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Safe High-Yield Dividend Stocks

High yield is easy to find; safe high yield is the hard part. These dividend stocks pair an above-market forward yield (4–13%) with a dividend-safety score of 75 or higher — so you get the income without the yield-trap risk.

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Updated July 2026 · 50 stocks · refreshed daily

#CompanyYieldGrowth StreakSafety
1BITBITBlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust12.18%1 yrB · 76
2RANDRANDRand Capital Corporation11.52%4 yrB · 76
3AVKAVKAdvent Convertible and Income Fund11.50%2 yrA · 86
4CRWSCRWSCrown Crafts, Inc.10.70%0 yrA · 81
5GABGABThe Gabelli Equity Trust Inc.10.62%0 yrA · 86
6THWTHWAbrdn World Healthcare Fund10.48%0 yrA · 85
7BHFALBHFALBrighthouse Financial, Inc.10.34%0 yrB · 75
8BPYPPBPYPPBrookfield Property Partners L.P.10.23%0 yrB · 76
9FCELBFCELBFuelCell Energy, Inc.10.00%0 yrA · 80
10CCDCCDCalamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund9.48%0 yrA · 81
11LFMDPLFMDPLifeMD, Inc.9.46%0 yrB · 78
12HOVNPHOVNPHovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A9.44%0 yrA · 80
13GUTGUTThe Gabelli Utility Trust9.38%2 yrB · 78
14MLPRMLPRETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5X Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN9.01%5 yrA · 81
15NIENIEVirtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund9.00%1 yrA · 87
16RMRRMRThe RMR Group Inc.8.98%4 yrB · 79
17AIOAIOVirtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund8.66%0 yrA · 80
18JSMJSMNavient Corporation SR NT 6% 1215438.59%0 yrA · 80
19GREELGREELGreenidge Generation Holdings Inc. 8.50% Senior Notes due 20268.57%0 yrA · 80
20WLKPWLKPWestlake Chemical Partners LP8.56%0 yrA · 81
21IMPPPIMPPPImperial Petroleum Inc.8.44%0 yrB · 78
22PLDGPPLDGPPrologis, Inc.8.25%0 yrA · 89
23EOIEOIEaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund8.19%2 yrA · 81
24ACVACVVirtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund8.18%0 yrA · 82
25LBRDPLBRDPLiberty Broadband Corporation8.14%0 yrB · 75
26DHCNIDHCNIDiversified Healthcare Trust -8.09%0 yrA · 83
27VLYPPVLYPPValley National Bancorp8.00%1 yrA · 80
28FGNXFGNXPFG Nexus Inc.7.98%0 yrB · 75
29NHPAPNHPAPNational Healthcare Properties, Inc.7.96%0 yrB · 76
30CAGCAGConagra Brands, Inc.7.94%0 yrB · 78
31WVVIPWVVIPWillamette Valley Vineyards, Inc.7.87%0 yrB · 78
32DKLDKLDelek Logistics Partners, LP7.82%12 yrB · 78
33ECFECFEllsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.7.81%2 yrA · 84
34BKZHBKZHYErste Bank Polska S.A.7.72%4 yrB · 79
35CHSCOCHSCOCHS Inc.7.68%0 yrA · 88
36BDJBDJBlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust7.67%4 yrB · 77
37MNSBPMNSBPMainStreet Bancshares, Inc.7.51%0 yrB · 78
38CHSCPCHSCPCHS Inc.7.51%0 yrA · 92
39CHSCLCHSCLCHS Inc.7.41%0 yrA · 87
40FIISOFIISOFinancial Institutions, Inc. 8.48% SRB1 PFD B7.33%0 yrA · 87
41UNMAUNMAUnum Group 6.250% JR NT587.33%0 yrB · 78
42HTDHTDJohn Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund7.30%1 yrA · 87
43MGRMGRAffiliated Managers Group, Inc.7.30%0 yrB · 75
44SIGIPSIGIPSelective Insurance Group, Inc.7.27%0 yrB · 77
45MPLXMPLXMPLX LP7.27%4 yrB · 79
46AFGCAFGCAmerican Financial Group, Inc.7.17%0 yrB · 75
47BMEBMEBlackRock Health Sciences Trust7.17%2 yrA · 85
48OLPOLPOne Liberty Properties, Inc.7.17%0 yrB · 76
49DDTDDTDillards Capital Trust I CAP SECS 7.5%7.16%0 yrA · 98
50AFGBAFGBAmerican Financial Group, Inc. 7.13%0 yrB · 77

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