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 | 5.0 | 33.04% |
| 2 | PPC | 4.2 | 29.12% |
| 3 | WHR | 2.5 | 14.02% |
| 4 | NLY | 5.4 | 13.02% |
| 5 | SOLS | 4.9 | 11.77% |
| 6 | STWD | 4.5 | 11.59% |
| 7 | PK | 5.2 | 9.76% |
| 8 | RYN | 5.6 | 8.56% |
| 9 | ALLY | 4.8 | 8.46% |
| 10 | ORI | 5.3 | 7.44% |
| 11 | GLPI | 5.2 | 7.08% |
| 12 | MTN | 5.2 | 6.44% |
| 13 | EPR | 5.5 | 6.43% |
| 14 | SBRA | 4.2 | 5.87% |
| 15 | WTRG | 5.7 | 5.73% |
| 16 | VNOM | 3.7 | 5.65% |
| 17 | XRAY | 4.2 | 5.51% |
| 18 | KRC | 4.5 | 5.47% |
| 19 | HR | 6.8 | 5.36% |
| 20 | OHI | 4.6 | 5.18% |
| 21 | AFG | 5.5 | 5.08% |
| 22 | WPC | 4.5 | 5.01% |
| 23 | REXR | 4.1 | 5.01% |
| 24 | NSA | 6.4 | 4.96% |
| 25 | NNN | 4.3 | 4.96% |
| 26 | CHRD | 4.7 | 4.85% |
| 27 | RLI | 4.9 | 4.56% |
| 28 | COLB | 5.0 | 4.41% |
| 29 | PII | 3.2 | 4.19% |
| 30 | UGI | 4.9 | 4.18% |
| 31 | ACI | 2.2 | 4.17% |
| 32 | CUZ | 6.0 | 4.12% |
| 33 | FNF | 4.2 | 4.11% |
| 34 | BBWI | 6.3 | 4.11% |
| 35 | LAMR | 7.9 | 4.10% |
| 36 | NXST | 3.1 | 4.07% |
| 37 | MUR | 4.2 | 4.05% |
| 38 | AM | 6.2 | 4.05% |
| 39 | AMH | 5.5 | 4.01% |
| 40 | OLN | 3.9 | 3.99% |
| 41 | ADC | 4.4 | 3.94% |
| 42 | GPK | 3.1 | 3.93% |
| 43 | SR | 4.8 | 3.90% |
| 44 | STAG | 4.9 | 3.87% |
| 45 | POR | 2.9 | 3.86% |
| 46 | SMG | 5.8 | 3.82% |
| 47 | OGE | 4.7 | 3.80% |
| 48 | IRT | 4.9 | 3.79% |
| 49 | KRG | 6.4 | 3.69% |
| 50 | NWE | 3.2 | 3.68% |
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.