Updated on May 21st, 2026 by Bob Ciura
High dividend stocks are attractive for income investors. With the S&P 500 average yield at just 1.1%, it has gotten harder to find suitable yields in the stock market.
And with the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, income yields on savings accounts and CDs are likely to decline as well.
Fortunately, there are still plenty of quality high dividend stocks to choose from. With that in mind, we have created a free list of over 200 high dividend stocks with dividend yields above 5%.
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However, investors should remember that extremely high yields can be deceiving. There are many examples of high dividend stocks reducing or eliminating their dividends.
As a result, investors should look for high dividend stocks that also have sustainable payouts. This means investors will receive the benefits of high income for many years.
The 10 high dividend stocks below were found based on a qualitative assessment of their individual business models and future growth prospects.
Table of Contents
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #10: T. Rowe Price Group (TROW)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #9: Realty Income (O)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #8: Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #7: Clorox Co. (CLX)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #6: Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #5: Prudential Financial (PRU)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #4: Sanofi (SNY)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #3: Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #2: Hormel Foods (HRL)
- High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #1: Altria Group (MO)
High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #10: T. Rowe Price Group (TROW)
- Dividend Yield: 5.1%
T. Rowe Price Group is one of the largest publicly traded asset managers. The company provides a broad array of mutual funds, sub-advisory services, and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.
T. Rowe Price had assets under management (AUM) of nearly $1.8 trillion as of December 31st, 2025.
On February 11th, 2025, T. Rowe Price raised its quarterly dividend 2.4% to $1.27, marking the company’s 39th year of increasing its payout.
On February 4th, 2026, T. Rowe Price announced fourth quarter and full year results for the period ending December 31st, 2025.
For the quarter, revenue grew 6.0% to $1.93 billion, but this was $10 million less than expected. Adjusted earnings-per-share of $2.44 compared favorably to $2.12 in the prior year, but missed estimates by $0.02.
For the year, revenue grew 3.1% to $7.3 billion while adjusted earnings-per-share of $9.72 compared to $9.33 in 2024. During the quarter, AUMs totaled $1.77 trillion, which represented growth of 8.3% year-over-year and a 3.0% improvement quarter-over-quarter.
Market appreciation of $33.9 billion was offset by net cash outflows of $25.5 billion. Operating expenses of $1.46 billion increased 16.5% year-over-year and 17% quarter-over-quarter.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #9: Realty Income (O)
- Dividend Yield: 5.2%
Realty Income is a retail real estate-focused REIT that has become famous for its successful dividend growth history and monthly dividend payments.
Today, it owns over 15,500 properties throughout the U.S., the U.K., and Continental Europe. It owns retail properties that are not part of a wider retail development (such as a mall) but instead are standalone properties.
Its properties range from 7-Eleven convenience stores (its largest tenant) all the way up to a 21.9% stake in the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
On February 24th, O shared its fourth quarter earnings report for the period ended December 31st, 2025. The company’s total revenue surged 11.0% higher over the year-ago period to $1.49 billion during the quarter.
The driving factor of this top-line growth was the $6.2 billion in investment volume in 2025. All the while, the company did this with just a 5% selectivity rate (it sourced a record $121 billion in volume in 2025).
A secondary growth tailwind for the net lease REIT in the quarter was that its business model includes contractual rent increases. That led same-store rental revenue to grow by 1.1% year-over-year for the quarter.
The net lease REIT’s AFFO per share increased by 2.9% over the year-ago period to $1.08 during the quarter.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #8: Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB)
- Dividend Yield: 5.2%
The Kimberly-Clark Corporation is a global consumer products company that operates in 175 countries and sells disposable consumer goods, including paper towels, diapers, and tissues.
It operates through two segments that each house many popular brands: Personal Care Segment (Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Poise) and the Consumer Tissue segment (Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, and Viva), generating about $20 billion in annual revenue.
Kimberly-Clark posted fourth quarter and full-year earnings on January 27th, 2026, and results were mixed. Sales fell 0.5% year-over-year to $4.1 billion as organic sales growth of 2.1% was offset by a 2.5% decline resulting from the exit of the company’s private label diaper business in the US.
Organic sales growth was driven by volume and mix growth of 3%, partially offset by a 1.1% pricing headwind.
Adjusted gross margin was 37% of sales, in line with the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings-per-share came in at $1.86, which was up from $1.50 a year ago and a nickel ahead of estimates.
Management noted the merger with Kenvue was overwhelmingly approved by shareholders of both companies, and that it is expected to close in the second half of this year.
The dividend was also boosted to $5.12 per share annually from $5.04 previously. That is the 54th consecutive year of dividend increases for the company.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #7: Clorox Co. (CLX)
- Dividend Yield: 5.1%
Clorox is a manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products, spanning a wide array of categories from charcoal to cleaning supplies to salad dressing.
More than 80% of its revenue comes from products that are #1 or #2 in their categories across the globe, helping Clorox produce more than $7 billion in annual revenue.
The company also boasts an outstanding dividend increase streak of 48 consecutive years.
Clorox posted second quarter earnings on February 3rd, 2026, and results were mixed. The company saw $1.39 in adjusted earnings-per-share, which missed estimates by four cents.
Revenue was off 1.2% year-on-year to $1.67 billion, which beat expectations by $30 million. Management noted pricing was roughly flat in total, but household products pricing was weak. EBIT margins were 5.3% of revenue for the quarter.
For the year, the company is now expecting roughly flat revenue and some cost savings. We have slightly reduced our estimate of earnings for this year to $5.90 in adjusted earnings-per-share.
Separately, the company announced in January it was acquiring GOJO Industries, a manufacturer of hand hygiene and skin care products, for $2.25 billion in cash.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #6: Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)
- Dividend Yield: 5.3%
Comcast is a media, entertainment and communications company. It reports two key business segments: Connectivity & Platforms (Residential Connectivity & Platforms and Business Services Connectivity), and Content & Experiences (Media, Studios, Theme Parks).
Comcast reported its Q4 2025 results on 01/29/2026. Revenue rose 1.2% year over year to $32.3 billion, while operating income fell 30% to $3.5 billion.
Adjusted earnings fell 17% to $3.1 billion, while adjusted earnings-per-share fell 12% to $0.84. Adjusted EBITDA (a cash flow proxy) fell 10% to $7.9 billion and free cash flow came in under $4.4 billion.
The Connectivity & Platforms segment’s revenues fell by 1.1% to $20.2 billion. The segment’s adjusted EBITDA fell 4.3% to $7.5 billion with the margin slipping 1.2% to 37.1%.
The Content & Experiences segment’s revenue rose 5.4% to $12.7 billion, thanks to Theme Parks revenue rising 22% to $2.9 billion and Media revenue rising 5.5% to $7.6 billion offsetting a 7.4% decline in Studios revenue to $3.0 billion, leading to the adjusted EBITDA falling 33% to $1.0 billion.
Particularly, Media segment reported a loss due to sports rights, such as NBA content and an exclusive NFL game. For the quarter, Comcast repurchased $1.5 billion worth of common stock at an average price of ~$28 per share.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #5: Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD)
- Dividend Yield: 5.8%
Enterprise Products Partners was founded in 1968. It is structured as a Master Limited Partnership, or MLP, and operates as an oil and gas storage and transportation company.
Enterprise Products has a large asset base which consists of nearly 50,000 miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, and refined products pipelines.
It also has storage capacity of more than 250 million barrels. These assets collect fees based on volumes of materials transported and stored.
On February 3, 2026, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. reported fourth-quarter 2025 results with diluted earnings per common unit of $0.75, exceeding analyst expectations of approximately $0.69.
Revenue reached $13.79 billion, surpassing forecasts around $12.37 billion, reflecting record operational volumes across the company’s integrated midstream platform.
The quarter marked an exceptional achievement with ten operational records, including natural gas processing inlet volumes of 8.1 Bcf/d, NGL fractionation volumes of 1.9 million BPD, ethane marine terminal volumes of 334 MBPD, and total pipeline volumes of 14.1 million BPD-equivalent.
Adjusted EBITDA reached a new quarterly record of $2.7 billion, surpassing the prior high of $2.6 billion from Q4 2024. Operational Distributable Cash Flow totaled $2.2 billion with an impressive 1.8x coverage ratio, supporting a distribution increase of 2.8% year-over-year to $0.55 per unit.
This marked the 27th consecutive year of distribution growth for the company.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #4: Sanofi (SNY)
- Dividend Yield: 5.4%
Sanofi is a global pharmaceutical leader that develops a variety of therapeutic treatments and vaccines.
Pharmaceuticals account for the majority of sales, with vaccines making up the remainder. Sanofi produces annual revenues of about $51 billion.
Sanofi is incorporated in France, but U.S. investors have access to the company through an American Depositary Receipt, or ADR. Two ADR shares equal one share of the underlying company.
On January 29th, 2026, Sanofi announced fourth quarter and full year results. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are listed in U.S. dollars and at constant exchange rates.
For the quarter, revenue grew 23% to $13.5 billion, which topped estimates by $235 million. The company’s earnings-per-share per ADR of $0.91 compared favorably to $0.68 in the prior year and was $0.06 more than expected.
For the year, revenue grew 4.8% to $50.7 billion while earnings-per-share per ADR of $4.53 compared to 4.11 in 2024.
Dupixent, which treats patients with moderate-to-severe asthma, had revenue growth of 32.2% during the period due to additional launches and gains across indications and geographies.
Sanofi has 80 products in development, with as many as 40 new potential new medicines and vaccines.
Sanofi provided an outlook for 2026 as well. The company expects revenue to grow at a high single-digit percentage with EPS increasing at a slightly higher rate.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #3: Prudential Financial (PRU)
- Dividend Yield: 5.4%
Prudential Financial, now in business for over 140 years, operates in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America, with more than $1.6 trillion in assets under management (AUM).
The company provides financial products – including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, and investment management.
Prudential operates in four divisions: PGIM (formerly Prudential Investment Management), U.S. Businesses, International Businesses and Corporate & Other.
On February 3rd, 2026, Prudential announced fourth quarter and full year results. For the quarter, the company reported net income of $905 million, or $2.55 per share, versus a net loss of $57 million, or -$0.17 per share, in the prior year.
After-tax adjusted operating income totaled $1.168 billion, or $3.30 per share, compared to $1.068 billion, or $2.96 per share in the prior year. Adjusted EPS was $0.06 below estimates.
For the year, net income of $3.576 billion, or $9.99 per share, was up from $2.727 billion, or $7.50 per share, in 2024. Prudential is expected to earn $14.90 per share in 2026, which would be a 3.3% increase from the prior year.
On February 4th, 2026, Prudential declared a $1.40 quarterly dividend, marking a 3.7% increase.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #2: Hormel Foods (HRL)
- Dividend Yield: 5.6%
Hormel Foods was founded in 1891 in Minnesota. Since that time, the company has grown into a juggernaut in the food products industry with about $12.3 billion in annual revenue.
The company sells its products in 80 countries worldwide, and its brands include Skippy, SPAM, Applegate, Justin’s, and more than 30 others.
Hormel posted first quarter earnings on February 26th, 2026, and results were mixed. The company posted slightly higher revenue at +1.3% year-over-year, totaling $3.03 billion. That missed expectations by $30 million.
Adjusted earnings-per-share came to 34 cents, which was two cents better than estimates.
Management noted gross profit was weak enough to offset top line growth as higher input costs and logistics expenses were worse than expected.
Adjusted SG&A was comparable to the year-ago period as a percentage of revenue, as higher employee and legal expenses were offset by reductions in marketing and advertising.
Adjusted operating income was $247 million, while adjusted operating margin was 8.2% of revenue for the quarter. Cash flow from operations was $349 million, rising about $26 million year-over-year.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #1: Altria Group (MO)
- Dividend Yield: 6.5%
Altria is a tobacco stock that sells cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, e-cigarettes, and more under a variety of brands, including Marlboro, Skoal, and Copenhagen, among others.
This is a period of transition for Altria. The decline in the U.S. smoking rate continues. In response, Altria has invested heavily in new products that appeal to changing consumer preferences, as the smoke-free category continues to grow.
The company also has a 35% investment stake in e-cigarette maker JUUL, and a 45% stake in the Canadian cannabis producer Cronos Group (CRON).
On January 28, 2026, Altria Group, Inc. reported its 2025 fourth-quarter and full-year results. The company generated adjusted diluted EPS of $5.42 for 2025, a 4.4% increase versus 2024.
EPS growth was supported by higher adjusted operating companies income, share repurchases that reduced the share count, and a lower adjusted tax rate.
The smokable products segment remained the primary profit engine, producing over $11 billion in adjusted operating companies income with margins expanding 1.8 percentage points to 63.4%.
Margin expansion occurred even as Marlboro’s retail share slipped below 40% and domestic cigarette volumes declined 10% for the year. The oral tobacco segment also contributed modestly to growth, with adjusted OCI up 1.3%.
Looking to 2026, Altria projected adjusted diluted EPS of $5.56 to $5.72, implying 2.5% to 5.5% year-over-year growth.
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