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The State of Dividends — Q3 2026

Every raise and cut across the listed dividend universe, valuation against fair value, and safety grades by sector. Free, ungated and citable.

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High-Yield Funds: Did Anyone Actually Make Money? We Checked

We sent a made-up investor back in time with $10,000 for each of seven high-yield funds (JEPQ, MSTY, ULTY, PDI, GOF, NLY and ARR), took every payment as cash, and counted what he had on November 6, 2026, against a plain S&P 500 fund bought the same day. Six made money. One beat the index.

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The dividend market today

Data as of Nov 12, 2026 · Source: SmarterDividends data

As of Nov 12, 2026, SmarterDividends tracks 3,066 U.S.-listed stocks, ETFs and funds that pay a dividend.
As of Nov 12, 2026, the median forward dividend yield among U.S.-listed dividend-paying stocks with a market value of at least $500 million is 2.48%.
As of Nov 12, 2026, 110 U.S.-listed stocks in SmarterDividends' data have raised their dividend for 25 or more consecutive years.
In the 30 days to Nov 12, 2026, 149 U.S.-listed companies raised their regular dividend and 1 cut it, by ex-dividend date. That is 149.0 increases for every cut.
In the seven days from Nov 12, 2026, 519 U.S.-listed dividend payers tracked by SmarterDividends have an ex-dividend date.
As of Nov 12, 2026, 41% of the 2,777 dividend payers SmarterDividends values screen as undervalued, meaning their blended fair-value estimate is at least 15% above the share price.

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IncreaseREG·Nov 12, 2026

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IncreaseADP·Nov 11, 2026

ADP Raises Quarterly Dividend 11.8% to $1.90

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IncreaseARTNA·Nov 11, 2026

Artesian Resources Raises Quarterly Dividend 2.0% to $0.3263

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