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Highest Distribution Safety Score™ Stocks

Every dividend-paying stock yielding 4% or more — including REITs, BDCs, and MLPs — ranked purely by its Distribution Safety Score, so the companies whose dividends look the most durable sit at the very top, ahead of the biggest headline yields.

Updated September 2026 · 100 companies

Companies100
Median score98
Data as ofSeptember 2026

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Our proprietary snapshot of this list — averages and standouts, computed from the companies below. Not investment advice.

Avg Distribution Safety Score™98/100across 100 companies
Median Yield5.61%dividend yield
Median 1-Yr Return+18.4%price change, 1 year
Payout CadenceQuarterlymost common
Avg Expense Ration/a for stocks
Highest YieldADAMM10.41%
Highest SafetyCAPLscore 100
Best Safety-Adj. YieldADAMMsafety 99 · 10.41%

Most high-yield stock screens sort by yield and leave you to judge the risk. This page does the opposite: it ranks the dividend-stock universe — ordinary companies plus REITs, BDCs, and MLPs — purely by our Distribution Safety Score, so the names whose dividends look the most durable rise to the top, whatever their headline yield.

To keep the list income-relevant we require a dividend yield of at least 4%; above that floor the order is set by score alone, highest first. The payout-ratio column shows one of the ingredients behind each score — how much of profit the dividend consumes — so you can see why the safest-looking payers earn their place.

How this screen works

One number does the ranking: the Distribution Safety Score, highest first.

Highest Distribution Safety Score Stocks

Ranked live from our data pipeline on every build — click any column header to re-sort, or open a ticker for the full analysis. We never hard-code the figures.

TickerCompanyPayout ratioYieldDistribution Safety Score™ 1-Yr Price
CAPLCrossAmerica Partners2%9.05%100+24.0%
DKLDelek Logistics Partners103%8.01%100+39.7%
ADAMNAdamas Trust, Inc6%8.00%100+26.0%
USACUSA Compression Partners LP2%7.59%100+29.2%
WESWestern Midstream Partners LP114%7.55%100+42.2%
DDTDillards Capital Trust I0%7.15%100+7.4%
MPLXMPLX LP95%7.15%100+29.0%
PAAPlains All American Pipeline LP103%6.46%100+63.8%
ETEnergy Transfer LP87%6.27%100+34.8%
OHIOmega Healthcare Investors111%5.76%100+15.1%
EPDEnterprise Products Partners LP75%5.70%100+31.4%
SELFGlobal Self Storage, Inc123%5.66%100+5.9%
NNNNNN REIT, Inc.101%5.62%100+9.3%
VZVerizon Communications Inc.57%5.58%100+24.3%
ORealty Income Corporation51%5.41%100+8.9%
LTCLTC Properties, Inc36%5.36%100+22.0%
SUNSunoco LP150%5.15%100+60.0%
SPGSimon Property Group124%4.40%100+21.6%
LAMRLamar Advertising Company108%4.25%100+22.8%
STAGSTAG Industrial81%4.20%100+6.1%
PSAPublic Storage101%4.07%100+6.6%
TFCTruist Financial Corporation46%4.03%100+14.6%
ADAMMNew York Mortgage Trust, Inc.8%10.41%99+14.3%
FGNXPFundamental Global Inc.61%8.34%99+30.4%
MBINMMerchants Bancorp0%8.09%99+10.6%
HESMHess Midstream LP106%7.78%99+11.3%
AGNCLAGNC Investment Corp.3%7.61%99+8.7%
ADAMLAdamas Trust, Inc.0%6.89%99+21.8%
FLG-PAFlagstar Financial Inc0%6.71%99+18.4%
PAGPPlains GP Holdings, L.P.3%6.00%99+64.3%
GTYGetty Realty Corp.105%5.96%99+21.3%
SBRASabra Health Care REIT, Inc.114%5.77%99+15.2%
NWBINorthwest Bancshares, Inc.60%5.12%99+29.0%
EICAEagle Point Income Company Inc Preferred Series A45%5.00%99+6.5%
FIBKFirst Interstate BancSystem, Inc.58%4.97%99+19.3%
COLBColumbia Banking System Inc.47%4.81%99+18.2%
LXPLXP Industrial Trust3%4.61%99+43.6%
PRUPrudential Financial, Inc.37%4.59%99+18.8%
OKEONEOK Inc.72%4.49%99+42.4%
KRGKite Realty Group Trust2%4.47%99+18.4%
BRXBrixmor Property Group Inc.98%4.23%99+9.6%
BBTBeacon Financial Corporation48%4.05%99+22.5%
PFSProvident Financial Services, Inc.40%4.05%99+23.0%
GRTUFGranite Real Estate Investment Trust54%4.02%99+18.6%
SCE-PMSCE Trust VII0%7.76%98+10.1%
BANC-PFBanc of California Inc.3%7.71%98+8.0%
ET-PIEnergy Transfer LP0%7.35%98+7.2%
GLPGlobal Partners62%5.84%98+9.0%
BPBP p.l.c.41%4.56%98+39.2%
EPRTEssential Properties Realty Trust82%4.33%98+2.3%
NWNNorthwest Natural Holding Company66%4.01%98+26.3%
SYF-PBSynchrony Financial0%7.90%97+8.5%
EFC-PDEllington Financial Inc.0%7.61%97+4.0%
FRMEPFirst Merchants Corporation Depository Shares2%7.50%97+5.5%
CTOCTO Realty Growth Inc2%7.07%97+35.9%
ALXAlexander's, Inc.3%6.86%97+19.9%
BMEBlackRock Health Sciences Trust53%6.86%97+31.4%
HBANLHuntington Bancshares Incorporated2%6.83%97+4.8%
BGRBlackRock Energy and Resources Closed Fund57%6.77%97+40.1%
GJHStrats Trust US Cellular GIC0%6.76%97+6.0%
MOAltria Group, Inc.77%6.16%97+10.7%
SGUStar Gas Partners LP34%6.01%97+14.4%
PINEAlpine Income Property Trust, Inc.1400%5.95%97+35.8%
GSLGlobal Ship Lease, Inc.25%5.39%97+50.6%
BLXBanco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (Bladex)44%4.95%97+28.5%
PBAPembina Pipeline Corporation89%4.30%97+35.6%
FMNBFarmers National Banc Corp41%4.23%97+10.1%
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.69%4.22%97+1.7%
FNLCFirst Bancorp Inc46%4.21%97+33.7%
EMAEmera Incorporated83%4.17%97+13.4%
PEBOPeoples Bancorp Inc50%4.15%97+34.6%
PSTLPostal Realty Trust Inc2%4.14%97+56.1%
OCFCOceanFirst Financial Corp.49%4.12%97+8.2%
DDominion Energy Inc.77%4.06%97+19.1%
REGRegency Centers Corp.85%4.01%97+8.2%
EIIAEagle Point Institutional Income Fund0%8.04%96+7.5%
PDPAPearl Diver Credit Company Inc.0%7.98%96+7.4%
VLYPNValley National Bancorp 8.250% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C4%7.97%96+6.8%
AHRT-PAArmada Hoffler Properties, Inc.0%7.80%96+6.2%
CCIDCarlyle Credit Income Fund0%7.39%96+6.9%
RF-PFRegions Financial Corporation0%6.88%96+4.4%
CWENClearway Energy, Inc.2%5.83%96+22.8%
BNLBroadstone Net Lease Inc.102%5.60%96+20.4%
AXAHYAxa SA ADR2%5.44%96+14.9%
ZURVYZurich Insurance Group Ltd4%5.27%96+6.1%
AVAAvista Corporation78%5.25%96+9.3%
FBAKFirst National Bank Alaska2%4.77%96+30.4%
EBFEnnis Inc63%4.66%96+21.4%
NTSTNETSTREIT Corp.2%4.38%96+18.0%
ESEversource Energy63%4.34%96+18.9%
PORPortland General Electric Company80%4.31%96+22.9%
CZNCCitizens & Northern Corporation61%4.29%96+34.1%
REYNReynolds Consumer Products Inc.54%4.21%96-1.0%
SONSonoco Products Company38%4.12%96+12.7%
SPHSuburban Propane Partners66%7.46%95+1.4%
ATHSAthene Holding Ltd. 7.250% Fixed0%7.26%95+4.0%
HTHTH World Group Limited23%6.78%95+21.1%
GBLIGlobal Indemnity Group, LLC Class A Common Stock54%4.61%95+2.9%
LCNBLCNB Corporation41%4.51%95+24.8%
GNL-PEGlobal Net Lease Inc.0%7.93%94+4.4%

Screened and ranked from our own data. Not investment advice.

Frequently asked questions

How is this list ranked?

Purely by our Distribution Safety Score — highest first — among dividend stocks yielding at least 4%. The 100 companies shown are the highest-scoring income names we track, so the most durable-looking dividends sit on top regardless of headline yield.

Why require a 4% yield?

Without a floor, a pure safety ranking fills up with very-low-yield blue chips that are safe mainly because they pay so little. The 4% minimum keeps the list relevant to income investors; above it, score alone decides the order.

Why do REITs, BDCs, and MLPs appear so often?

Those structures are required or designed to distribute most of their cash flow, so they clear the 4% yield floor far more often than ordinary C-corporations. Our Safety Score accounts for structure, so a well-covered REIT payout competes fairly with a well-covered industrial dividend.

How is the Distribution Safety Score calculated?

It's our 0–100 measure of how durable a dividend looks, built from payout coverage, dividend history and trend, and price stability. The full methodology is on our Distribution Safety Score learn page, linked from every score in the table.

How often is this updated?

Yields, payout ratios, and Safety Scores refresh from our data pipeline on every build, so membership and the ranking re-compute automatically as the underlying figures change.

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