# S&P 500 Dividend Stocks, Checked for Safety

Every scored S&P 500 stock with a dividend yield of 3% or more, ranked by fundamentals score, so dividends backed by a strong business come first. A high yield alone can be a trap: the price may have fallen because the business is struggling, or the dividend may be a one-off. The score checks the profit, debt and cash flow behind the payout. Yields above 15%, and yields from a payout at least 3 times the stock's best earlier year, are left out (1 stocks): these are one-off special dividends or data errors, not a steady income.

**Quick answer:** Scored S&P 500 stocks yielding 3% to 15%: 91. Of these, 9 yield 6%+. Strong score (80+): 2. Weak (under 40): 17. Highest scores: U.S. Bancorp (89), PNC Financial Services (82) and T. Rowe Price (78). Market data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Showing the top 91 by score out of 91.

| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Score | Dividend yield | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [U.S. Bancorp](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/usb-u-s-bancorp) | USB | 89/100 | 3.5% | 42.4% |
| 2 | [PNC Financial Services](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/pnc-pnc-financial-services) | PNC | 82/100 | 3.3% | 38.6% |
| 3 | [T. Rowe Price](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/trow-t-rowe-price) | TROW | 78/100 | 5% | 52.2% |
| 4 | [Federal Realty Investment Trust](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/frt-federal-realty-investment-trust) | FRT | 74/100 | 4.1% | 90.3% |
| 5 | [Huntington Bancshares](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/hban-huntington-bancshares) | HBAN | 74/100 | 3.9% | 50.4% |
| 6 | [Regency Centers](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/reg-regency-centers) | REG | 74/100 | 4.1% | 121.1% |
| 7 | [Host Hotels & Resorts](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/hst-host-hotels-resorts) | HST | 73/100 | 6.6% | 63.5% |
| 8 | [Vici Properties](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/vici-vici-properties) | VICI | 73/100 | 7.4% | 82.6% |
| 9 | [Regions Financial](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/rf-regions-financial) | RF | 72/100 | 3.8% | 43.6% |
| 10 | [McCormick &](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/mkc-mccormick) | MKC | 70/100 | 4.1% | 35.5% |
| 11 | [Prudential Financial](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/pru-prudential-financial) | PRU | 69/100 | 4.8% | 49.7% |
| 12 | [American Tower](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/amt-american-tower) | AMT | 66/100 | 3.8% | 98.7% |
| 13 | [Realty Income](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/o-realty-income) | O | 65/100 | 5.7% | 236.4% |
| 14 | [Simon Property Group](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/spg-simon-property-group) | SPG | 65/100 | 4.1% | 72.3% |
| 15 | [Prologis](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/pld-prologis) | PLD | 64/100 | 3.3% | 93% |
| 16 | [TransDigm Group](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/tdg-transdigm-group) | TDG | 64/100 | 7.9% | 248.6% |
| 17 | [Truist Financial](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/tfc-truist-financial) | TFC | 64/100 | 4.3% | 55.5% |
| 18 | [Fifth Third Bancorp](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/fitb-fifth-third-bancorp) | FITB | 63/100 | 3% | 50.4% |
| 19 | [Edison International](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/eix-edison-international) | EIX | 61/100 | 6% | 35.9% |
| 20 | [Invitation Homes](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/invh-invitation-homes) | INVH | 61/100 | 4.5% | 105.5% |
| 21 | [Las Vegas Sands](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/lvs-las-vegas-sands) | LVS | 61/100 | 3.1% | 55.3% |
| 22 | [CME Group](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/cme-cme-group) | CME | 60/100 | 3.7% | 92.5% |
| 23 | [Extra Space Storage](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/exr-extra-space-storage) | EXR | 59/100 | 4.3% | 132.1% |
| 24 | [Kimco Realty](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/kim-kimco-realty) | KIM | 59/100 | 4.3% | 99.4% |
| 25 | [Oneok](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/oke-oneok) | OKE | 59/100 | 3.3% | 65.7% |
| 26 | [Vivmark Residential](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/vmrk-vivmark-residential) | VMRK | 59/100 | 4.5% | 97.2% |
| 27 | [Verizon](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/vz-verizon) | VZ | 59/100 | 6.3% | 71.4% |
| 28 | [Blackstone](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/bx-blackstone) | BX | 58/100 | 3.3% | 179.6% |
| 29 | [BXP](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/bxp-bxp) | BXP | 58/100 | 4.5% | 102.3% |
| 30 | [Comcast](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/cmcsa-comcast) | CMCSA | 58/100 | 5.7% | 42.6% |
| 31 | [Duke Energy](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/duk-duke-energy) | DUK | 58/100 | 3.4% | 64.5% |
| 32 | [UDR](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/udr-udr) | UDR | 58/100 | 4.1% | 109.6% |
| 33 | [Best Buy](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/bby-best-buy) | BBY | 57/100 | 4% | 63.1% |
| 34 | [KeyCorp](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/key-keycorp) | KEY | 56/100 | 3.9% | 51.4% |
| 35 | [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/bmy-bristol-myers-squibb) | BMY | 55/100 | 4% | 55.4% |
| 36 | [Hershey](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/hsy-hershey) | HSY | 55/100 | 3.5% | 63% |
| 37 | [Altria](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/mo-altria) | MO | 53/100 | 5.5% | 87.7% |
| 38 | [PepsiCo](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/pep-pepsico) | PEP | 53/100 | 4.2% | 72.3% |
| 39 | [Brown–Forman](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/bf.b-brown-forman) | BF-B | 52/100 | 3.2% | 59.1% |
| 40 | [Hormel Foods](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/hrl-hormel-foods) | HRL | 52/100 | 5.5% | 187% |
| 41 | [Franklin Resources](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ben-franklin-resources) | BEN | 51/100 | 4.2% | 85.4% |
| 42 | [Paychex](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/payx-paychex) | PAYX | 51/100 | 5.1% | 90% |
| 43 | [Public Storage](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/psa-public-storage) | PSA | 51/100 | 3.7% | 92.7% |
| 44 | [Stanley Black & Decker](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/swk-stanley-black-decker) | SWK | 51/100 | 3.2% | 81% |
| 45 | [Pfizer](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/pfe-pfizer) | PFE | 50/100 | 5.6% | 225.8% |
| 46 | [Camden Property Trust](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/cpt-camden-property-trust) | CPT | 49/100 | 4.2% | 140.6% |
| 47 | [Exelon](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/exc-exelon) | EXC | 49/100 | 3.6% | 60% |
| 48 | [Ares Management](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ares-ares-management) | ARES | 48/100 | 4% | 301.7% |
| 49 | [PPL](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ppl-ppl) | PPL | 48/100 | 3.2% | 64.6% |
| 50 | [AES](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/aes-aes) | AES | 47/100 | 4.8% | 26.8% |
| 51 | [Healthpeak Properties](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/doc-healthpeak-properties) | DOC | 47/100 | 6.4% | 347.7% |
| 52 | [Kimberly-Clark](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/kmb-kimberly-clark) | KMB | 47/100 | 4.7% | 85.9% |
| 53 | [Kenvue](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/kvue-kenvue) | KVUE | 47/100 | 5.4% | 96% |
| 54 | [WEC Energy Group](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/wec-wec-energy-group) | WEC | 47/100 | 3.2% | 67.4% |
| 55 | [Consolidated Edison](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ed-consolidated-edison) | ED | 46/100 | 3% | 54.8% |
| 56 | [Kraft Heinz](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/khc-kraft-heinz) | KHC | 46/100 | 6.6% | -55.8% |
| 57 | [AT&T](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/t-at-t) | T | 46/100 | 5.2% | 60.4% |
| 58 | [Tyson Foods](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/tsn-tyson-foods) | TSN | 46/100 | 3.6% | 122.3% |
| 59 | [Amcor](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/amcr-amcor) | AMCR | 45/100 | 5.5% | 108.1% |
| 60 | [Clorox](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/clx-clorox) | CLX | 45/100 | 5.7% | 102.6% |
| 61 | [Nike](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/nke-nike) | NKE | 45/100 | 4.2% | 78.4% |
| 62 | [Public Service Enterprise Group](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/peg-public-service-enterprise-group) | PEG | 45/100 | 3.6% | 64.5% |
| 63 | [HP](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/hpq-hp) | HPQ | 44/100 | 4.2% | 44.7% |
| 64 | [Invesco](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ivz-invesco) | IVZ | 44/100 | 3.1% | -693.4% |
| 65 | [Mondelez International](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/mdlz-mondelez-international) | MDLZ | 44/100 | 3.1% | 63.1% |
| 66 | [United Parcel Service](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ups-united-parcel-service) | UPS | 44/100 | 6.1% | 118.4% |
| 67 | [Fidelity National Information Services](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/fis-fidelity-national-information-services) | FIS | 43/100 | 4.5% | 25.9% |
| 68 | [Southern](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/so-southern) | SO | 43/100 | 3.2% | 66.6% |
| 69 | [Crown Castle](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/cci-crown-castle) | CCI | 42/100 | 4.8% | 224.9% |
| 70 | [Evergy](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/evrg-evergy) | EVRG | 42/100 | 3.2% | 67.4% |
| 71 | [Dominion Energy](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/d-dominion-energy) | D | 41/100 | 4% | 73.8% |
| 72 | [Essex Property Trust](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ess-essex-property-trust) | ESS | 40/100 | 3.9% | 191% |
| 73 | [Constellation Brands](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/stz-constellation-brands) | STZ | 40/100 | 3% | 36.8% |
| 74 | [Weyerhaeuser](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/wy-weyerhaeuser) | WY | 40/100 | 4.1% | 133.8% |
| 75 | [Eversource Energy](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/es-eversource-energy) | ES | 39/100 | 4.6% | 77.3% |
| 76 | [Mid-America Apartment Communities](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/maa-mid-america-apartment-communities) | MAA | 38/100 | 5.2% | 184.6% |
| 77 | [Smurfit Westrock](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/sw-smurfit-westrock) | SW | 37/100 | 3.2% | 198.1% |
| 78 | [FirstEnergy](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/fe-firstenergy) | FE | 35/100 | 3.9% | 87.6% |
| 79 | [DTE Energy](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/dte-dte-energy) | DTE | 34/100 | 3.4% | 68.6% |
| 80 | [J.M. Smucker](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/sjm-j-m-smucker) | SJM | 34/100 | 3.4% | 203.5% |
| 81 | [Sempra](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/sre-sempra) | SRE | 33/100 | 3% | 72.8% |
| 82 | [International Paper](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ip-international-paper) | IP | 31/100 | 5.1% | -28.5% |
| 83 | [CMS Energy](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/cms-cms-energy) | CMS | 30/100 | 3.2% | 78.7% |
| 84 | [Dow](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/dow-dow) | DOW | 30/100 | 4% | -112.5% |
| 85 | [LyondellBasell](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/lyb-lyondellbasell) | LYB | 30/100 | 5% | -377.9% |
| 86 | [Ford Motor](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/f-ford-motor) | F | 29/100 | 4.9% | -30.8% |
| 87 | [Omnicom Group](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/omc-omnicom-group) | OMC | 26/100 | 3.9% | 119% |
| 88 | [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/are-alexandria-real-estate-equities) | ARE | 25/100 | 7.2% | -41.9% |
| 89 | [Genuine Parts](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/gpc-genuine-parts) | GPC | 25/100 | 3.5% | 1,861.1% |
| 90 | [General Mills](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/gis-general-mills) | GIS | 22/100 | 7.1% | -1,501.5% |
| 91 | [Mosaic](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/mos-mosaic) | MOS | 22/100 | 4.8% | -43.9% |

## Common questions

### What is a good dividend yield for a US stock?

This site counts a yield of 3% or more as Okay and 6% or more as Strong in its Dividend Quality measure, the same lines it uses for Bursa. Among S&P 500 stocks that paid a dividend in the last 12 months, the median yield is 1.8%. Many large US companies return cash through share buybacks instead, which a yield doesn't show.

### What is a dividend trap?

A stock whose high yield hides a problem: the share price has fallen because profits are shrinking, or the dividend was a one-off the business can't repeat. Buying it for the yield can lose more on the share price than the dividend pays. This page sorts by score, so high yields from weak businesses sink to the bottom.

### How is dividend yield calculated here?

Dividends with an ex-date in the last 12 months, divided by the current share price. A company that pays twice a year is topped up to its usual number of payments, so its yield doesn't drop just before the next one is declared. A real cut still shows.

### Which dividend stock has the highest score right now?

As of this site's latest data, U.S. Bancorp Common Stock (USB) has the highest fundamentals score among S&P 500 stocks yielding 3% or more, at 89/100, with a dividend yield of 3.5%.

### Which stock on this list has the highest dividend yield?

Transdigm Group Incorporated Common Stock (TDG), at 7.9%. Its fundamentals score is 64/100. A yield this high is worth checking: it often follows a falling share price or a one-off special dividend.

Full sortable page: https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/dividend