Published on January 7th, 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.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #10: Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB)
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 has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years, making it a member of the Dividend Kings.
Kimberly-Clark posted third quarter earnings on October 30th, 2025, and results were better than expected on both the top and bottom lines. Adjusted earnings-per-share came to $1.82, which was seven cents ahead of estimates.
Revenue was flat year-over-year at $4.15 billion, but did best estimates by $50 million. Sales included negative impacts of about 2.2% from the exit of the private label diaper business in the US.
Organic sales were up 2.5%, which was driven by a 2.4% gain in volume, while portfolio mix and price were flat.
On November 3rd, 2025, Kimberly-Clark agreed to purchase Kenvue (KVUE) in a cash and stock deal valued at $48.7 billion. This will make the new company a leading health and wellness company.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #9: Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL)
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 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.
In addition, Hormel is a member of the Dividend Kings, having increased its dividend for 60 consecutive years.
Hormel posted fourth quarter and full-year earnings on December 4th, 2025. The company saw 32 cents in adjusted earnings-per-share for the quarter, beating estimates by two cents.
Revenue was up 1.6% year-over-year and missed estimates by $30 million, coming in at $3.19 billion.
Hormel’s main competitive advantage is its ~40 products that are either #1 or #2 in their category. Hormel has brandsthat are proven, and that leadership position is difficult for competitors to supplant.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #8: Franklin Resources (BEN)
Franklin Resources offers investment management (which makes up the bulk of fees the company collects) and related services to its customers, including sales, distribution, and shareholder servicing.
As of September 30th, 2025, assets under management (AUM) totaled $1.661 trillion. On July 31st, 2020, Franklin Resources acquired Legg Mason (previous ticker LM) for $4.5 billion in cash, to go along with the assumption of $2 billion in debt.
On November 7th, 2025, Franklin Resources reported fourth quarter 2025 results. Total assets under management equaled $1.661 trillion, up $49 billion sequentially, as a result of $54 billion of net market change, distributions, and other, and $7.2 billion of cash management net inflows, partly offset by $11.9 billion of long-term net outflows.
For the quarter, operating revenue totaled $2.344 billion, up 6% year-over-year. On an adjusted basis, net income equaled $358 million or $0.67 per share, up 14% from $0.59 in Q4 2024. During Q4, Franklin repurchased 2.6 million shares of stock for $67 million.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #7: Realty Income (O)
Realty Income is a retail real estate focused REIT that has become famous for its successful dividend growth history and monthly dividend payments.
Realty Income owns retail properties that are not part of a wider retail development (such as a mall), but instead are standalone properties. This means that the properties are viable for many different tenants, including government services, healthcare services, and entertainment.
On November 3, 2025, Realty Income Corporation reported third-quarter 2025 results including revenue of $1.47 billion, exceeding consensus estimates and year-ago levels.
The company posted net income of approximately $315.8 million for the quarter. Same-store rental revenue rose 1.3% year-over-year to $1,162.3 million, and the rent recapture rate on re-leased units was 103.5% for both the quarter and the nine-month period ended September 30, 2025.
Investment activity was strong, with $200 million in U.S. wholly-owned acquisitions during Q3 (47 properties, 12.2-year weighted average term) and $623.2 million across 105 properties year-to-date (15.3-year term) in total.
Realty Income’s most important competitive advantage is its world-class management team that has successfully guided the trust in the past.
It has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years, and is on the list of Dividend Aristocrats.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #6: Enbridge Inc. (ENB)
Enbridge is a Canadian oil & gas company that operates the following segments: Liquids Pipelines, Gas Distributions, Energy Services, Gas Transmission & Midstream, and Green Power & Transmission.
Enbridge reported its third quarter earnings results in November. The company generated revenues of CAD$14.6 billion during the period, which was down 2% compared to the previous year’s quarter, and which pencils out to US$10.5 billion.
During the quarter, Enbridge grew its adjusted EBITDA by 2% year over year, to CAD$4.3 billion, up from CAD$4.2 billion during the previous year’s quarter.
During the third quarter, Enbridge was able to generate distributable cash flows of CAD$2.6 billion, which equates to US$1.9 billion, or US$0.87 on a per-share basis.
While distributable cash flows in 2024 were down in US Dollars, that was due to currency rate movements – results were higher in Canadian Dollars. The same holds true for Enbridge’s dividend, which was increased by 3% in Canadian Dollars, to CAD$0.9424 at the beginning of the current year.
Enbridge is forecasting distributable cash flows in a range of CAD$5.50 – CAD$5.90 per share for the current year. Using current exchange rates, this equates to USD$4.08 at the midpoint of the guidance range, which would be up 6% versus 2024.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #5: NNN REIT (NNN)
National Retail Properties is a REIT that owns single-tenant, net-leased retail properties across the United States.
National Retail has offered consistent growth with markedly low volatility. It is also characterized by very high occupancy rates; its 15-year low occupancy rate is 96% and it typically ranges between 98%-99%.
On November 4, 2025, NNN REIT reported third-quarter 2025 core FFO of $0.85 per share and AFFO of $0.86 per share, up 1.2% and 2.4% year over year, respectively, with annualized base rent at quarter-end rising over 7% to $912 million.
Portfolio occupancy temporarily dipped to 97.5% after NNN unwound a 64-asset restaurant re-tenanting amidthird-party legal dispute; management has already resolved or sold 27 of those assets and expects occupancy to exceed 98% by year-end.
Operationally, renewals were a “home run”: 92 of 100 expiring leases renewed, at rents averaging 108% of prior levels, while seven vacancies were back-filled at 124% of former rents.
Investment activity remained robust: NNN acquired 57 properties for $283 million at a 7.3% initial cap (nearly 18-year average term) and, year-to-date, $750 million across 184 assets at a 7.4% cap.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #4: Verizon Communications (VZ)
Verizon Communications is one of the largest wireless carriers in the country. Wireless contributes three-quarters of all revenues, and broadband and cable services account for about a quarter of sales. The company’s network covers ~300 million people and 98% of the U.S.
On September 5th, 2025, Verizon increased its quarterly dividend 1.8% to $0.69 for the November 3rd, 2025 payment, extending the company’s dividend growth streak to 21 consecutive years.
On October 29th, 2025, Verizon reported third quarter results for the period ending September 30th, 2025. For the quarter, revenue grew 1.5% to $33.8 billion, but this was $470 million below estimates. Adjusted earnings-per-share of $1.21 compared favorably to $1.19 in the prior year and was $0.02 better than expected.
For the quarter, Verizon Consumer had postpaid phone net losses of 7,000, which compares to net additions of 18,000 in the same period of last year. However, wireless retail core prepaid net additions grew 47,000, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of positive subscriber growth.
Consumer wireless retail postpaid phone churn rate remains low at 0.91%. The Consumer segment grew 2.9% to $26.1 billion while consumer wireless service revenue increased 2.4% to $17.4 billion. Consumer wireless postpaid average revenue per account grew 2.0% to $147.91.
Broadband totaled 306K net new customers during the period, which marks 13 consecutive quarters of at least 300K net adds. The total fixed wireless customer base is almost 5.4 million. Verizon aims to have 8 to 9 million fixed wireless subscribers by 2028.
Wireless retail postpaid net additions were 110K for the period. Free cash flow was $15.8 billion for the first three quarters of the year, up from $14.5 billion for the same period in 2024.
Verizon reaffirmed prior guidance for 2025 as well, with the company still expecting wireless service revenue to grow 2% to 2.8% for the year. Verizon is also expected to produce adjusted EPS growth in a range of 1% to 3%.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #3: Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD)
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 tremendous 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 materials transported and stored.
On October 30, 2025, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. reported third-quarter 2025 results showing earnings per common unit of $0.61, missing the analyst consensus of approximately $0.68. Revenue for the quarter declined by about 12.7% year-over-year to $12.02 billion, but still slightly exceeded expectations around $11.83 billion.
Management cited headwinds from lower NGL and commodity service volumes, softer offshore export activity and modest mark-to-market hedging impacts, which weighed on net income despite stable downstream processing margins and strong midstream flows.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #2: Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT)
Universal Health Realty Income Trust operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT), specializing in the healthcare sector. The trust owns healthcare and human service-related facilities.
Its property portfolio includes acute care hospitals, medical office buildings, rehabilitation hospitals, behavioral healthcare facilities, sub-acute care facilities and childcare centers. Universal Health’s portfolio consists of 76 properties located in 21 states.
On October 27, 2025, Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) reported third quarter 2025 net income of $4.0 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, unchanged from the same quarter in 2024.
Results included a one-time $275,000 gain ($0.02 per share) from a settlement and release agreement related to one of its medical office buildings, partially offset by a $256,000 decrease in aggregate property income, which included $900,000 of nonrecurring depreciation expense.
Funds from operations (FFO) rose to $12.2 million, or $0.88 per diluted share, up from $11.3 million, or $0.82 per share, in the prior year period.
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High Dividend Stock For The Long Run #1: Altria Group (MO)
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.
The decline in the U.S. smoking rate continues, though it has recently recovered some. In response to the negative long-term trend, Altria has invested heavily in new products that appeal to changing consumer preferences.
It is also investing heavily into share repurchases to try to support continued earnings-per-share and dividend-per-share growth.
Altria invested billions of dollars in Canadian marijuana producer Cronos Group for a 55% equity stake (including warrants) and a 35% equity stake in e-vapor manufacturer Juul Labs.
Altria enjoys strong brands across its product portfolio, including the No. 1 cigarette brand. As a result, it has pricing power and brand loyalty.
In addition, tobacco companies enjoy low manufacturing and distribution costs, thanks to its economies of scale.
This has fueled Altria’s tremendous dividend growth, enabling it to boast an impressive dividend growth streak of 55 years.
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Additional Reading
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