High-Yield Dividend Stocks
Stocks currently yielding 6% or more — listed with the risk context a high yield demands.
A high yield is a price as much as a reward: the market charges less for cash flows it trusts less. Some names on this list are structures designed to distribute most of their income; others yield this much because their share price has fallen and the market is pricing in a possible cut.
That is why this page pairs the list with our rank score rather than sorting on yield alone at the top — the highest number on the page is rarely the most durable one.
| # | Company | Price | Yield | Frequency | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orchid Island Capital, Inc. ORC | $4.97 | 24.14% | Monthly | 40 |
| 2 | Redwood Trust, Inc. RWT | $3.04 | 23.68% | Quarterly | 35 |
| 3 | PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust PMT | $6.92 | 23.12% | Quarterly | 36 |
| 4 | MFA Financial, Inc. MFA | $6.59 | 21.85% | Quarterly | 37 |
| 5 | ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. ARR | $13.20 | 21.82% | Monthly | 46 |
| 6 | Chimera Investment Corporation CIM | $8.40 | 21.43% | Quarterly | 39 |
| 7 | Townsquare Media, Inc. TSQ | $3.83 | 20.89% | Quarterly | 20 |
| 8 | Saratoga Investment Corp. SAR | $15.32 | 19.58% | Monthly | 31 |
| 9 | Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. SUNS | $6.39 | 18.78% | Quarterly | 28 |
| 10 | Dynex Capital, Inc. DX | $10.93 | 18.66% | Monthly | 48 |
| 11 | CION Investment Corporation CION | $6.59 | 18.21% | Monthly | 27 |
| 12 | Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. CCAP | $8.90 | 18.09% | Monthly | 28 |
| 13 | TPG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc MITT | $5.36 | 17.91% | Quarterly | 33 |
| 14 | Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. BXMT | $10.53 | 17.85% | Quarterly | 38 |
| 15 | Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. OTF | $9.13 | 17.52% | Weekly | 27 |
| 16 | Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation ACRE | $3.45 | 17.39% | Quarterly | 30 |
| 17 | BrightSpire Capital, Inc. BRSP | $3.69 | 17.34% | Quarterly | 27 |
| 18 | OFS Capital Corporation OFS | $3.93 | 17.30% | Quarterly | 28 |
| 19 | New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. NYMT | $7.11 | 16.88% | Quarterly | 50 |
| 20 | B&G Foods, Inc. BGS | $2.29 | 16.59% | Quarterly | 31 |
| 21 | TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. TRTX | $5.79 | 16.58% | Quarterly | 29 |
| 22 | AGNC Investment Corp. AGNC | $8.72 | 16.51% | Monthly | 45 |
| 23 | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NLY | $18.23 | 16.46% | Quarterly | 49 |
| 24 | BCP Investment Corporation BCIC | $6.66 | 16.22% | Monthly | 32 |
| 25 | Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation CHMI | $2.49 | 16.06% | Quarterly | 40 |
| 26 | Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. PSBD | $9.60 | 15.83% | Quarterly | 26 |
| 27 | Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. GSBD | $8.73 | 15.81% | Quarterly | 29 |
| 28 | Adamas Trust, Inc. ADAM | $7.64 | 15.71% | Quarterly | 48 |
| 29 | Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. LIEN | $9.14 | 14.88% | Quarterly | 26 |
| 30 | Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. IIPR | $52.39 | 14.51% | Quarterly | 31 |
| 31 | Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. NCDL | $10.62 | 14.31% | Quarterly | 28 |
| 32 | Stellus Capital Investment Corporation SCM | $7.06 | 14.16% | Monthly | 32 |
| 33 | Millrose Properties, Inc. MRP | $22.50 | 14.04% | Quarterly | 28 |
| 34 | Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund MSDL | $13.03 | 13.81% | Quarterly | 26 |
| 35 | Rithm Property Trust Inc. RPT | $10.43 | 13.81% | Quarterly | 37 |
| 36 | Presidio Production Company FTW | $9.90 | 13.64% | Quarterly | 47 |
| 37 | Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. CGBD | $10.39 | 13.47% | Quarterly | 29 |
| 38 | Ellington Financial Inc. EFC | $11.65 | 13.39% | Monthly | 37 |
| 39 | Capital Southwest Corporation CSWC | $23.08 | 13.18% | Monthly | 38 |
| 40 | NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. NREF | $15.42 | 12.97% | Quarterly | 41 |
| 41 | Blackstone Secured Lending Fund BXSL | $23.86 | 12.91% | Quarterly | 25 |
| 42 | Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. FBRT | $6.21 | 12.88% | Quarterly | 29 |
| 43 | Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. KBDC | $12.43 | 12.87% | Quarterly | 26 |
| 44 | Trinity Capital Inc. TRIN | $16.09 | 12.68% | Monthly | 31 |
| 45 | Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. LOAN | $3.51 | 12.54% | Quarterly | 35 |
| 46 | Blue Owl Capital Corporation OBDC | $10.11 | 12.27% | Quarterly | 27 |
| 47 | Brandywine Realty Trust BDN | $2.63 | 12.17% | Quarterly | 36 |
| 48 | Medical Properties Trust, Inc. MPT | $3.01 | 11.96% | Quarterly | 33 |
| 49 | Spok Holdings, Inc. SPOK | $10.61 | 11.78% | Quarterly | 30 |
| 50 | NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. NXRT | $18.37 | 11.54% | Quarterly | 22 |
Methodology
U.S.-listed common stocks (major U.S. exchanges only; OTC, Canadian and other foreign listings, ADRs, preferred shares and exchange-traded notes are excluded, and an issuer with several share classes appears once) in our coverage with a current yield of 6% or higher (computed from the latest regular payment, annualized, against the latest price; one-off specials excluded; yields our validation layer flags as data errors are suppressed site-wide). Ordered by yield, with DividendRank shown alongside.
What to Keep in Mind
Above roughly twice the market average, yield starts functioning as a warning: verify whether the payout grew or the price fell, and check coverage on each name's page. A yield that exists because the price collapsed is the classic yield-trap signature.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a high dividend yield?
Anything well above the large-cap average (~1.5–2%) deserves the label; this list starts at 6%. The higher above sector norms a yield sits, the more scrutiny the payout deserves.
Is a high dividend yield safe?
Not by itself. Yield rises mechanically when a share price falls, so a very high figure often reflects risk the market has already priced. Coverage and payment history — shown on each ticker page — are the relevant checks.
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Data updated Oct 19, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.