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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 July 2026 · 100 companies
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Our proprietary snapshot of this list — averages and standouts, computed from the companies below. Not investment advice.
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.
- Universe: dividend-paying stocks, including REITs, BDCs, and MLPs.
- Yield floor: a dividend yield of at least 4%, so the list stays income-relevant rather than filling with very-low-yield blue chips.
- Rank: by Distribution Safety Score — our 0–100 read on how durable a payout looks — highest first; ties break to the higher yield.
- Top 100: the 100 highest-scoring qualifying companies, re-screened and re-ranked live on every build.
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.
| Ticker | Company | Payout ratio | Yield | Distribution Safety Score™ ⓘ | 1-Yr Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPL | CrossAmerica Partners | 2% | 9.52% | 100 | +11.7% |
| ADAMN | Adamas Trust, Inc | 6% | 8.39% | 100 | +19.9% |
| DKL | Delek Logistics Partners | 86% | 7.85% | 100 | +43.6% |
| USAC | USA Compression Partners LP | 2% | 7.82% | 100 | +19.2% |
| WES | Western Midstream Partners LP | 118% | 7.73% | 100 | +31.1% |
| EFC-PD | Ellington Financial Inc. | 0% | 7.67% | 100 | +6.4% |
| AHRT-PA | Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | 0% | 7.64% | 100 | +10.2% |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | 93% | 7.61% | 100 | +19.8% |
| STAG | STAG Industrial | 84% | 7.44% | 100 | +16.2% |
| DDT | Dillards Capital Trust I | 0% | 7.18% | 100 | +8.8% |
| ADAML | Adamas Trust, Inc. | 0% | 7.05% | 100 | +20.5% |
| SPH | Suburban Propane Partners | 65% | 7.04% | 100 | +4.4% |
| FLG-PA | Flagstar Financial Inc | 0% | 6.91% | 100 | +18.4% |
| DTB | DTE Energy Company 2020 Series | 0% | 6.61% | 100 | +2.2% |
| ET | Energy Transfer LP | 111% | 6.56% | 100 | +24.0% |
| PAA | Plains All American Pipeline LP | 106% | 6.53% | 100 | +43.5% |
| FITB-PA | Fifth Third Bancorp | 0% | 6.52% | 100 | +1.0% |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | 58% | 6.31% | 100 | +9.3% |
| DUKB | Duke Energy Corp | 46% | 6.14% | 100 | +0.6% |
| ELC | Entergy Louisiana LLC Pref | 0% | 6.11% | 100 | +2.7% |
| SELF | Global Self Storage, Inc | 141% | 5.74% | 100 | +1.5% |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners LP | 80% | 5.63% | 100 | +31.5% |
| LTC | LTC Properties, Inc | 41% | 5.42% | 100 | +24.5% |
| OHI | Omega Healthcare Investors | 128% | 5.30% | 100 | +39.0% |
| O | Realty Income Corporation | 87% | 5.00% | 100 | +18.0% |
| NNN | NNN REIT, Inc. | 123% | 4.90% | 100 | +19.3% |
| SUN | Sunoco LP | 138% | 4.88% | 100 | +49.3% |
| AES | AES Corp. | 25% | 4.74% | 100 | +11.9% |
| EXR | Extra Space Storage | 145% | 4.47% | 100 | +0.8% |
| BIP | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | 3% | 4.40% | 100 | +31.2% |
| EIX | Edison International | 52% | 4.37% | 100 | +60.7% |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 42% | 4.15% | 100 | +31.6% |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc. | 35% | 4.03% | 100 | +3.0% |
| TFC | Truist Financial Corporation | 39% | 4.02% | 100 | +15.6% |
| AGNC | AGNC Investment Corp | 27% | 13.43% | 99 | +26.4% |
| NLCP | NewLake Capital Partners, Inc. | 138% | 11.10% | 99 | +26.0% |
| TRTX | TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. | 98% | 11.07% | 99 | +15.1% |
| ADAMM | New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 8% | 10.60% | 99 | +13.5% |
| ADAMZ | Adamas Trust, Inc | 5% | 9.28% | 99 | +14.5% |
| FGNXP | Fundamental Global Inc. | 61% | 7.84% | 99 | +47.4% |
| AGNCL | AGNC Investment Corp. | 3% | 7.81% | 99 | +8.1% |
| FRMEP | First Merchants Corporation Depository Shares | 2% | 7.33% | 99 | +9.8% |
| HBANL | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | 2% | 6.88% | 99 | +6.3% |
| DTG | DTE Energy Company 2021 Series E | 0% | 6.53% | 99 | +2.3% |
| DTW | DTE Energy Co Pref Series E | 42% | 6.48% | 99 | -0.5% |
| SBRA | Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 133% | 5.46% | 99 | +27.2% |
| CWEN | Clearway Energy, Inc. | 9% | 5.42% | 99 | +8.0% |
| EICA | Eagle Point Income Company Inc Preferred Series A | 45% | 4.99% | 99 | +6.9% |
| PRU | Prudential Financial, Inc. | 38% | 4.63% | 99 | +18.0% |
| TROW | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 51% | 4.43% | 99 | +12.7% |
| UDR | UDR | 86% | 4.35% | 99 | -0.2% |
| ES | Eversource Energy | 62% | 4.14% | 99 | +17.6% |
| BEN | Franklin Resources Inc. | 51% | 4.08% | 99 | +37.4% |
| UGI | UGI Corporation | 49% | 4.07% | 99 | +5.5% |
| PFS | Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 41% | 4.00% | 99 | +36.3% |
| MBINM | Merchants Bancorp | 0% | 8.06% | 98 | +10.4% |
| GNL-PE | Global Net Lease Inc. | 0% | 8.00% | 98 | +10.2% |
| SYF-PB | Synchrony Financial | 0% | 8.00% | 98 | +8.0% |
| GNL-PD | Global Net Lease Inc. 7.50% Cum. Redeem. Pfd. Series D | 0% | 7.89% | 98 | +10.4% |
| SCE-PM | SCE Trust VII | 0% | 7.80% | 98 | +16.3% |
| DCOM-P | Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. | 0% | 7.72% | 98 | -2.2% |
| BANC-PF | Banc of California Inc. | 3% | 7.66% | 98 | +10.2% |
| BOH-PB | Bank of Hawaii Corp | 0% | 7.61% | 98 | +9.7% |
| ET-PI | Energy Transfer LP | 0% | 7.32% | 98 | +8.8% |
| MTB-PJ | M&T Bank Corporation | 0% | 7.19% | 98 | +5.9% |
| CFG-PH | Citizens Financial Group, Inc | 0% | 7.10% | 98 | +4.8% |
| AFGE | American Financial Group, Inc. | 54% | 6.96% | 98 | -0.2% |
| RF-PF | Regions Financial Corporation | 0% | 6.87% | 98 | +6.0% |
| GJH | Strats Trust US Cellular GIC | 0% | 6.73% | 98 | +8.8% |
| MS-PQ | Morgan Stanley | 0% | 6.55% | 98 | +3.7% |
| NWBI | Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | 63% | 5.22% | 98 | +24.2% |
| NSA | National Storage Affiliates Trust | 2% | 5.16% | 98 | +47.8% |
| FIBK | First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. | 61% | 4.90% | 98 | +32.2% |
| BP | BP p.l.c. | 55% | 4.61% | 98 | +41.5% |
| SR | Spire Inc. | 64% | 4.02% | 98 | +12.1% |
| RMR | RMR Group Inc | 2% | 8.95% | 97 | +30.2% |
| EIIA | Eagle Point Institutional Income Fund | 0% | 8.02% | 97 | +9.5% |
| PDPA | Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc. | 0% | 7.98% | 97 | +8.3% |
| HESM | Hess Midstream LP | 105% | 7.45% | 97 | +12.8% |
| BME | BlackRock Health Sciences Trust | 53% | 7.42% | 97 | +26.1% |
| CCID | Carlyle Credit Income Fund | 0% | 7.34% | 97 | — |
| ATHS | Athene Holding Ltd. 7.250% Fixed | 0% | 7.32% | 97 | +5.2% |
| BGR | BlackRock Energy and Resources Closed Fund | 57% | 7.09% | 97 | +34.6% |
| UHT | Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 2% | 6.88% | 97 | +11.5% |
| BFS | Saul Centers Inc | 2% | 6.59% | 97 | +13.4% |
| ALX | Alexander's, Inc. | 4% | 6.51% | 97 | +17.3% |
| EAI | Entergy Arkansas LLC Deb 2066 | 0% | 6.10% | 97 | +2.8% |
| GSL | Global Ship Lease, Inc. | 24% | 5.94% | 97 | +57.0% |
| MO | Altria Group, Inc. | 77% | 5.88% | 97 | +28.8% |
| SGU | Star Gas Partners LP | 34% | 5.74% | 97 | +15.4% |
| AAT | American Assets Trust Inc | 5% | 5.60% | 97 | +27.8% |
| RLJ | RLJ Lodging Trust | 57% | 4.87% | 97 | +64.9% |
| OKE | ONEOK Inc. | 76% | 4.58% | 97 | +20.4% |
| FMNB | Farmers National Banc Corp | 41% | 4.53% | 97 | +13.7% |
| FNLC | First Bancorp Inc | 46% | 4.37% | 97 | +34.1% |
| AGM-A | Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | 36% | 4.25% | 97 | +21.5% |
| NWFL | Norwood Financial Corp | 46% | 4.22% | 97 | +35.3% |
| IRT | Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | 5% | 4.16% | 97 | -2.3% |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corporation | 89% | 4.10% | 97 | +43.8% |
| EQR | Equity Residential | 125% | 4.09% | 97 | +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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