10 High Dividend Stocks For Retirement Income

Published on March 9th, 2026 by Bob Ciura

Low interest rates and high valuations have made it difficult to find quality high-yield investments for retirement income.

Difficult, but not impossible.

And that’s where high dividend stocks come in.

​With this in mind, we have created a spreadsheet of over 200 stocks with dividend yields of 5% or more…

You can download your free full list of all high dividend stocks with 5%+ yields (along with important financial metrics such as dividend yield and payout ratio) by clicking on the link below:

This article discusses buy and hold dividend growth stocks that match the following criteria:

Yields of at least 3.5%, which is 3x+ the S&P 500 average yield
With safe Dividend Risk Scores of A or B
Trading at or below fair value

The stocks are listed by current yield, in ascending order.

Table Of Contents

The table of contents below provides for easy navigation of the article:

High Dividend Stock #10: Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (AGM)

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp, also known as Farmer Mac, is a shareholder-owned, federally chartered corporation, combining private capital and public sponsorship for the purpose of increasing access to and reducing the cost of capital for American agriculture and rural communities.

On February 18th, 2026, Farmer Mac declared a $1.60 per share quarterly dividend, representing a 7% increase, and marking the company’s 15th annual dividend increase.

Farmer Mac reported fourth quarter 2025 results on February 19th, 2026, for the period ending December 31, 2025. During the quarter, the corporation generated $3.66 of core EPS, which dropped 8% compared to $3.97 earned in the same prior year period. Net interest income improved by 12% year-over-year to $105 million.

The company maintains a position of strong liquidity, with a quarter-end cash and cash equivalents position of $931 million.

Additionally, 90-day delinquencies were 0.40% across all its lines of business. Farmer Mac’s net effective spread yield was 1.22% in Q4 2025 compared to 1.16% in the same prior year period.

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High Dividend Stock #9: Bank OZK (OZK)

Bank OZK, previously Bank of the Ozarks, is a regional bank that offers services such as checking, business banking, commercial loans and mortgages to its customers in Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Alabama, South Carolina, New York and California.

On January 2nd, 2026, Bank OZK announced a $0.46 quarterly dividend, representing a 2.2% raise over the last quarter’s payment and a 9.5% raise year-over-year. This marked the company’s 62nd consecutive quarter of raising its dividend.

In mid-January, Bank OZK reported (1/20/26) results for the fourth quarter of 2025. Total loans and deposits grew 8% each over the end of the prior year.

Net interest income grew 7% over the prior year’s quarter thanks to lower deposit costs. However, provisions for credit losses increased 36%.

As a result, earnings-per-share dipped -2%, from $1.56 to $1.53, missing the analysts’ consensus by $0.05. Bank OZK has exceeded the analysts’ consensus in 19 of the last 23 quarters.

The bank has posted record earnings-per-share in 11 of the last 13 quarters.

Despite a slight deceleration in the last two quarters, management stated that it expects to achieve record earnings-per-share this year, on top of the record earnings-per-share it has achieved in each of the last five years.

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High Dividend Stock #8: Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB)

Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB) is a bank holding company. The company’s operating subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, is a community bank, which offers a range of deposit, loan, and related banking products, as well as brokerage services provided through a third-party brokerage arrangement.

In addition, the company offers trust and investment management services through this subsidiary, as well as wealth management services through its subsidiary Bar Harbor Wealth Management.

Operating over 50 locations across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has been headquartered in Bar Harbor, Maine since 1887 and has more than $4.86 billion in assets.

On January 22nd, 2026, Bar Harbor released its fourth quarter results for the period ending December 31st, 2025. For the quarter, the company reported net interest income of $38.62 million.

Net income was $11.8 million, or $0.70 per basic share, compared to $11.0 million, or $0.72 per basic share, in the same quarter of 2024.

This performance reflected consistent core earnings of $15.5 million, or $0.93 per diluted share, supported by growth in commercial loans, expansion in net interest margin, and continued benefits from the integration of the Woodsville acquisition, despite elevated non-interest expenses and seasonal deposit outflows.

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High Dividend Stock #7: Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)

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 #6: Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)

Stanley Black & Decker is a world leader in power tools, hand tools, and related items. The company holds the top global position in tools and storage sales.

Stanley Black & Decker is second in the world in the areas of commercial electronic security and engineered fastening. The company is composed of three segments: tools & outdoor, and industrial.

On February 4th, 2026, Stanley Black & Decker announced fourth quarter and full year results. For the quarter, revenue was unchanged at $3.7 billion, but this was $80 million below estimates.

Adjusted earnings-per-share of $1.41 compared to $1.49 in the prior year, but this was $0.13 better than expected. For the year, revenue fell 2% to $15.1 billion while adjusted earnings-per-share of $4.67 compared to $4.36 in 2024.

Company-wide organic growth declined 3% for the quarter and was lower by 1% for the year. Organic sales for Tools & Outdoor, the largest segment within the company, was lower by 4% for the quarter.

North America was down 5%, Europe decreased 3%, and the rest of the world fell 4%. Results were pressured by power tool demand in retail channels in North America and a weak economic backdrop in several markets.

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High Dividend Stock #5: Eversource Energy (ES)

Eversource Energy is a diversified holding company with subsidiaries that provide regulated electric, gas, and water distribution services in the Northeast U.S.

ES serves more than four million utility customers. The regulated utility is organized into the following operating segments.

The Electric Distribution segment is comprised of the distribution businesses of The Connecticut Light and Power Company, NSTAR Electric Company, and the Public Service Company of New Hampshire. These subsidiaries distribute electricity to retail customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

The Electric Transmission segment includes transmission facilities owned by the three subsidiaries of the Electric Distribution segment. These transmit electricity throughout New England.

The Natural Gas Distribution segment includes the NSTAR Gas, EGMA, and Yankee Gas subsidiaries. Together, these distribute natural gas to more than 900,000 customers throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Lastly, the Water Distribution segment operates five separate regulated water utilities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. These businesses serve nearly 250,000 customers in 73 towns and cities.

On November 4th, ES shared its earnings report for the third quarter ended September 30th, 2025. The company’s total operating revenue grew by 5.1% year-over-year to $3.22 billion during the quarter.

Higher base distribution rates and continued system investments were the drivers behind this topline growth in the quarter.

ES posted $1.19 in non-GAAP EPS for the quarter, which was up 5.3% over the year-ago period. That topped the analyst consensus during the quarter by $0.04.

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High Dividend Stock #4: Norwood Financial (NWFL)

Norwood Financial is a bank holding company that operates through its subsidiary, Wayne Bank. The company is an independent community bank with over 15 offices in Northeastern Pennsylvania and 14 offices in Delaware, Sullivan, Ontario, Otsego and Yates Counties, New York.

It offers a range of personal and business credit services, trust and investment products, and real estate settlement services to the consumers, businesses, non-profit organizations and municipalities in each of the communities that the company serves.

As of December 31st, 2025, Norwood Financial Corp. had total assets of $2.42 billion, loans outstanding of $1.85 billion, and total deposits of $2.08 billion.

On January 22nd, 2026, Norwood Financial Corp. released its fourth quarter results. For the quarter, the company reported a net income of $7.4 million, down from $8.3 million in the third quarter of 2025 but a significant improvement from a net loss of $12.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Reported quarterly earnings per diluted share were $0.80, compared to $0.89 in Q3 2025 and $(1.54) in the year-ago period.

The earnings reflect continued momentum following the strategic investment portfolio repositioning undertaken in the fourth quarter of 2024, alongside benefits from improved asset yields and deposit growth.

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High Dividend Stock #3: 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 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.

Gross margin was 36.8% of revenue on an adjusted basis, off 170 basis points year-over-year. This reflected strong productivity gains that were more than offset by unfavorable pricing net of cost inflation.

Operating profit was $683 million on an adjusted basis, driven by lower marketing and R&D costs, as well as efficiency efforts. Net interest expense was $59 million, up from $49 million a year ago.

We now see $7.50 in adjusted earnings-per-share for this year, which would be the highest since 2020, if achieved. Separately, Kimberly-Clark announced its intention to buy Kenvue (KVUE) for $48.7 billion in a cash and stock deal.

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High Dividend Stock #2: Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL)

Hormel Foods was founded in 1891 in Minnesota. Since that time, the company has grown into a $13 billion market capitalization juggernaut in the food products industry with about $12 billion in annual revenue.

Hormel has kept its core competency as a processor of meat products for well over a hundred years but has also grown into other business lines through acquisitions.

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.

Source: Investor Presentation

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.

Adjusted operating margin was 7.7% of revenue, while cash flow from operations was $323 million. Volumes in the fourth quarter were flat in the retail segment, down 5% in foodservice, and down 7% in the international segment.

Hormel raised its dividend for the 60th consecutive year, this time adding 0.9% to a new payout of $1.20 per share annually. We start 2026 with an estimate of $1.47 in adjusted earnings-per-share.

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High Dividend Stock #1: T. Rowe Price Group (TROW)

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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Additional Reading

If you are interested in finding high-quality dividend growth stocks and/or other high-yield securities and income securities, the following Sure Dividend resources will be useful:

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