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 | $3667.85B |
| 2 | XOM | ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation | Energy | $17.23B | $660.62B |
| 3 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Financial Services | $16.63B | $939.70B |
| 4 | AAPL | Apple Inc. | Technology | $15.42B | $4669.70B |
| 5 | TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | Technology | $14.88B | $2276.86B |
| 6 | HSBC | HSBC Holdings plc | Financial Services | $13.48B | $363.93B |
| 7 | CVX | Chevron Corporation | Energy | $12.75B | $409.19B |
| 8 | ABBV | AbbVie Inc. | Healthcare | $11.66B | $453.19B |
| 9 | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | Communication Services | $11.48B | $209.44B |
| 10 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | Technology | $11.14B | $1753.45B |
| 11 | PG | The Procter & Gamble Company | Consumer Defensive | $10.23B | $338.13B |
| 12 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | Communication Services | $10.05B | $4101.68B |
| 13 | TDG | TransDigm Group Incorporated | Industrials | $9.63B | $63.30B |
| 14 | HD | The Home Depot, Inc. | Consumer Cyclical | $9.15B | $312.98B |
| 15 | KO | The Coca-Cola Company | Consumer Defensive | $8.78B | $380.17B |
| 16 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $8.62B | $287.92B |
| 17 | SHEL | Shell plc | Energy | $8.47B | $272.72B |
| 18 | T | AT&T Inc. | Communication Services | $8.18B | $175.42B |
| 19 | MRK | Merck & Co., Inc. | Healthcare | $8.18B | $366.28B |
| 20 | TTE | TotalEnergies SE | Energy | $8.12B | $199.36B |
| 21 | PBR | Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras | Energy | $8.11B | $134.24B |
| 22 | UNH | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | Healthcare | $7.92B | $359.79B |
| 23 | NVS | Novartis AG | Healthcare | $7.82B | $261.73B |
| 24 | PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $7.64B | $188.97B |
| 25 | WMT | Walmart Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $7.51B | $841.37B |
| 26 | MO | Altria Group, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $6.96B | $113.83B |
| 27 | MS | Morgan Stanley | Financial Services | $6.59B | $339.62B |
| 28 | CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Technology | $6.55B | $430.41B |
| 29 | BHP | BHP Group Limited | Basic Materials | $6.40B | $233.79B |
| 30 | IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | Technology | $6.25B | $218.66B |
| 31 | RIO | Rio Tinto Group | Basic Materials | $6.14B | $168.86B |
| 32 | BX | Blackstone Inc. | Financial Services | $6.01B | $100.56B |
| 33 | ORCL | Oracle Corporation | Technology | $5.79B | $468.13B |
| 34 | WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | Financial Services | $5.43B | $265.99B |
| 35 | UPS | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Industrials | $5.40B | $85.49B |
| 36 | LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | Healthcare | $5.38B | $1001.81B |
| 37 | C | Citigroup Inc. | Financial Services | $5.37B | $231.02B |
| 38 | META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Communication Services | $5.32B | $1562.84B |
| 39 | GS | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Financial Services | $5.28B | $301.81B |
| 40 | AMGN | Amgen Inc. | Healthcare | $5.12B | $212.56B |
| 41 | MCD | McDonald's Corporation | Consumer Cyclical | $5.12B | $181.02B |
| 42 | BP | BP p.l.c. | Energy | $5.06B | $115.58B |
| 43 | BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Healthcare | $5.04B | $132.14B |
| 44 | TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Technology | $5.00B | $236.46B |
| 45 | AZN | AstraZeneca PLC | Healthcare | $4.97B | $248.21B |
| 46 | CMCSA | Comcast Corporation | Communication Services | $4.89B | $94.00B |
| 47 | BABA | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | Consumer Cyclical | $4.89B | $281.47B |
| 48 | EQNR | Equinor ASA | Energy | $4.79B | $102.92B |
| 49 | NEE | NextEra Energy, Inc. | Utilities | $4.68B | $174.87B |
| 50 | V | Visa Inc. | Financial Services | $4.63B | $688.27B |
| 51 | BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | Consumer Defensive | $4.54B | $157.00B |
| 52 | TMUS | T-Mobile US, Inc. | Communication Services | $4.12B | $194.89B |
| 53 | ABT | Abbott Laboratories | Healthcare | $4.12B | $200.95B |
| 54 | GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Healthcare | $4.00B | $181.83B |
| 55 | COP | ConocoPhillips | Energy | $4.00B | $162.23B |
| 56 | CME | CME Group Inc. | Financial Services | $3.93B | $100.05B |
| 57 | PLD | Prologis, Inc. | Real Estate | $3.76B | $131.60B |
| 58 | MDT | Medtronic plc | Healthcare | $3.64B | $118.18B |
| 59 | RTX | RTX Corporation | Industrials | $3.57B | $267.95B |
| 60 | VALE | Vale S.A. | Basic Materials | $3.56B | $66.22B |
| 61 | CVS | CVS Health Corporation | Healthcare | $3.40B | $122.87B |
| 62 | DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | Utilities | $3.29B | $94.53B |
| 63 | UNP | Union Pacific Corporation | Industrials | $3.24B | $171.36B |
| 64 | AMT | American Tower Corporation | Real Estate | $3.18B | $81.88B |
| 65 | USB | U.S. Bancorp | Financial Services | $3.17B | $97.36B |
| 66 | LMT | Lockheed Martin Corporation | Industrials | $3.13B | $123.74B |
| 67 | SO | The Southern Company | Utilities | $3.02B | $102.37B |
| 68 | F | Ford Motor Company | Consumer Cyclical | $2.99B | $58.30B |
| 69 | HON | Honeywell International Inc. | Industrials | $2.98B | $66.00B |
| 70 | O | Realty Income Corporation | Real Estate | $2.92B | $57.74B |
| 71 | PGR | The Progressive Corporation | Financial Services | $2.87B | $124.88B |
| 72 | UBS | UBS Group AG | Financial Services | $2.87B | $168.61B |
| 73 | BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. | Financial Services | $2.82B | $78.06B |
| 74 | LIN | Linde plc | Basic Materials | $2.81B | $215.91B |
| 75 | FMX | Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. | Consumer Defensive | $2.77B | $40.76B |
| 76 | SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | Consumer Cyclical | $2.77B | $116.29B |
| 77 | MA | Mastercard Incorporated | Financial Services | $2.76B | $500.11B |
| 78 | CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | Industrials | $2.75B | $378.07B |
| 79 | TFC | Truist Financial Corporation | Financial Services | $2.67B | $61.75B |
| 80 | LOW | Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Consumer Cyclical | $2.64B | $112.66B |
| 81 | PNC | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | Financial Services | $2.63B | $96.91B |
| 82 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | Technology | $2.63B | $106.45B |
| 83 | KMI | Kinder Morgan, Inc. | Energy | $2.60B | $71.21B |
| 84 | ARES | Ares Management Corporation | Financial Services | $2.60B | $31.26B |
| 85 | OKE | ONEOK, Inc. | Energy | $2.58B | $61.47B |
| 86 | MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $2.49B | $78.66B |
| 87 | SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | Basic Materials | $2.49B | $176.10B |
| 88 | WMB | The Williams Companies, Inc. | Energy | $2.44B | $92.75B |
| 89 | NKE | NIKE, Inc. | Consumer Cyclical | $2.41B | $56.52B |
| 90 | SCHW | The Charles Schwab Corporation | Financial Services | $2.33B | $184.81B |
| 91 | DEO | Diageo plc | Consumer Defensive | $2.30B | $48.44B |
| 92 | D | Dominion Energy, Inc. | Utilities | $2.28B | $58.24B |
| 93 | AXP | American Express Company | Financial Services | $2.27B | $220.22B |
| 94 | PCAR | PACCAR Inc | Industrials | $2.27B | $64.48B |
| 95 | COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $2.18B | $403.65B |
| 96 | INFY | Infosys Limited | Technology | $2.13B | $45.08B |
| 97 | TGT | Target Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $2.05B | $73.92B |
| 98 | WDS | Woodside Energy Group Ltd | Energy | $2.01B | $44.64B |
| 99 | AEP | American Electric Power Company, Inc. | Utilities | $2.01B | $68.28B |
| 100 | PPC | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $1.99B | $7.14B |
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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.