The safest dividend stocks right now
The 50 highest dividend safety scores we track, as of 2026-07-29, 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 | QCRH | 98.9 | Very Safe |
| 2 | WSFS | 97.6 | Very Safe |
| 3 | AAPL | 97.6 | Very Safe |
| 4 | WRB | 97.2 | Very Safe |
| 5 | DB1 | 97.0 | Very Safe |
| 6 | GL | 96.6 | Very Safe |
| 7 | AIT | 96.6 | Very Safe |
| 8 | CHCO | 96.3 | Very Safe |
| 9 | MLI | 96.1 | Very Safe |
| 10 | USLM | 96.1 | Very Safe |
| 11 | IBOC | 96.0 | Very Safe |
| 12 | AIZ | 95.9 | Very Safe |
| 13 | AME | 95.8 | Very Safe |
| 14 | SEIC | 95.8 | Very Safe |
| 15 | CW | 95.8 | Very Safe |
| 16 | HMM-A-CT | 95.7 | Very Safe |
| 17 | SRCE | 95.7 | Very Safe |
| 18 | AYI | 95.5 | Very Safe |
| 19 | FCAP | 95.5 | Very Safe |
| 20 | AXP | 95.4 | Very Safe |
| 21 | SYBT | 95.2 | Very Safe |
| 22 | FMBH | 95.2 | Very Safe |
| 23 | UVSP | 95.2 | Very Safe |
| 24 | MTG | 95.0 | Very Safe |
| 25 | HTH | 94.9 | Very Safe |
| 26 | SSD | 94.9 | Very Safe |
| 27 | KAI | 94.9 | Very Safe |
| 28 | RJF | 94.9 | Very Safe |
| 29 | MBWM | 94.8 | Very Safe |
| 30 | OVBC | 94.8 | Very Safe |
| 31 | HEI | 94.8 | Very Safe |
| 32 | TRMK | 94.7 | Very Safe |
| 33 | FIX | 94.6 | Very Safe |
| 34 | PHM | 94.6 | Very Safe |
| 35 | AMAT | 94.6 | Very Safe |
| 36 | WAB | 94.5 | Very Safe |
| 37 | BANF | 94.5 | Very Safe |
| 38 | CCBG | 94.5 | Very Safe |
| 39 | EME | 94.3 | Very Safe |
| 40 | MCO | 94.2 | Very Safe |
| 41 | BOKF | 94.2 | Very Safe |
| 42 | HBCP | 93.9 | Very Safe |
| 43 | EWBC | 93.9 | Very Safe |
| 44 | RSG | 93.8 | Very Safe |
| 45 | WTS | 93.8 | Very Safe |
| 46 | DOL-CT | 93.7 | Very Safe |
| 47 | SMBC | 93.7 | Very Safe |
| 48 | KLAC | 93.7 | Very Safe |
| 49 | SCHW | 93.7 | Very Safe |
| 50 | ASML.AS | 93.6 | Very Safe |
A high score is about the dividend surviving, not about the stock being cheap or the yield being high. How the score works · See the danger zone instead
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