income leaders — a mega-cap universe ranked by dividend yield AS OF 2026-09-16 23:00Z

Mega-caps ranked by forward dividend yield

A bounded mega-cap universe ranked by forward dividend yield — last cash dividend × payment frequency ÷ the last real trade price, shown per row with the time it was taken. Highest yield at the top. A high yield can reflect a falling price as readily as a generous payout. Non-payers are excluded and reported, never shown as a fabricated 0%.

INCOMEforward yield · 20/22 ranked
Names ranked
20/22
real dividend payers
Top yield
6.26%
PFE · highest forward yield
Unavailable
0
none
Cadence
1PFE6.26%6.26%quarterly$1.72$27.492026-10-23
2O5.68%5.65%monthly$3.26$57.382026-10-30
3VZ5.67%5.60%quarterly$2.83$49.882027-01-08
4PEP4.40%4.32%quarterly$5.92$134.402026-12-04
5T4.28%4.28%quarterly$1.11$25.912026-10-09
6CVX3.36%3.33%quarterly$7.12$211.752026-11-18
7HD3.07%3.06%quarterly$9.32$303.692026-12-03
8MCD2.98%2.98%quarterly$7.44$249.492026-12-01
9PG2.96%2.91%quarterly$4.35$147.202026-10-23
10IBM2.83%2.83%quarterly$6.76$238.462026-11-09
11ABBV2.64%2.60%quarterly$6.92$262.462027-01-14
12XOM2.51%2.51%quarterly$4.12$163.962026-11-16
13KO2.41%2.39%quarterly$2.12$87.932026-12-15
14MRK2.35%2.35%quarterly$3.40$144.912026-12-15
15JNJ2.01%1.98%quarterly$5.36$267.282026-11-24
16MMM1.92%1.89%quarterly$3.12$162.652026-11-23
17JPM1.89%1.72%quarterly$6.60$349.822027-01-05
18CSCO1.55%1.53%quarterly$1.68$108.222027-01-01
19WMT0.92%0.91%quarterly$0.99$107.562027-03-12
20CAT0.83%0.78%quarterly$6.52$786.432026-10-19

Forward yield = last cash dividend × payment frequency ÷ the price in the "Price ÷" column — each name's last real trade, taken 2026-09-16 23:00Z – 2026-09-16 23:59Z, not necessarily this second's, and this board is cached for up to 5 minutes. On real dividend data. A yield is an income magnitude, not a direction, and a rank is not a call. 20 of 22 names ranked, 2 pay no dividend (TSLA, AMZN).