The Top 100 is the Dividend Manager’s custom list of dividend-bearing stock for income investors – the type of stocks that can allow you to reap high relative income and earn consistent returns without constantly worrying about market performance.
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The Dividend Manager’s Strategy For Selecting The Top 100 Dividend Paying Stocks: Select firms with moderate dividend payout ratios. Firms with moderate or even low-payout ratios will have the financial capacity to continue paying and raising dividends at an above-market rate. Choose firms with a solid history of dividend payments plus above-average dividend growth (generally a minimum of 5 percent in dividend growth rate for prospective investments).
Top 100 as of 05.15.22
| Ranking | Stock Name | Ticker | Sector | Dividend Yield |
| 1 | Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | Telecommunications | 5.31% |
| 2 | Medtronic PLC | MDT | Healthcare | 2.45% |
| 3 | Paramount Global | PARA | Telecommunications | 3.39% |
| 4 | Americold Realty | COLD | Real Estate | 3.49% |
| 5 | Amgen Inc | AMGN | Healthcare | 3.19% |
| 6 | Digital Realty | DLR | Real Estate | 3.72% |
| 7 | Clorox | CLX | Consumer Staples | 2.93% |
| 8 | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc | WBA | Consumer Staples | 4.39% |
| 9 | Citigroup | C | Financial | 4.28% |
| 10 | Gilead Sciences | GILD | Healthcare | 4.68% |
| 11 | National Grid PLC ADR | NGG | Utilities | 4.58% |
| 12 | Total SA | TTE | Energy | 5.66% |
| 13 | Edison International | EIX | Utilities | 4.28% |
| 14 | Volkswagen | VWAGY | Consumer Discretionary | 4.08% |
| 15 | Ameren | AEE | Utilities | 2.53% |
| 16 | Sabra Health Care REIT | SBRA | Real Estate | 8.06% |
| 17 | J.P. Morgan Chase | JPM | Financial | 3.36% |
| 18 | United Parcel Service Inc | UPS | Industrials | 3.41% |
| 19 | Intel Corp | INTC | Technology | 3.35% |
| 20 | Principal Financial Group Inc | PFG | Financial | 3.66% |
| 21 | Chevron | CVX | Energy | 3.38% |
| 22 | Qualcomm Inc | QCOM | Technology | 2.22% |
| 23 | Phillips 66 | PSX | Energy | 4.10% |
| 24 | Pfizer Inc | PFE | Healthcare | 3.21% |
| 25 | Texas Instruments | TXN | Technology | 2.71% |
| 26 | Sanofi ADR | SNY | Healthcare | 3.45% |
| 27 | Chemours Company | CC | Basic Materials | 2.56% |
| 28 | Société Générale ADR | SCGLY | Financial | 7.05% |
| 29 | Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | MPW | Real Estate | 6.37% |
| 30 | Merck & Co Inc | MRK | Healthcare | 3.05% |
| 31 | American Electric Power | AEP | Utilities | 3.13% |
| 32 | AT&T Inc | T | Telecommunications | 5.59% |
| 33 | Starbucks Corp | SBUX | Consumer Discretionary | 2.59% |
| 34 | Boston Properties Inc | BXP | Real Estate | 3.48% |
| 35 | Unum | UNM | Financial | 3.48% |
| 36 | General Mills Inc | GIS | Consumer Staples | 2.79% |
| 37 | Dominion Resources Inc | D | Utilities | 3.19% |
| 38 | Infosys Ltd | INFY | Technology | 2.07% |
| 39 | Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | Technology | 3.07% |
| 40 | IBM | IBM | Technology | 4.94% |
| 41 | CVS Health | CVS | Healthcare | 2.26% |
| 42 | Nestle SA | NSRGY | Consumer Staples | 2.48% |
| 43 | Emerson Electric | EMR | Industrials | 2.46% |
| 44 | Duke Energy Corp | DUK | Utilities | 3.60% |
| 45 | Ventas Inc | VTR | Real Estate | 3.27% |
| 46 | Mitsubishi UFJ Fin’l Grp Inc ADR | MUFG | Financial | 4.04% |
| 47 | Bristol Myers | BMY | Healthcare | 2.85% |
| 48 | AmerisourceBergen Corp | ABC | Healthcare | 1.20% |
| 49 | Eastman Chemical Co | EMN | Basic Materials | 2.95% |
| 50 | Xcel | XEL | Utilities | 2.62% |
| 51 | Enbridge Inc. | ENB | Basic Materials | 6.03% |
| 52 | Novartis AG | NVS | Healthcare | 3.87% |
| 53 | Kraft Heinz | KHC | Consumer Staples | 3.61% |
| 54 | Hormel Foods Corp | HRL | Consumer Staples | 1.95% |
| 55 | Dow Chemical Co | DOW | Basic Materials | 4.18% |
| 56 | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc | KDP | Consumer Discretionary | 2.02% |
| 57 | BCE Inc | BCE | Technology | 5.46% |
| 58 | KeyBank | KEY | Financial | 4.19% |
| 59 | Magna International Inc | MGA | Consumer Discretionary | 2.97% |
| 60 | Allstate | ALL | Financial | 2.65% |
| 61 | Marathon Petroleum Corp | MPC | Energy | 2.42% |
| 62 | Novo Nordisk A/S | NVO | Healthcare | 1.48% |
| 63 | The Mosaic Co | MOS | Basic Materials | 0.72% |
| 64 | Southern Co | SO | Utilities | 3.69% |
| 65 | PepsiCo Inc | PEP | Consumer Staples | 2.65% |
| 66 | Comcast Corp | CMCSA | Telecommunications | 2.60% |
| 67 | Exelon | EXC | Utilities | 2.89% |
| 68 | Darden Restaurants Inc | DRI | Consumer Discretionary | 3.44% |
| 69 | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | BUD | Consumer Staples | 0.97% |
| 70 | Consolidated Edison Inc | ED | Utilities | 3.31% |
| 71 | GlaxoSmithKline PLC | GSK | Healthcare | 4.59% |
| 72 | Unilever | UL | Consumer Staples | 4.21% |
| 73 | Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | Consumer Staples | 1.51% |
| 74 | Sempra Energy | SRE | Utilities | 2.84% |
| 75 | BP PLC | BP | Energy | 4.02% |
| 76 | Realty Income Corp | O | Real Estate | 4.40% |
| 77 | Coca-Cola Co | KO | Consumer Staples | 2.68% |
| 78 | Cummins Inc | CMI | Industrials | 2.88% |
| 79 | Eaton Corp PLC | ETN | Industrials | 2.02% |
| 80 | Astrazeneca PLC | AZN | Healthcare | 2.34% |
| 81 | Siemens AG | SIEGY | Industrials | 3.76% |
| 82 | Nutrien Ltd. | NTR | Basic Materials | 2.56% |
| 83 | State Street | STT | Financial | 2.92% |
| 84 | American Campus Communities | ACC | Real Estate | 3.71% |
| 85 | Cardinal Health Inc | CAH | Healthcare | 3.57% |
| 86 | Philip Morris International | PM | Consumer Staples | 5.19% |
| 87 | Simon Property Group | SPG | Real Estate | 5.82% |
| 88 | Target Corp | TGT | Consumer Discretionary | 1.88% |
| 89 | Oracle Corp | ORCL | Technology | 1.80% |
| 90 | Procter & Gamble Co | PG | Consumer Staples | 2.29% |
| 91 | Valero Energy Corp | VLO | Energy | 4.56% |
| 92 | The Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | Financial | 2.15% |
| 93 | Diageo Plc | DEO | Consumer Staples | 1.87% |
| 94 | United Technologies Corp | RTX | Industrials | 2.39% |
| 95 | CMS Energy Corp | CMS | Utilities | 2.75% |
| 96 | Prudential Public Ltd | PUK | Financial | 1.07% |
| 97 | Life Storage | LSI | Real Estate | 2.74% |
| 98 | McDonald’s Corp | MCD | Consumer Discretionary | 2.25% |
| 99 | Quest Diagnostics Inc | DGX | Healthcare | 1.94% |
| 100 | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | AVB | Real Estate | 2.49% |
Choose firms with an above average dividend yield based on their price and dividend history. Firms that trade at low dividend/payout ratios offer investors an opportunity for added appreciation through share price and dividend reinvestment.
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