fiscal year, taken from the financing section of the cash flow statement. Because the figure is a dollar total rather than a rate, the ranking sorts by size, and the leaders tend to be large, mature, cash-generating businesses paying ordinary rates. A big total can sit beside a modest yield when the market value is huge, and a small total beside a generous one.
Why Dividends Paid Matters Less Than It Seems
The total shows what a company chose to return in cash rather than reinvest or use to repay debt, which is useful beside net income and free cash flow. On its own, though, the payment carries no information about yield, consistency, or coverage. A single special dividend lifts one year; a cut appears only in the following year's figure; and companies that return cash mainly through share repurchases look small here even when total shareholder returns are large.
What to Read Alongside
Read it next to Net Income for the earnings behind the payment, Free Cash Flow to see whether cash covered it, and Share Buybacks for the other channel companies use to return cash.
| # | Symbol | Company | Sector | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | Technology | $26.45B | $3.89T |
| 2 | XOM | ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation | Energy | $17.23B | $753.34B |
| 3 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Financial Services | $16.63B | $880.54B |
| 4 | AAPL | Apple Inc. | Technology | $15.42B | $5.07T |
| 5 | TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | Technology | $14.88B | $2.17T |
| 6 | HSBC | HSBC Holdings plc | Financial Services | $13.48B | $310.12B |
| 7 | CVX | Chevron Corporation | Energy | $12.75B | $457.47B |
| 8 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Healthcare | $12.38B | $635.07B |
| 9 | ABBV | AbbVie Inc. | Healthcare | $11.66B | $504.76B |
| 10 | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | Communication Services | $11.48B | $185.55B |
| 11 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | Technology | $11.14B | $1.54T |
| 12 | PG | The Procter & Gamble Company | Consumer Defensive | $10.23B | $373.21B |
| 13 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | Communication Services | $10.05B | $3.88T |
| 14 | PFE | Pfizer Inc. | Healthcare | $9.77B | $171.16B |
| 15 | TDG | TransDigm Group Incorporated | Industrials | $9.63B | $61.07B |
| 16 | BAC | Bank of America Corporation | Financial Services | $9.56B | $350.01B |
| 17 | HD | The Home Depot, Inc. | Consumer Cyclical | $9.15B | $319.09B |
| 18 | KO | The Coca-Cola Company | Consumer Defensive | $8.78B | $398.89B |
| 19 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $8.62B | $310.90B |
| 20 | SHEL | Shell plc | Energy | $8.47B | $307.47B |
| 21 | T | AT&T Inc. | Communication Services | $8.18B | $140.99B |
| 22 | MRK | Merck & Co., Inc. | Healthcare | $8.18B | $358.41B |
| 23 | TTE | TotalEnergies SE | Energy | $8.12B | $204.56B |
| 24 | PBR | Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras | Energy | $8.11B | $168.58B |
| 25 | UNH | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | Healthcare | $7.92B | $375.28B |
| 26 | NVS | Novartis AG | Healthcare | $7.82B | $287.24B |
| 27 | PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $7.64B | $185.02B |
| 28 | TM | Toyota Motor Corporation | Consumer Cyclical | $7.55B | $231.78B |
| 29 | WMT | Walmart Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $7.51B | $951.18B |
| 30 | BTI | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | Consumer Defensive | $7.04B | $127.91B |
| 31 | MO | Altria Group, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $6.96B | $124.08B |
| 32 | BHP | BHP Group Limited | Basic Materials | $6.76B | $197.85B |
| 33 | MS | Morgan Stanley | Financial Services | $6.59B | $280.90B |
| 34 | CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Technology | $6.55B | $419.89B |
| 35 | IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | Technology | $6.25B | $239.64B |
| 36 | RIO | Rio Tinto Group | Basic Materials | $6.14B | $135.67B |
| 37 | BX | Blackstone Inc. | Financial Services | $6.01B | $94.14B |
| 38 | ENB | Enbridge Inc. | Energy | $5.99B | $107.32B |
| 39 | ORCL | Oracle Corporation | Technology | $5.79B | $382.45B |
| 40 | SNY | Sanofi | Healthcare | $5.60B | $99.68B |
| 41 | TD | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Financial Services | $5.47B | $203.49B |
| 42 | WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | Financial Services | $5.43B | $247.31B |
| 43 | UPS | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Industrials | $5.40B | $85.98B |
| 44 | LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | Healthcare | $5.38B | $1.14T |
| 45 | C | Citigroup Inc. | Financial Services | $5.37B | $202.33B |
| 46 | META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Communication Services | $5.32B | $1.64T |
| 47 | MUFG | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | Financial Services | $5.32B | $237.16B |
| 48 | GS | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Financial Services | $5.28B | $254.97B |
| 49 | UL | Unilever PLC | Consumer Defensive | $5.23B | $142.63B |
| 50 | AMGN | Amgen Inc. | Healthcare | $5.12B | $237.48B |
| 51 | MCD | McDonald's Corporation | Consumer Cyclical | $5.12B | $175.82B |
| 52 | BP | BP p.l.c. | Energy | $5.06B | $132.18B |
| 53 | BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Healthcare | $5.04B | $125.59B |
| 54 | TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Technology | $5.00B | $259.99B |
| 55 | AZN | AstraZeneca PLC | Healthcare | $4.97B | $265.96B |
| 56 | BBVA | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | Financial Services | $4.92B | $136.84B |
| 57 | CMCSA | Comcast Corporation | Communication Services | $4.89B | $80.57B |
| 58 | BABA | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | Consumer Cyclical | $4.89B | $247.88B |
| 59 | EQNR | Equinor ASA | Energy | $4.79B | $115.63B |
| 60 | NEE | NextEra Energy, Inc. | Utilities | $4.68B | $172.19B |
| 61 | V | Visa Inc. | Financial Services | $4.63B | $765.81B |
| 62 | BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | Consumer Defensive | $4.54B | $165.92B |
| 63 | BNS | The Bank of Nova Scotia | Financial Services | $4.19B | $113.04B |
| 64 | TMUS | T-Mobile US, Inc. | Communication Services | $4.12B | $157.19B |
| 65 | ABT | Abbott Laboratories | Healthcare | $4.12B | $179.44B |
| 66 | GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Healthcare | $4.00B | $193.48B |
| 67 | COP | ConocoPhillips | Energy | $4.00B | $181.16B |
| 68 | ACN | Accenture plc | Technology | $3.99B | $152.60B |
| 69 | CME | CME Group Inc. | Financial Services | $3.93B | $109.42B |
| 70 | SAN | Banco Santander, S.A. | Financial Services | $3.92B | $185.53B |
| 71 | QCOM | QUALCOMM Incorporated | Technology | $3.81B | $187.84B |
| 72 | PLD | Prologis, Inc. | Real Estate | $3.76B | $120.17B |
| 73 | MDT | Medtronic plc | Healthcare | $3.64B | $122.04B |
| 74 | E | Eni S.p.A. | Energy | $3.61B | $88.77B |
| 75 | BMO | Bank of Montreal | Financial Services | $3.59B | $117.55B |
| 76 | RTX | RTX Corporation | Industrials | $3.57B | $257.76B |
| 77 | VALE | Vale S.A. | Basic Materials | $3.56B | $52.77B |
| 78 | CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | Energy | $3.55B | $113.51B |
| 79 | GSK | GSK plc | Healthcare | $3.45B | $101.68B |
| 80 | CVS | CVS Health Corporation | Healthcare | $3.40B | $119.55B |
| 81 | DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | Utilities | $3.30B | $97.45B |
| 82 | UNP | Union Pacific Corporation | Industrials | $3.24B | $173.99B |
| 83 | SAP | SAP SE | Technology | $3.22B | $274.86B |
| 84 | NWG | NatWest Group plc | Financial Services | $3.20B | $66.46B |
| 85 | AMT | American Tower Corporation | Real Estate | $3.18B | $88.05B |
| 86 | USB | U.S. Bancorp | Financial Services | $3.17B | $92.83B |
| 87 | LMT | Lockheed Martin Corporation | Industrials | $3.13B | $139.57B |
| 88 | SO | The Southern Company | Utilities | $3.02B | $106.86B |
| 89 | ASML | ASML Holding N.V. | Technology | $2.99B | $605.80B |
| 90 | F | Ford Motor Company | Consumer Cyclical | $2.99B | $46.26B |
| 91 | HON | Honeywell International Inc. | Industrials | $2.98B | $70.09B |
| 92 | O | Realty Income Corporation | Real Estate | $2.92B | $53.83B |
| 93 | PGR | The Progressive Corporation | Financial Services | $2.87B | $132.17B |
| 94 | UBS | UBS Group AG | Financial Services | $2.87B | $141.97B |
| 95 | CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Financial Services | $2.85B | $103.52B |
| 96 | BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. | Financial Services | $2.82B | $75.12B |
| 97 | LIN | Linde plc | Basic Materials | $2.81B | $234.56B |
| 98 | FMX | Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. | Consumer Defensive | $2.77B | $43.78B |
| 99 | SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | Consumer Cyclical | $2.77B | $114.91B |
| 100 | MA | Mastercard Incorporated | Financial Services | $2.76B | $546.28B |
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This list ranks the total dollars paid out over the latest fiscal year, so the largest companies lead it; a big payout says nothing about the yield a share buys today. A company whose balance sheet runs above 150 times its market cap is left out, because at that gap the accounts are not in US dollars.
How this ranking is built
Companies are ranked by dividends paid as reported in their most recent annual filing with the SEC. Figures shown are in US dollars (or percent, as noted), rounded to two decimals.
- Source: annual 10-K / 20-F filings from companies trading on US exchanges (NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX).
- Fiscal year: whichever annual period the company has most recently filed. Fiscal years don't always align with the calendar year, so the "as of FY" stamp above reflects the most common year across the table.
- Filtered out: warrants, preferred shares, and duplicate listings that share a parent company's financials.
- Size floor: A company qualifies at $500 million in market cap or above. Below that, one mis-stated figure outranks the companies the list is about.
- Currency check: A company whose annual revenue runs above 15 times its market cap is left out, because at that gap the two figures are not in the same currency.
- Currency check: A company whose balance sheet runs above 150 times its market cap is left out for the same reason.
- Update cadence: refreshed as companies file new annual reports (typically within 60–90 days of fiscal year end).
Not financial advice. This is a research tool, not a recommendation.
Frequently asked questions
Is a large dividends-paid total the same as a high dividend yield?
No. Dividends paid is a dollar total for the whole company, while yield divides the dividend per share by the share price. The biggest companies lead a total ranking at perfectly ordinary yields, because their share count is enormous, and a smaller company can pay a generous yield while sitting far down this list. The two measures answer different questions.
Where does the number come from?
From the financing section of the cash flow statement in the latest annual filing, so it is cash that left the company rather than a declared rate. Special and extra distributions are included; share repurchases are not, since they appear on their own line. The screen behind this ranking also keeps it to accounts reported in dollars, so a foreign private issuer filing in another currency does not appear.
Can a company pay more in dividends than it earned?
Yes, and it happens for a year or several. The payment comes from cash on hand, asset sales, or borrowing, none of which depend on the current year's profit. Whether the pattern lasts depends on cash generation, which is why free cash flow is read alongside the total, and why sector-specific coverage measures, funds from operations for property trusts and the authorized return for regulated utilities, fit better than earnings in those cases.