Pay a dividend
What percentage of US stocks pay a dividend?
34.8%
67.5%
Utilities
65.1%
Real estate
63.2%
Financials
44.4%
Energy
41.5%
Staples
40.7%
Materials
37.5%
Comms
35.4%
Industrials
34.9%
Discret.
14.8%
Tech
7.4%
Health
US stock market statistics
Figures on 4,688 US-listed companies that file with the SEC, by sector, counted from the same numbers each company's own stock pages show. Every number behind a figure is matched against the company's filing before it is counted, and every figure is free to cite.
Who is counted
4,688
US companies in every statistic's population
Matched to SEC filings. Each figure counts a company only when its numbers for that figure match its filing. 3,394 matched on every figure we check.
- Statistics published
- 9
- Sectors
- 11
Updated October 2, 2026. Refreshed every trading morning.
Dividend Statistics
How many listed companies pay a dividend, what they yield, how much of their earnings they pay out, and how long they have kept raising it.
36.0%median
Middle half 21.3% to 69.4%
Covered by FCF
How many dividends are covered by free cash flow?
76.5%
22.3%
Profitability Statistics
How many listed companies make money, the margins and returns on capital they earn by sector, and how many hold more cash than debt.
53.2%
81.7%
Utilities
78.8%
Financials
62.7%
Real estate
59.4%
Industrials
57.5%
Discret.
57.4%
Staples
47.8%
Comms
46.2%
Tech
45.4%
Materials
24.5%
Health
Positive FCF
How many US companies generate free cash flow?
57.8%
Median rev. growth
How fast is revenue growing?
3.9%median
Middle half -2.4% to 12.1%
Shrinking revenue
How many US companies have shrinking revenue?
33.7%
9.8%median
Middle half 4.4% to 13.2%
Every published figure
All US companies, as of October 2, 2026. Select a question for the sector breakdown, its method, a chart image and embed code.
| Question | US companies | Counted |
|---|---|---|
| Dividend Statistics | ||
| What percentage of US stocks pay a dividend? | 34.8% | 4,648 |
| How much of their earnings do profitable dividend payers pay out? | 36.0%median | 1,379 |
| How many dividends are covered by free cash flow? | 76.5% | 1,018 |
| How many US companies have raised their dividend 10 years in a row? | 22.3% | 1,544 |
| Profitability Statistics | ||
| What percentage of US companies are profitable? | 53.2% | 4,421 |
| How many US companies generate free cash flow? | 57.8% | 3,411 |
| How fast is revenue growing? | 3.9%median | 3,219 |
| How many US companies have shrinking revenue? | 33.7% | 3,219 |
| What return on equity do US banks and insurers earn? | 9.8%median | 549 |
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How the figures are checked
Each figure counts a value shown on every company's own stock page. Before a company is counted, every stored number behind the figure must appear in its SEC filing for the same period, or equal a documented formula applied to numbers that do. Companies with any unmatched number are left out, and each page says how many.
Figures that depend on a share price, and figures for companies outside the US, are not published here, because they cannot be checked against a filing. The formulas are on the methodology page. Sectors follow the industry code (SIC) the SEC assigns to each filer, with a modern classification for a few dozen of the largest companies; each page's method section explains where the two differ. To browse the companies behind the numbers, start with stocks by sector.