The safest dividend stocks right now

The 50 highest dividend safety scores we track, as of 2026-07-07, updated with every weekly rescore. A score above 80 means Very Safe: in our testing across 18 years of market history, stocks rated Very Safe almost never cut their dividend, and none did from 2020 through 2025. Click any stock for the full breakdown of what's behind its score.

#	Stock	Score	Rating
1	AFLAFLAC	84.1	Very Safe
2	OZKBank of the Ozarks	81.4	Very Safe
3	IMOImperial Oil	79.5	Safe
4	PRIPrimerica	77.3	Safe
5	SNASnap-On	75.4	Safe
6	LOWLowe's Companies	75.2	Safe
7	EOGEOG Resources	74.9	Safe
8	MFCManulife Financial	70.7	Safe
9	SUSuncor Energy	70.6	Safe
10	IDEXYIndustria de Diseño Textil, S.A.	69.9	Safe
11	FRFirst Industrial Realty Trust	68.9	Safe
12	AMGNAmgen	68.6	Safe
13	DKSDick's Sporting Goods	67.9	Safe
14	MCDMcDonald's	67.3	Safe
15	DRIDarden Restaurants	66.6	Safe
16	TRNOTerreno Realty	66.3	Safe
17	ADPAutomatic Data Processing	66.2	Safe
18	UNHUnitedHealth Group Incorporated	64.9	Safe
19	LGGNYLegal & General Group	64.8	Safe
20	BRBroadridge Financial Solutions Inc.Common Stock	63.6	Safe
21	ADCAgree Realty	63.2	Safe
22	HDHome Depot Inc.	63.1	Safe
23	MDTMedtronic	62.8	Safe
24	NTRNutrien	62.5	Safe
25	KOCoca-Cola Company	61.9	Safe
26	SPGSimon Property Group	61.3	Safe
27	DPZDomino's Pizza	61.3	Safe
28	DBDeutsche Bank	60.9	Safe
29	PRUPrudential Financial	60.3	Safe
30	IBDRYIberdrola	59.9	Borderline
31	PMPhilip Morris International	59.8	Borderline
32	CNQCanadian Natural Resources	59.6	Borderline
33	NJRNewJersey Resources	59.2	Borderline
34	BBarrick Mining	59.2	Borderline
35	AWRAmerican States Water	59.1	Borderline
36	AMHAmerican Homes 4 Rent of Beneficial Interest	59.1	Borderline
37	FDXFedEx	58.3	Borderline
38	AMTAmerican Tower Corporation	58.2	Borderline
39	TRGPTarga Resources	58.1	Borderline
40	BMYBristol-Myers Squibb	57.8	Borderline
41	VZVerizon Communications	57.6	Borderline
42	YUMCYum China Holdings	57.4	Borderline
43	EXCExelon	57.3	Borderline
44	PAYXPaychex	57.2	Borderline
45	WPCW.P. Carey Inc. REIT	57.2	Borderline
46	OHIOmega Healthcare Investors	57.1	Borderline
47	CVXChevron	56.6	Borderline
48	WECWEC Energy Group	56.6	Borderline
49	NEENextEra Energy	56.5	Borderline
50	EXRExtra Space Storage	56.4	Borderline

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