Dividend stocks
Monthly dividend stocks
Securities that pay twelve times a year rather than four: mostly REITs, BDCs, closed-end funds and covered-call funds, plus a handful of operating companies.
A monthly payment schedule is a cash-flow convenience, not a different kind of income. Twelve payments of a twelfth are the same annual amount as four payments of a quarter, give or take the few weeks of interest you earn by receiving it sooner. What monthly payers genuinely change is the matching problem: household bills arrive monthly, and income that arrives on the same rhythm needs less holding and less planning.
The list is dominated by particular structures rather than particular industries. REITs collect rent monthly and can distribute it monthly. BDCs and closed-end funds run managed distribution policies, which are designed to pay a steady headline amount every month. Covered-call funds collect option premium continuously and hand it out on the same cadence. Ordinary operating companies paying monthly are the exception, not the rule.
That composition matters more than the schedule. Because so many monthly payers are funds, a monthly distribution can include return of capital: money handed back to you out of the fund's own assets rather than out of income it earned. That is not automatically bad, and for some strategies it is unavoidable accounting, but it does mean the headline yield can overstate what the portfolio is actually generating. The fund's own Section 19 notice, not the yield column, is where that gets settled.
Two mechanical points. Monthly payers have twelve ex-dates a year, so the holding-period test for qualified dividend treatment is easier to fail if you trade around them. And most fund distributions are not qualified in the first place, which for a US taxable account means ordinary-income rates on income that arrives twelve times a year.
The list
Every security in our database matching this list's filter. Click a ticker for its full payment history.
Our payment history for a security begins wherever the data provider's history begins (often the early 1970s), so a rising-year figure in this table counts only the years we can see: an issuer may have raised its dividend for decades before our first stored payment, which means the numbers here are frequently shorter than the record the company itself reports, and the issuer's own investor-relations page is the authority on that record.
The table below lists 100 of the 159 securities matching this filter. Ranked on the forward yield estimate, with the trailing twelve-month yield beside it. For fund rows in particular, read the gap between the two: a managed distribution that was recently reset shows up there before it shows up anywhere else on this page. Each row shows the structure of the security, its sector, the latest stored price and market capitalisation, both yield bases, the forward dividend per share, the payment schedule, the number of rising years visible in our own payment history and the next ex-dividend date after today. It is a research screen, not a recommendation. The screener covers common stocks and REITs only, so it will return the equity subset of this list rather than all of it.
| Save★ | Ticker | Name | Type | Sector | Price | Market cap | Yield (forward est.)Latest payment, annualised, over today's price. | Yield (trailing 12m) | Forward div / share / yrWhat a share is on track to pay over a year. | Pays | Rising yrs (our history) | Next ex-date (after today) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OXSQ | Oxford Square Capital Corp. | BDC | Financial Services | $1.32 | $138.68M | 31.82% | 31.82% | $0.42 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| OXLC | Oxford Lane Capital Corp. | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $8.56 | $835.46M | 28.04% | 42.06% | $2.40 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| IVR | Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. | REIT | Real Estate | $5.70 | $529.09M | 25.26% | 25.26% | $1.44 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| GOF | Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $8.83 | $1.87B | 24.75% | 24.75% | $2.19 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| PSEC | Prospect Capital Corporation | BDC | Financial Services | $1.72 | $861.73M | 24.42% | 28.49% | $0.42 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 28, 2026 | |
| ORC | Orchid Island Capital, Inc. | REIT | Real Estate | $5.08 | $881.38M | 23.62% | 25.98% | $1.20 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| ECC | Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $3.09 | $408.53M | 23.30% | 38.84% | $0.72 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 13, 2026 | |
| CRF | Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $6.22 | $736.62M | 22.69% | 22.65% | $1.41 | Monthly | 1 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| BCAT | BlackRock Capital Allocation Trust | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $13.72 | $1.44B | 22.24% | 22.69% | $3.05 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| CLM | Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc. | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $6.59 | $1.87B | 22.12% | 22.17% | $1.46 | Monthly | 1 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| ARR | ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. | REIT | Real Estate | $13.59 | $1.58B | 21.19% | 21.19% | $2.88 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| SAR | Saratoga Investment Corp. | BDC | Financial Services | $15.03 | $245.15M | 19.96% | 21.62% | $3.00 | Monthly | 0 | Nov 05, 2026 | |
| DX | Dynex Capital, Inc. | REIT | Real Estate | $10.86 | $2.69B | 18.78% | 18.78% | $2.04 | Monthly | 2 | not available | |
| PDI | PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $14.36 | $6.63B | 18.43% | 18.43% | $2.65 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| CION | CION Investment Corporation | BDC | Financial Services | $6.94 | $345.54M | 17.29% | 18.16% | $1.20 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| AGNC | AGNC Investment Corp. | REIT | Real Estate | $8.67 | $9.95B | 16.61% | 16.61% | $1.44 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| HRZN | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | BDC | Financial Services | $4.58 | $229.63M | 15.70% | 23.77% | $0.72 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| PNNT | PennantPark Investment Corporation | BDC | Financial Services | $3.18 | $207.64M | 15.09% | 30.19% | $0.48 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| PFLT | PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. | BDC | Financial Services | $6.68 | $662.78M | 14.96% | 17.26% | $1.00 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| TYG | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation | Common stock | Financial Services | $39.52 | $680.90M | 14.42% | 14.14% | $5.70 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 23, 2026 | |
| FSCO | FS Credit Opportunities Corp. | Common stock | Financial Services | $5.02 | $1.02B | 14.20% | 14.93% | $0.71 | Monthly | 3+ † | not available | |
| SCM | Stellus Capital Investment Corporation | BDC | Financial Services | $7.16 | $207.26M | 13.96% | 18.57% | $1.00 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| QQQI | NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $56.27 | $14.18B | 13.52% | 13.58% | $7.61 | Monthly | 1+ † | not available | |
| PAXS | PIMCO Access Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $13.32 | $626.35M | 13.46% | 13.46% | $1.79 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| JEPQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $61.09 | $42.67B | 13.41% | 10.34% | $8.19 | Monthly | 2 | not available | |
| EFC | Ellington Financial Inc. | REIT | Real Estate | $11.66 | $1.46B | 13.38% | 13.38% | $1.56 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| DSL | DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $9.91 | $1.14B | 13.32% | 13.32% | $1.32 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| PTY | PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $10.97 | $2.33B | 13.00% | 13.00% | $1.43 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| CSWC | Capital Southwest Corporation | BDC | Financial Services | $23.54 | $1.46B | 12.92% | 10.88% | $3.04 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| PDO | Pimco Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $12.10 | $1.72B | 12.68% | 12.68% | $1.53 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| RA | Brookfield Real Assets Income | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $11.54 | $637.64M | 12.27% | 12.27% | $1.42 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| TRIN | Trinity Capital Inc. | BDC | Financial Services | $17.10 | $1.54B | 11.93% | 11.93% | $2.04 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| SPYI | Neos S&P 500(R) High Income ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $54.09 | $10.65B | 11.84% | 11.72% | $6.41 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| ARDC | Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc. | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $11.45 | $274.41M | 11.79% | 11.79% | $1.35 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| BLW | BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $11.85 | $463.15M | 11.46% | 11.46% | $1.36 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| THQ | Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $17.86 | $740.07M | 11.42% | 12.04% | $2.04 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| RYLD | Global X - Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $15.57 | $1.32B | 11.37% | 12.02% | $1.77 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| QYLD | Global X - Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $18.69 | $8.82B | 11.35% | 11.40% | $2.12 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| PBP | Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $23.52 | $348.02M | 11.28% | 10.44% | $2.65 | Monthly | 3 | not available | |
| MSIF | MSC Income Fund, Inc. | Common stock | Financial Services | $11.75 | $532.81M | 11.23% | 10.13% | $1.32 | Monthly | 0 | Nov 02, 2026 | |
| JPC | Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $6.75 | $2.53B | 11.11% | 11.23% | $0.75 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| PFFA | Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $19.52 | $2.27B | 10.60% | 10.57% | $2.07 | Monthly | 4 | not available | |
| GPIQ | Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $58.19 | $1.24B | 10.25% | 9.03% | $5.96 | Monthly | 2+ † | not available | |
| RQI | Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc. | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $11.23 | $1.51B | 9.62% | 10.51% | $1.08 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| GLAD | Gladstone Capital Corporation | BDC | Financial Services | $18.81 | $424.98M | 9.57% | 10.53% | $1.80 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| GOOD | Gladstone Commercial Corporation | REIT | Real Estate | $12.68 | $613.80M | 9.46% | 9.46% | $1.20 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| KNG | FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $48.86 | $3.25B | 8.89% | 7.91% | $4.35 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| RNP | Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred Income Fund, Inc. | Common stock | Financial Services | $18.56 | $890.88M | 8.79% | 8.79% | $1.63 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| XYLD | Global X - S&P 500 Covered Call ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $41.93 | $3.26B | 8.48% | 10.31% | $3.56 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| AMZA | InfraCap MLP ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $48.15 | $436.62M | 8.47% | 8.16% | $4.08 | Monthly | 3 | not available | |
| EOS | Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $21.58 | $1.14B | 8.47% | 8.47% | $1.83 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| GPIX | Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $56.44 | $1.18B | 8.45% | 7.42% | $4.77 | Monthly | 2+ † | not available | |
| HTD | John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $22.67 | $803.24M | 8.36% | 8.36% | $1.90 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| ETY | Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $14.32 | $2.28B | 8.31% | 8.31% | $1.19 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| NAD | Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $10.20 | $2.38B | 8.29% | 8.29% | $0.85 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| ETW | Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $9.67 | $1.05B | 8.24% | 8.24% | $0.80 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| AWF | AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $9.60 | $827.80M | 8.19% | 7.51% | $0.79 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| NEA | Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $10.01 | $2.99B | 8.15% | 8.15% | $0.82 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| SPME | Sound Point Meridian Capital, Inc. | Common stock | Financial Services | $24.82 | $509.73M | 7.93% | 7.93% | $1.97 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| ETV | Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $15.17 | $1.77B | 7.86% | 7.86% | $1.19 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| JEPI | JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $56.77 | $44.26B | 7.85% | 7.44% | $4.46 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| TLTW | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $20.11 | $1.73B | 7.83% | 10.44% | $1.57 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| BDJ | BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $9.59 | $1.70B | 7.75% | 8.92% | $0.74 | Monthly | 1 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| UTF | Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $25.74 | $2.49B | 7.69% | 6.86% | $1.98 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| BALI | iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF | Covered-call ETF | Financial Services | $34.83 | $1.36B | 7.38% | 7.16% | $2.57 | Monthly | 2+ † | not available | |
| USHY | iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $35.70 | $27.77B | 7.17% | 6.53% | $2.56 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| PGF | Invesco Financial Preferred ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $12.65 | $640.16M | 7.07% | 6.91% | $0.89 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| SJNK | State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $24.21 | $4.76B | 7.04% | 6.54% | $1.70 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| EVT | Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $28.12 | $2.10B | 7.02% | 7.02% | $1.98 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| CII | BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc. | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $24.33 | $997.13M | 6.95% | 15.99% | $1.69 | Monthly | 2 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| UTG | Reaves Utility Income Fund | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $36.39 | $3.33B | 6.92% | 6.68% | $2.52 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| SHYG | iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $41.24 | $7.45B | 6.89% | 6.56% | $2.84 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| ANGL | VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $27.68 | $2.99B | 6.89% | 6.33% | $1.91 | Monthly | 3 | not available | |
| SPFF | Global X - SuperIncome Preferred ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $9.06 | $135.07M | 6.89% | 6.44% | $0.62 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| JNK | State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $92.83 | $7.14B | 6.88% | 6.25% | $6.39 | Monthly | 2 | not available | |
| PFFD | Global X - U.S. Preferred ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $17.48 | $2.03B | 6.87% | 6.29% | $1.20 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| PGX | Invesco Preferred ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $10.01 | $3.59B | 6.86% | 6.90% | $0.69 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| EPR | EPR Properties | REIT | Real Estate | $54.74 | $4.19B | 6.80% | 6.66% | $3.72 | Monthly | 2 | not available | |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $77.23 | $16.67B | 6.76% | 5.64% | $5.22 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| DIV | Global X - SuperDividend U.S. ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $18.86 | $715.11M | 6.74% | 6.14% | $1.27 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| ECCC | Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. | Common stock | Financial Services | $24.28 | $498.91M | 6.69% | 6.69% | $1.63 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 13, 2026 | |
| MTR | Mesa Royalty Trust | Common stock | Energy | $2.09 | $3.89M | 6.63% | 6.63% | $0.14 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| FALN | iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $25.92 | $1.57B | 6.60% | 6.23% | $1.71 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| PCY | Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $20.03 | $1.34B | 6.50% | 6.31% | $1.30 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| DOC | Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | REIT | Real Estate | $18.80 | $12.96B | 6.49% | 6.49% | $1.22 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| CRT | Cross Timbers Royalty Trust | Common stock | Energy | $11.94 | $71.64M | 6.46% | 5.43% | $0.77 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| EMLC | VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $24.84 | $4.75B | 6.30% | 5.87% | $1.56 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| GAIN | Gladstone Investment Corp. | BDC | Financial Services | $15.25 | $607.29M | 6.30% | 6.30% | $0.96 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| FPE | First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $17.06 | $6.07B | 6.25% | 5.71% | $1.07 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| VWOB | Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $63.34 | $6.51B | 6.08% | 5.62% | $3.85 | Monthly | 4 | not available | |
| PFF | iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $29.38 | $12.70B | 6.01% | 5.01% | $1.77 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| O | Realty Income Corporation | REIT | Real Estate | $54.18 | $50.52B | 6.01% | 5.99% | $3.26 | Monthly | 20+ † | not available | |
| BST | BlackRock Science and Technology Trust | Closed-end fund | Financial Services | $50.54 | $1.75B | 5.94% | 12.87% | $3.00 | Monthly | 1 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| LAND | Gladstone Land Corporation | REIT | Real Estate | $9.48 | $408.93M | 5.91% | 5.91% | $0.56 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| APLE | Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | REIT | Real Estate | $16.31 | $3.85B | 5.89% | 5.89% | $0.96 | Monthly | 0 | not available | |
| VRP | Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF | ETF | Financial Services | $23.73 | $2.92B | 5.81% | 6.21% | $1.38 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| XRN | Chiron Real Estate Inc. | REIT | Real Estate | $33.59 | $444.56M | 5.72% | 6.37% | $1.92 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 20, 2026 | |
| SBR | Sabine Royalty Trust | Common stock | Energy | $72.36 | $1.05B | 5.50% | 6.25% | $3.98 | Monthly | 1 | not available | |
| SOR | Source Capital, Inc. | Common stock | Financial Services | $45.50 | $374.51M | 5.49% | 5.49% | $2.50 | Monthly | 0 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| EMB | iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | Bond ETF | Financial Services | $91.17 | $14.10B | 5.44% | 4.92% | $4.96 | Monthly | 2 | not available |
The data feed does not separate supplemental, special or return-of-capital payments from regular ones, so any yield far above its group is checked against the issuer's own notices. Checked 9 Oct 2026.
- Oxford Square Capital Corp. (OXSQ), 31.82%. Declared $0.035 a month (Oxford Square Capital Form 8-K filings for the first and second quarters of 2026). The yield is high because of the price: $1.32, against a 52-week range of $1.05 to $2.05.
- Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (OXLC), 28.04%. Declared $0.20 a month (Oxford Lane Capital distribution declarations of 19 May and 28 July 2026). No Section 19(a) estimate of how much is return of capital was found. The yield is high because of the price: $8.56, against a 52-week range of $8.01 to $16.86.
- Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF), 24.75%. Declared $0.1821 a month (Guggenheim Investments distribution announcement of 1 September 2026). Its latest notice estimates 67.11% of the payment is return of capital: the fund's own characterisation of its 2025 distributions (32.89% ordinary income, 67.11% return of capital); Guggenheim publishes each Section 19a-1 letter on the fund page.
- Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC), 24.42%. Declared $0.035 a month (Prospect Capital distribution declarations for May to October 2026). The yield is high because of the price: $1.72, against a 52-week range of $1.72 to $3.13.
- Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (ECC), 23.30%. Declared $0.06 a month (Eagle Point Credit third and fourth quarter 2026 distribution announcements). No Section 19(a) estimate of how much is return of capital was found. The yield is high because of the price: $3.09, against a 52-week range of $3.05 to $6.79.
- Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (CRF), 22.69%. Declared $0.1176 a month (Cornerstone Funds distribution announcements for 2026). The fund runs a managed distribution policy set each year at 21% of net asset value. Its latest notice estimates 48.7% of the payment is return of capital: the Rule 19a-1 notice for the 31 August 2026 payment, which estimated $0.0573 of the $0.1176 as paid-in capital.
- BlackRock Capital Allocation Trust (BCAT), 22.24%. Declared $0.2542 a month (BlackRock closed-end fund distribution announcements for 2026). The fund runs a managed distribution plan paying an annualised 20% of the trailing 12-month average net asset value. Its latest notice estimates 77% of the payment is return of capital: BlackRock's Section 19 notice for the 31 August 2026 payment, which estimated $0.195896 of the $0.254230 as return of capital, and 93% of the fiscal year to date.
- Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc. (CLM), 22.12%. Declared $0.1215 a month (Cornerstone Funds distribution announcements for 2026). The fund runs a managed distribution policy set each year at 21% of net asset value. Its latest notice estimates 62.6% of the payment is return of capital: the Rule 19a-1 notice for the 31 August 2026 payment, which estimated $0.0761 of the $0.1215 as paid-in capital.
- PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund (PDI), 18.43%. Declared $0.2205 a month (PIMCO closed-end fund distribution declaration of 3 August 2026). No Section 19(a) estimate of how much is return of capital was found. The yield is high because of the price: $14.36, against a 52-week range of $13.73 to $19.93.
- Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (HRZN), 15.70%. This yield counts only the $0.06 regular distribution. The most recent payment also includes $0.03 the company declared as a special distribution (Horizon Technology Finance distribution announcements of 5 May and 4 August 2026); counting every payment, the last twelve months paid 23.77% of today's price.
- PennantPark Investment Corporation (PNNT), 15.09%. This yield counts only the $0.04 base distribution. The most recent payment also includes $0.04 the company declared as a supplemental distribution (PennantPark Investment monthly distribution announcements, June to September 2026); counting every payment, the last twelve months paid 30.19% of today's price.
† A figure marked with a dagger is a floor, not a total. The rising run reaches the first year of payment history we hold for that security, so the count stops where our data stops rather than where the company's record does; the real record is longer by an amount we cannot see from here. Check the issuer's investor-relations page, which publishes its own dividend history, before quoting any of these numbers as a company record.
Data as of Oct 09, 2026.
Prices and market capitalisations last refreshed Oct 09, 2026; the yields, streaks and next ex-dates beside them were derived Oct 09, 2026. Nothing here is a live quote.
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This page is a single filter applied to the same database that drives every other table on the site: a security qualifies or it does not, and the order is set by the column named in the section heading. Nothing is hand-picked, promoted or paid for, and no position on the page implies anything about the merits of the security in it.
Yields, payment schedules, rising-year counts and payout ratios are all computed from the quotes and individual payments we store, so any figure here can be checked against the payment list on the security's own page. That also sets the limit on the rising-year column: it counts within the payments we hold and stops where they start, so for a long-established payer it is a floor and the issuer's own investor-relations page is the authority on the company's record. Where we hold no data (a missing payout ratio, an unknown next ex-date), the cell is blank rather than filled with an estimate. The next ex-date column shows only dates strictly after today, because a security going ex today is already trading without that payment. Themethodology page sets out every definition in full.
Where each number on this page comes from. Price, market capitalisation and the security's name, sector and industry: Financial Modeling Prep, quote and company-screener endpoints, stored daily by pipeline/quotes.py and weekly by pipeline/universe.py. Individual dividend payments (amount, ex-date, record date, pay date and whether the payment was regular or special): Financial Modeling Prep, dividends endpoint, stored by pipeline/dividends_fmp.py. Payout ratio: Financial Modeling Prep, ratios-ttm endpoint, stored by pipeline/fundamentals.py and measured against GAAP earnings per share. Everything else, including the forward yield estimate, the trailing twelve-month yield, the payment cadence, the count of rising years and the first year of history it could be counted from, the five-year growth rate, the next ex-date and the research score, is computed on this server by pipeline/compute.py from those stored payments and prices. No vendor's own yield field is printed anywhere in this section, which is why every figure here can be traced back to a list of individual payments on the security's own page.
Other cuts of the same data
Highest yield
Ranked by the forward yield estimate, with the reason the top of the list needs the most scrutiny.
Read →10+ rising years
Ten or more consecutive rising years inside the payment history we hold.
Read →25+ rising years
A quarter-century of increases in our data: why this is neither an Aristocrats list nor the company's own record.
Read →50+ rising years
The longest runs our payment history can show. Usually a short page.
Read →Utilities
Regulated electric, gas and water names, underwritten by a rate base.
Read →REITs
Property income, and why the payout column misleads for it.
Read → Different universeDividend ETFs
One decision instead of fifty, but the index rules decide what you own.
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