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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
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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% | 9.57% | 100 | +17.4% |
| FGNXP | Fundamental Global Inc. | 0% | 8.22% | 100 | +46.7% |
| ADAMN | Adamas Trust, Inc | 6% | 8.15% | 100 | +21.7% |
| DKL | Delek Logistics Partners | 103% | 7.87% | 100 | +34.1% |
| WES | Western Midstream Partners LP | 114% | 7.87% | 100 | +34.4% |
| HESM | Hess Midstream LP | 106% | 7.86% | 100 | +11.2% |
| USAC | USA Compression Partners LP | 2% | 7.82% | 100 | +16.4% |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | 95% | 7.25% | 100 | +24.2% |
| DDT | Dillards Capital Trust I | 0% | 7.18% | 100 | +7.3% |
| PAA | Plains All American Pipeline LP | 103% | 6.58% | 100 | +58.0% |
| ECCC | Eagle Point Credit Company Inc Preferred | 5% | 6.49% | 100 | +13.7% |
| ET | Energy Transfer LP | 87% | 6.43% | 100 | +29.1% |
| OHI | Omega Healthcare Investors | 111% | 5.83% | 100 | +20.7% |
| SELF | Global Self Storage, Inc | 123% | 5.81% | 100 | +5.5% |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners LP | 75% | 5.76% | 100 | +27.7% |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | 58% | 5.62% | 100 | +16.8% |
| LTC | LTC Properties, Inc | 36% | 5.36% | 100 | +30.1% |
| SUN | Sunoco LP | 150% | 5.15% | 100 | +67.9% |
| SPG | Simon Property Group | 124% | 4.38% | 100 | +17.8% |
| LAMR | Lamar Advertising Company | 108% | 4.34% | 100 | +21.8% |
| TFC | Truist Financial Corporation | 46% | 4.29% | 100 | +11.3% |
| STAG | STAG Industrial | 81% | 4.19% | 100 | +9.6% |
| PSA | Public Storage | 101% | 4.05% | 100 | +10.2% |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc. | 34% | 4.03% | 100 | +4.7% |
| ADAMM | New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 7% | 10.41% | 99 | +13.5% |
| MBINM | Merchants Bancorp | 0% | 8.13% | 99 | +10.6% |
| AGNCL | AGNC Investment Corp. | 3% | 7.67% | 99 | +8.8% |
| ADAML | Adamas Trust, Inc. | 0% | 6.87% | 99 | +18.3% |
| PAGP | Plains GP Holdings, L.P. | 3% | 6.04% | 99 | +60.1% |
| SBRA | Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 114% | 5.97% | 99 | +14.5% |
| NWBI | Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | 60% | 5.18% | 99 | +32.2% |
| FIBK | First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. | 58% | 5.09% | 99 | +20.7% |
| COLB | Columbia Banking System Inc. | 47% | 4.98% | 99 | +21.9% |
| PRU | Prudential Financial, Inc. | 37% | 4.78% | 99 | +20.6% |
| OKE | ONEOK Inc. | 72% | 4.62% | 99 | +33.3% |
| LXP | LXP Industrial Trust | 3% | 4.60% | 99 | +43.5% |
| KRG | Kite Realty Group Trust | 2% | 4.52% | 99 | +19.5% |
| BRX | Brixmor Property Group Inc. | 98% | 4.40% | 99 | +5.3% |
| BBT | Beacon Financial Corporation | 48% | 4.15% | 99 | +29.4% |
| PFS | Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 40% | 4.15% | 99 | +22.6% |
| AKR | Acadia Realty Trust | 2% | 4.12% | 99 | -0.5% |
| FHB | First Hawaiian, Inc. | 45% | 4.06% | 99 | +5.9% |
| BEN | Franklin Resources Inc. | 47% | 4.03% | 99 | +43.9% |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | 71% | 4.01% | 99 | +9.5% |
| ET-PI | Energy Transfer LP | 0% | 7.43% | 98 | +7.1% |
| EFC-PD | Ellington Financial Inc. | 0% | 7.35% | 98 | +5.4% |
| FLG-PA | Flagstar Financial Inc | 0% | 6.76% | 98 | +15.3% |
| GLP | Global Partners | 62% | 6.37% | 98 | +5.5% |
| NNN | NNN REIT, Inc. | 101% | 5.97% | 98 | +3.5% |
| ES | Eversource Energy | 63% | 4.54% | 98 | +14.0% |
| BP | BP p.l.c. | 41% | 4.40% | 98 | +39.2% |
| PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | 69% | 4.32% | 98 | -1.5% |
| SR | Spire Inc. | 69% | 4.13% | 98 | +9.9% |
| NWN | Northwest Natural Holding Company | 66% | 4.05% | 98 | +20.2% |
| ADAMZ | Adamas Trust, Inc | 5% | 9.95% | 97 | -1.3% |
| GNL-PD | Global Net Lease Inc. 7.50% Cum. Redeem. Pfd. Series D | 0% | 8.30% | 97 | -1.1% |
| EIIA | Eagle Point Institutional Income Fund | 0% | 8.08% | 97 | +8.6% |
| SCE-PM | SCE Trust VII | 0% | 7.76% | 97 | +7.1% |
| SPH | Suburban Propane Partners | 66% | 7.76% | 97 | -3.2% |
| BANC-PF | Banc of California Inc. | 5% | 7.73% | 97 | +7.4% |
| FRMEP | First Merchants Corporation Depository Shares | 0% | 7.44% | 97 | +5.8% |
| CTO | CTO Realty Growth Inc | 99% | 7.34% | 97 | +34.6% |
| ALX | Alexander's, Inc. | 3% | 7.31% | 97 | +14.1% |
| BME | BlackRock Health Sciences Trust | 39% | 7.09% | 97 | +32.2% |
| BGR | BlackRock Energy and Resources Closed Fund | 31% | 6.68% | 97 | +42.0% |
| PINE | Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. | 2% | 6.67% | 97 | +30.5% |
| GTY | Getty Realty Corp. | 105% | 6.45% | 97 | +14.8% |
| MO | Altria Group, Inc. | 77% | 6.05% | 97 | +13.6% |
| SGU | Star Gas Partners LP | 41% | 5.99% | 97 | +16.9% |
| GSL | Global Ship Lease, Inc. | 25% | 5.51% | 97 | +51.5% |
| BLX | Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (Bladex) | 44% | 5.13% | 97 | +21.4% |
| FBAK | First National Bank Alaska | 2% | 4.88% | 97 | +30.3% |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corporation | 89% | 4.45% | 97 | +26.2% |
| SON | Sonoco Products Company | 38% | 4.42% | 97 | +7.5% |
| OCFC | OceanFirst Financial Corp. | 49% | 4.38% | 97 | +5.9% |
| FMNB | Farmers National Banc Corp | 41% | 4.34% | 97 | +11.8% |
| EMA | Emera Incorporated | 83% | 4.29% | 97 | +11.2% |
| AM | Antero Midstream Corp. | 83% | 4.25% | 97 | +20.0% |
| FNLC | First Bancorp Inc | 44% | 4.22% | 97 | +37.9% |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc. | 77% | 4.21% | 97 | +12.5% |
| PEBO | Peoples Bancorp Inc | 46% | 4.19% | 97 | +37.6% |
| UE | Urban Edge Properties | 119% | 4.19% | 97 | +1.8% |
| REG | Regency Centers Corp. | 85% | 4.12% | 97 | +9.1% |
| PSTL | Postal Realty Trust Inc | 117% | 4.08% | 97 | +61.9% |
| HOPE | Hope Bancorp Inc | 55% | 4.01% | 97 | +34.6% |
| VLYPN | Valley National Bancorp 8.250% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C | 7% | 7.98% | 96 | +6.1% |
| SYF-PB | Synchrony Financial | 0% | 7.91% | 96 | +6.4% |
| CCID | Carlyle Credit Income Fund | 0% | 7.41% | 96 | +6.5% |
| CWEN | Clearway Energy, Inc. | 2% | 6.19% | 96 | +16.8% |
| O | Realty Income Corporation | 51% | 5.75% | 96 | +1.2% |
| ENGIY | Engie SA ADR | 2% | 5.72% | 96 | +37.9% |
| GEL | Genesis Energy | 4% | 5.46% | 96 | -3.0% |
| AVA | Avista Corporation | 78% | 5.37% | 96 | +7.0% |
| ZURVY | Zurich Insurance Group Ltd | 7% | 5.25% | 96 | +9.9% |
| VEOEY | Veolia Environnement SA ADR | 3% | 4.77% | 96 | +13.1% |
| EBF | Ennis Inc | 63% | 4.69% | 96 | +24.2% |
| POR | Portland General Electric Company | 80% | 4.38% | 96 | +18.7% |
| CZNC | Citizens & Northern Corporation | 61% | 4.31% | 96 | +36.2% |
| GRTUF | Granite Real Estate Investment Trust | 58% | 4.27% | 96 | +12.7% |
| AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | 88% | 4.21% | 96 | -2.0% |
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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