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 | 2.5 | 42.34% |
| 2 | PPC | 5.5 | 22.76% |
| 3 | NLY | 6.8 | 14.14% |
| 4 | PK | 3.9 | 13.50% |
| 5 | SOLS | 5.0 | 12.59% |
| 6 | FLO | 2.7 | 11.75% |
| 7 | STWD | 5.2 | 11.22% |
| 8 | WHR | 2.8 | 10.28% |
| 9 | ALLY | 5.4 | 10.15% |
| 10 | RYN | 5.3 | 9.06% |
| 11 | ORI | 6.1 | 7.82% |
| 12 | EPR | 4.9 | 7.80% |
| 13 | KRC | 4.0 | 7.68% |
| 14 | GLPI | 5.6 | 7.09% |
| 15 | MTN | 4.9 | 6.97% |
| 16 | HR | 6.4 | 6.56% |
| 17 | NSA | 7.2 | 6.16% |
| 18 | SBRA | 5.2 | 6.04% |
| 19 | CUZ | 4.3 | 5.99% |
| 20 | AFG | 5.1 | 5.78% |
| 21 | CUBE | 5.0 | 5.77% |
| 22 | OHI | 5.3 | 5.75% |
| 23 | NNN | 3.8 | 5.62% |
| 24 | WTRG | 6.9 | 5.59% |
| 25 | XRAY | 4.1 | 5.59% |
| 26 | CNXC | 1.6 | 5.38% |
| 27 | WPC | 4.5 | 5.28% |
| 28 | REXR | 4.3 | 5.26% |
| 29 | COLB | 6.6 | 5.24% |
| 30 | LAMR | 7.1 | 5.22% |
| 31 | RLI | 5.0 | 5.00% |
| 32 | AMH | 4.9 | 4.98% |
| 33 | PII | 2.6 | 4.88% |
| 34 | VNOM | 4.1 | 4.81% |
| 35 | BBWI | 4.3 | 4.76% |
| 36 | GPK | 2.9 | 4.63% |
| 37 | HRB | 4.3 | 4.60% |
| 38 | IRT | 5.1 | 4.46% |
| 39 | KRG | 6.6 | 4.39% |
| 40 | FNF | 4.2 | 4.36% |
| 41 | SMG | 6.0 | 4.33% |
| 42 | WMG | 3.8 | 4.29% |
| 43 | CRBG | 5.0 | 4.25% |
| 44 | JEF | 4.2 | 4.21% |
| 45 | STAG | 5.8 | 4.21% |
| 46 | ADC | 5.1 | 4.12% |
| 47 | NWE | 4.6 | 4.02% |
| 48 | UGI | 6.7 | 4.01% |
| 49 | M | 6.6 | 3.97% |
| 50 | OGE | 5.7 | 3.95% |
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.