Best MidCap Dividend Stocks 2026 — Quality Yield
Highest-yielding MidCap 400 stocks with strong fundamentals. Updated daily using 5 investment models.
| # | Ticker | Score | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOG | 4.8 | 34.61% |
| 2 | PPC | 4.2 | 26.14% |
| 3 | FLO | 3.0 | 13.47% |
| 4 | NLY | 6.0 | 12.80% |
| 5 | PK | 4.4 | 12.41% |
| 6 | SOLS | 5.0 | 11.51% |
| 7 | WHR | 2.5 | 11.07% |
| 8 | STWD | 5.2 | 10.59% |
| 9 | RYN | 5.2 | 9.01% |
| 10 | ALLY | 5.4 | 8.87% |
| 11 | ORI | 5.3 | 7.93% |
| 12 | MTN | 5.1 | 7.13% |
| 13 | GLPI | 6.0 | 6.67% |
| 14 | EPR | 5.4 | 6.57% |
| 15 | KRC | 4.0 | 6.30% |
| 16 | WTRG | 5.5 | 5.98% |
| 17 | SBRA | 4.7 | 5.86% |
| 18 | HR | 6.5 | 5.75% |
| 19 | XRAY | 4.8 | 5.69% |
| 20 | AFG | 5.3 | 5.50% |
| 21 | OHI | 4.6 | 5.45% |
| 22 | NSA | 6.3 | 5.45% |
| 23 | RLI | 4.4 | 5.39% |
| 24 | NNN | 3.7 | 5.38% |
| 25 | CNXC | 1.8 | 5.21% |
| 26 | CUZ | 5.3 | 5.10% |
| 27 | BBWI | 7.0 | 4.93% |
| 28 | WPC | 4.7 | 4.90% |
| 29 | HRB | 4.5 | 4.90% |
| 30 | VNOM | 4.4 | 4.83% |
| 31 | REXR | 4.2 | 4.83% |
| 32 | COLB | 5.8 | 4.71% |
| 33 | UGI | 5.5 | 4.54% |
| 34 | LAMR | 7.3 | 4.27% |
| 35 | AMH | 5.1 | 4.22% |
| 36 | SMG | 5.7 | 4.18% |
| 37 | AM | 6.2 | 4.16% |
| 38 | SON | 6.6 | 4.15% |
| 39 | POR | 2.7 | 4.09% |
| 40 | KRG | 6.3 | 4.04% |
| 41 | IRT | 4.9 | 4.04% |
| 42 | JEF | 5.0 | 4.00% |
| 43 | CHRD | 5.4 | 3.99% |
| 44 | PII | 3.3 | 3.98% |
| 45 | GPK | 3.0 | 3.98% |
| 46 | FNF | 4.1 | 3.97% |
| 47 | STAG | 4.7 | 3.96% |
| 48 | OGE | 4.3 | 3.93% |
| 49 | ADC | 4.3 | 3.88% |
| 50 | M | 5.4 | 3.84% |
Understanding the MidCap Dividend Ranking
Income investors default to the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats — established companies with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These are safe choices, but they are also fully priced. Everyone knows about them. Mid-cap dividend stocks are where income investing gets interesting, because the market has not finished discovering them.
Consider the math on dividend growth. A mid-cap yielding 3% today that grows its payout by 10% annually will generate more income than a large-cap yielding 4% with 3% growth. The crossover happens in year six. By year ten, the mid-cap is paying dramatically more. Mid-caps are more likely to be in the high-growth phase of their dividend lifecycle — they have passed the reinvestment-heavy early stage and started returning capital, but their growth rate has not yet decelerated to the 3-5% typical of mature large-caps.
The risk is that mid-cap dividends are less battle-tested. A company with 5 years of dividend history does not have the same track record as one with 30 years. Payout ratios matter more here: anything above 75-80% of earnings (for non-REITs) leaves thin margin for a bad quarter. Free cash flow coverage is the harder test — is the company generating enough actual cash to fund the dividend, or is it relying on accounting earnings that include non-cash items?
AlphaStocks pairs yield data with the Piotroski F-Score (financial health, look for 7+) and Buffett quality assessment (competitive moat durability). The most compelling entries on this list are companies yielding above the market average with composite scores of 6 or higher — dividends that are both generous today and likely to grow tomorrow.