Dividends

The '80% of stocks pay dividends' figure describes the S&P 500. Across all 4,631 US-listed companies we checked against SEC filings, 35.2% pay one and 53.3% are profitable.

A fast-growing 0.6% yield beats a frozen 6% one within about twelve years. Here are 25 dividend growth stocks ranked by our dividend score, straight from SEC filings.

The biggest yields often hide the shakiest payouts. We ranked 10 popular high-yield US stocks (4%+) by how safe the dividend actually is, using payout coverage and free cash flow from SEC filings.