Highest Dividend Yield Stocks - Complete Rankings
US-listed companies ranked by forward dividend yield, the latest declared payment annualized over the current price. The board admits companies above $100 million in market capitalization on NYSE, Nasdaq and NYSE American with a recent or scheduled payment.
Ranked on the forward yield: the annualized rate of the latest declared dividend divided by the current price.
Ex Date and Pay Date describe the most recently declared dividend, as the source reports them, so a row can carry a date still ahead of today or one already past and neither is stale.
What these columns measure
- Dividend Yield
- The latest declared dividend annualized by the company's payment frequency, divided by the current price. It states what that declaration is worth over a year at today's price rather than what the company has actually paid over the past one. The price is the denominator, so the figure moves when the price moves and nothing about the payment has to change for it to rise: a company whose shares have halved shows twice the yield on the same dividend, which is why the largest figures on this board are worth reading beside the price column. A "special" marker means the figure comes from a one-off payment and is unlikely to repeat; a "Last dividend" badge means nothing new has been declared since that date, so the payment may since have been reduced or discontinued while the yield still reflects it.
- Frequency
- How often the company has been paying. The yield is annualized on this cadence, so an irregular payer's yield is the least reliable figure on the board.
- Dividend
- The per-share amount of that most recently declared payment, as the source reports it.
- Ex Date
- The day the most recently declared dividend goes ex, after which a purchase no longer carries entitlement to it. A date still ahead means the payment is announced and has not gone ex yet; a date already past means that was the latest declaration.
- Pay Date
- The day that same declared dividend is paid. Both dates are exchange calendar days and read identically wherever you are.
- Why a company may be missing
- A forward yield is stated only when a twelve-month measure comes within a factor of 2 of it either way: the sum of what the company actually paid over the last twelve months, or a second data source's yield. A declaration the feed recorded wrongly, or a payout too variable to annualize, fails both, and the row is left off rather than shown with a figure nothing else supports. A company with neither twelve-month figure is listed on its declared figure alone.
- Why funds lead the list
- The highest yields belong mostly to closed-end funds, business development companies and mortgage REITs, whose distributions can include a return of the investor's own capital rather than earnings. A high yield here says what the payout is worth at today's price, not that the business behind it is healthy.
- Why a cell shows a dash
- A dash is a value the source did not supply, never a zero. Under Frequency it means no recognizable payment pattern for the symbol, which makes the annualization behind its yield an assumption rather than an observed cadence; under Country or Sector it means the value is not recorded for the company.
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Rank
Symbol
Company Name
Dividend Yield
Frequency
Dividend
Ex Date
Pay Date
Market Cap
Price
Country
Sector
601
5.14%
Monthly
$0.1450
12/15/2026
12/31/2026
$10.69B
$33.84
United States
Real Estate
602
5.13%
Quarterly
$0.3700
08/28/2026
09/14/2026
$8.18B
$28.84
United States
Financial Services
603
5.13%
Quarterly
$0.0650
09/29/2026
10/15/2026
$3.93B
$5.07
Canada
Utilities
604
5.12%
Quarterly
$0.0500
08/10/2026
10/09/2026
$627.62M
$3.91
United States
Basic Materials
605
5.11%
Quarterly
$0.1100
09/15/2026
10/06/2026
$2.60B
$8.61
United States
Consumer Cyclical
606
5.11%
Quarterly
$0.0700
08/31/2026
09/15/2026
$2.30B
$5.48
United States
Consumer Defensive
607
5.08%
Quarterly
$0.2800
09/04/2026
09/17/2026
$14.92B
$22.03
United States
Real Estate
608
5.05%
Quarterly
$1.14
10/06/2026
10/28/2026
$110.96B
$90.28
Canada
Financial Services
609
5.05%
Quarterly
$1.71
08/31/2026
09/15/2026
$5.41B
$135.51
Panama
Industrials
610
5.05%
Quarterly
$0.6000
09/02/2026
09/17/2026
$1.78B
$47.56
United States
Industrials
611
5.04%special
Semi-annual
$0.1957
08/26/2026
09/14/2026
$7.94B
$7.77
Brazil
Energy
612
5.03%
Quarterly
$0.4550
08/31/2026
09/29/2026
$16.80B
$36.17
Bermuda
Utilities
613
5.02%
Monthly
$0.1359
10/30/2026
11/13/2026
$1.80B
$32.47
United States
Real Estate
614
5.01%
Quarterly
$0.4550
08/31/2026
09/29/2026
$4.51B
$36.36
United States
Utilities
615
5.00%
Quarterly
$1.30
09/15/2026
09/29/2026
$22.32B
$103.93
United States
Financial Services
616
5.00%
Quarterly
$0.6875
08/07/2026
08/25/2026
$2.06B
$55.02
Panama
Financial Services
617
4.99%
Quarterly
$0.3200
09/30/2026
10/14/2026
$5.60B
$25.64
United States
Real Estate
618
4.98%
Quarterly
$0.5513
09/25/2026
10/15/2026
$5.24B
$44.25
United States
Utilities
619
4.98%
Quarterly
$0.2800
09/04/2026
09/18/2026
$5.38B
$22.50
Canada
Technology
620
4.96%
Monthly
$0.0380
10/15/2026
11/02/2026
$112.21M
$9.19
United States
Financial Services
621
4.96%
Quarterly
$0.3200
08/21/2026
09/04/2026
$1.51B
$25.81
United States
Financial Services
622
4.94%
Quarterly
$0.1500
08/11/2026
09/01/2026
$48.25B
$12.14
United States
Consumer Cyclical
623
4.93%
Quarterly
$1.40
08/25/2026
09/10/2026
$38.85B
$113.48
United States
Financial Services
624
4.93% Last dividend 03/25/2026
Annual
$0.6565
03/25/2026
04/06/2026
$1.08B
$13.31
Brazil
Consumer Defensive
625
4.92%
Monthly
$0.0535
10/15/2026
11/02/2026
$837.48M
$13.04
United States
Financial Services
626
4.92%
Semi-annual
$0.2647
06/10/2026
06/29/2026
$44.72B
$10.76
India
Technology
627
4.92%
Quarterly
$0.2000
08/27/2026
09/11/2026
$1.81B
$16.27
United States
Basic Materials
628
4.91%
Quarterly
$0.3500
08/31/2026
09/11/2026
$20.20B
$28.51
United States
Basic Materials
629
4.89%
Quarterly
$0.1800
09/30/2026
10/23/2026
$3.42B
$14.72
United States
Real Estate
630
4.89%
Monthly
$0.2670
09/30/2026
10/14/2026
$8.19B
$65.58
United States
Real Estate
631
4.88%
Quarterly
$0.9600
08/26/2026
09/29/2026
$43.69B
$78.61
Canada
Financial Services
632
4.88%
Quarterly
$0.2400
08/24/2026
09/03/2026
$1.11B
$19.67
United States
Financial Services
633
4.88%
Quarterly
$1.62
09/15/2026
09/30/2026
$28.15B
$132.91
United States
Real Estate
635
4.87%
Quarterly
$0.7875
09/21/2026
09/30/2026
$24.30B
$64.69
United States
Utilities
636
4.86%
Quarterly
$0.3700
08/20/2026
09/03/2026
$916.00M
$30.43
United States
Financial Services
637
4.84%
Quarterly
$0.3750
10/01/2026
10/22/2026
$4.31B
$31.02
United States
Communication Services
639
4.83%
Quarterly
$0.2100
09/21/2026
10/02/2026
$33.04B
$17.39
United States
Consumer Defensive
640
4.83%
Quarterly
$0.4100
09/01/2026
10/01/2026
$50.25B
$33.96
United States
Consumer Cyclical
641
4.83%
Quarterly
$0.1200
08/17/2026
09/02/2026
$840.26M
$9.94
United States
Basic Materials
642
4.81%special
Quarterly
$0.2900
10/09/2026
10/16/2026
$4.89B
$24.13
United States
Real Estate
643
4.79%
Monthly
$0.0325
10/15/2026
11/02/2026
$1.74B
$8.14
United States
Financial Services
644
4.78%
Quarterly
$0.4000
09/08/2026
09/22/2026
$751.03M
$33.45
United States
Consumer Cyclical
645
4.77%
Quarterly
$1.19
07/28/2026
08/28/2026
$35.22B
$99.78
United States
Technology
646
4.76%
Quarterly
$0.2000
08/10/2026
08/21/2026
$1.62B
$16.82
United States
Financial Services
647
4.75%
Quarterly
$1.86
08/14/2026
08/28/2026
$4.79B
$156.66
United States
Communication Services
648
4.75%
Quarterly
$0.1100
08/12/2026
08/26/2026
$588.77M
$9.27
United States
Financial Services
649
4.74%
Quarterly
$0.4350
09/30/2026
10/15/2026
$8.18B
$36.69
United States
Real Estate
650
4.74%
Quarterly
$0.1400
08/17/2026
08/31/2026
$273.46M
$11.81
United States
Financial Services
651
4.73%
Quarterly
$0.3300
08/25/2026
09/09/2026
$428.82M
$27.89
United States
Consumer Cyclical
652
4.72%
Quarterly
$0.1759
07/31/2026
08/14/2026
$10.64B
$14.90
United States
Utilities
653
4.72%
Quarterly
$0.7000
09/30/2026
10/30/2026
$9.65B
$59.37
United States
Real Estate
654
4.71%
Quarterly
$0.1800
09/11/2026
09/30/2026
$908.86M
$15.28
United States
Financial Services
655
4.71%
Quarterly
$1.48
09/04/2026
09/30/2026
$171.83B
$125.65
United States
Consumer Defensive
656
4.70%
Quarterly
$0.5000
09/03/2026
09/24/2026
$6.50B
$42.55
United States
Energy
657
4.70%
Quarterly
$0.3100
10/15/2026
10/30/2026
$2.08B
$26.39
United States
Industrials
658
4.69%
Quarterly
$0.1000
09/01/2026
09/15/2026
$551.94M
$8.53
United States
Industrials
659
4.68%
Quarterly
$0.3200
10/05/2026
10/15/2026
$4.61B
$27.33
United States
Real Estate
660
4.68%
Quarterly
$0.4250
10/02/2026
10/16/2026
$4.66B
$36.31
United States
Financial Services
661
4.68%
Quarterly
$0.7025
10/05/2026
10/16/2026
$46.26B
$60.09
United States
Real Estate
662
4.67% Last dividend 12/31/2025
Annual
$0.5220
12/31/2025
04/29/2026
$14.23B
$11.17
South Korea
Utilities
663
4.66%
Quarterly
$0.6900
08/24/2026
08/31/2026
$18.92B
$59.22
Netherlands
Basic Materials
664
4.66%
Quarterly
$0.5196
08/14/2026
09/18/2026
$115.35B
$44.62
United Kingdom
Energy
665
4.65%
Quarterly
$0.2200
09/01/2026
09/15/2026
$269.99M
$18.92
United States
Financial Services
666
4.65%
Quarterly
$0.2625
10/09/2026
11/06/2026
$570.73M
$22.58
United States
Industrials
667
4.64%
Quarterly
$0.6500
08/10/2026
09/17/2026
$4.17B
$56.05
United States
Financial Services
668
4.62%
Quarterly
$1.29
08/03/2026
08/10/2026
$83.88B
$111.67
United States
Financial Services
669
4.61%special
Quarterly
$0.6250
09/15/2026
09/30/2026
$1.69B
$54.21
United States
Real Estate
670
4.61%
Quarterly
$1.35
09/16/2026
09/30/2026
$26.74B
$117.13
United States
Financial Services
671
4.60%
Quarterly
$0.3000
09/24/2026
10/16/2026
$15.38B
$26.06
United States
Real Estate
672
4.60%
Quarterly
$0.1350
09/15/2026
09/29/2026
$1.78B
$11.73
Canada
Energy
673
4.60%
Quarterly
$0.7000
06/30/2026
07/15/2026
$3.59B
$60.92
United States
Real Estate
674
4.59%
Quarterly
$0.0700
09/01/2026
09/15/2026
$1.17B
$6.10
United States
Consumer Cyclical
675
4.59%
Quarterly
$0.3225
08/14/2026
08/28/2026
$2.38B
$28.13
United States
Financial Services
676
4.59%special
Quarterly
$1.65
09/21/2026
09/30/2026
$14.64B
$143.93
United States
Real Estate
677
4.58%
Quarterly
$0.2000
08/21/2026
09/04/2026
$3.24B
$17.46
United States
Consumer Cyclical
678
4.58%
Quarterly
$0.2775
10/09/2026
11/02/2026
$166.51B
$24.24
United States
Communication Services
679
4.57%
Quarterly
$0.3650
09/01/2026
09/15/2026
$559.97M
$31.94
United States
Industrials
680
4.57%
Quarterly
$0.3300
09/04/2026
09/30/2026
$5.06B
$28.89
United States
Real Estate
681
4.57% Last dividend 12/26/2025
Quarterly
$0.1200
12/26/2025
01/13/2026
$185.03M
$10.51
United States
Financial Services
682
4.56%
Quarterly
$0.0600
09/08/2026
09/22/2026
$721.18M
$5.26
United States
Consumer Cyclical
683
4.56%
Semi-annual
$1.98
09/04/2026
09/23/2026
$218.74B
$86.83
Australia
Basic Materials
684
4.55%
Quarterly
$0.2000
10/23/2026
10/30/2026
$1.69B
$17.57
United States
Financial Services
685
4.55%
Quarterly
$0.3075
10/02/2026
10/15/2026
$8.41B
$27.05
United States
Real Estate
686
4.54%
Quarterly
$0.2500
09/16/2026
09/30/2026
$2.87B
$22.01
United States
Financial Services
687
4.54%
Quarterly
$0.2100
09/04/2026
09/18/2026
$13.31B
$18.49
United States
Real Estate
688
4.53%
Quarterly
$0.4200
08/03/2026
08/17/2026
$1.35B
$37.11
United States
Financial Services
689
4.52%
Quarterly
$3.30
10/16/2026
10/30/2026
$12.27B
$292.15
United States
Industrials
690
4.52%
Quarterly
$0.4850
08/21/2026
09/21/2026
$71.13B
$42.94
Canada
Financial Services
691
4.52%
Semi-annual
$0.4000
07/07/2026
07/15/2026
$1.57B
$17.71
Norway
Communication Services
692
4.52%
Monthly
$0.0485
10/15/2026
11/02/2026
$239.47M
$12.89
United States
Financial Services
693
4.49%
Quarterly
$0.5025
08/31/2026
09/29/2026
$71.64B
$44.73
United States
Financial Services
694
4.49%
Quarterly
$0.5200
08/14/2026
09/01/2026
$56.74B
$46.33
United States
Financial Services
695
4.49%
Semi-annual
$1.30
05/14/2026
05/20/2026
$11.11B
$57.97
Luxembourg
Basic Materials
696
4.48%
Monthly
$0.0295
10/15/2026
11/02/2026
$147.88M
$7.90
United States
Financial Services
697
4.48%
Quarterly
$0.5400
08/10/2026
09/10/2026
$4.82B
$48.22
United States
Consumer Cyclical
698
4.47%
Quarterly
$2.25
09/09/2026
09/30/2026
$65.02B
$201.40
United States
Real Estate
700
4.44%
Quarterly
$0.3800
10/06/2026
10/16/2026
$385.97M
$34.21
United States
Financial Services
Top yield on this page
5.14% UDR
Rows on this page
100 ranks 601–700
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Ranked on
Forward declared rate / price
Universe floor
$100M market cap
Yields reflect each company's most recent declared dividend, annualized by its payment frequency and divided by the latest price. Companies whose dividend is only predicted, with no recent or scheduled payment, are excluded. Rows marked "Last dividend" have not declared a new dividend in over six months; the payment may have been reduced or discontinued.
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Yields annualize the latest declared dividend by the payment frequency shown, so an irregular payer’s figure assumes a cadence it may not keep. This ranking is informational and is not investment advice.
What this ranking covers
- Universe
- Companies on NYSE, Nasdaq and NYSE American that declared a dividend in the past twelve months.
- Floors
- Market cap of at least $100 million.
- Exclusions
- Companies whose dividend is only predicted, with no recent or scheduled payment, and rows whose yield a second source contradicts.
- Measured on
- Forward yield: the latest declared dividend annualized by its payment frequency, divided by the latest price.
- Refreshed
- Rebuilt from the latest close, so a yield moves when the price moves even though the declaration behind it has not changed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q Which stocks have the highest dividend yields right now?
A
UDR leads this ranking, followed by COLB and AQN. The ranking uses the forward yield, and includes only companies with a recent or scheduled payment rather than a merely predicted one.
Q How is the dividend yield on this page calculated?
A
Forward yield takes the most recently declared dividend, annualizes it by the company's payment frequency, and divides by the current price. A quarterly payer's latest payment is therefore multiplied by four, a monthly payer's by twelve. That differs from a trailing yield, which sums what was actually paid over the last twelve months, and the two can diverge sharply for an irregular payer. A forward yield is listed only when the trailing sum, or a second data source's yield, comes within a factor of 2 of it; a row that fails both is left off the board, and a company with neither twelve-month figure is listed on its declared figure alone.
Q Why does payment frequency matter for a yield?
A
Because the annualization depends on it. A yield built from a quarterly payment assumes three more like it will follow, so a company whose cadence is irregular, or whose latest payment was a one-off special, produces a forward yield that may never be paid. The frequency column exists to make that assumption visible, and rows including a special payment in the trailing twelve months are marked.
Q Is the highest yield the best dividend stock?
A
Rarely. Yield is a ratio, so it rises when the price falls just as readily as when the payment rises, and the top of any yield ranking is populated by companies the market has already repriced downwards. A yield worth acting on is one the company's earnings can sustain, which is why the payout ratio matters more than the headline figure.
Q Why do some companies always show double-digit yields?
A
Certain structures are required to distribute most of their income to holders, so a persistently high yield is normal for them rather than a signal: business development companies, real estate investment trusts, and master limited partnerships are the common examples. Our classification data does not identify these structures directly, so this page does not label them; check the company's own filings to know which you are looking at.
Q What is a return of capital, and why does it matter here?
A
Some distributions are not profit being shared but the investor's own capital being returned, which arrives looking exactly like a dividend while reducing the value of the remaining holding. A yield computed from such a distribution overstates the income the business actually generates. This page cannot distinguish the two, so treat an unusually high yield as a question to investigate rather than an answer.