US High-Dividend Value Stocks Top 50

Based on closing prices of 2 Oct 2026. Stocks listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq that are cheap, financially sound and paying a high dividend.

Every stock below meets all five conditions, sorted by dividend yield.

Rebuilt automatically after the US market closes, using that day’s closing prices. Last update: 2026-10-03 06:05 (Japan time)

Screening conditions

Item	Condition
Dividend yield	3% or more, on dividends actually paid
PER	20 or less
PBR	3 or less
ROE	5.0% or more
Interest-bearing debt	No larger than shareholders’ equity
As of	2 Oct 2026 (US closing price)

Stocks meeting every condition: 35.

The Japanese ranking on this site uses stricter conditions (PBR 1 or less, PER 10 or less, net cash). Applied to US stocks, those leave only a handful of names, because US high-dividend stocks are concentrated in telecoms, utilities and REITs, which carry heavy debt. The conditions here are adjusted to US levels.

Matching stocks, by dividend yield

Share price and dividend are in US dollars. PBR, PER and ROE are the same figures used for screening.

Rank	Ticker	Name	Price	Dividend	Yield	PBR	PER	ROE	Basis	FY end	Ex-div months
1	DSWL	DESWELL INDUSTRIES INC	3.07	0.600	19.54%	0.45	4.58	9.7%	Paid × 2/yr	Mar	Jul, Dec
2	SIGA	SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC	3.38	0.600	17.75%	1.47	10.56	14.1%	Paid × 1/yr	Dec	Apr
3	INSW	International Seaways, Inc.	115.81	13.40	11.57%	2.53	18.59	13.7%	Paid × 4/yr*	Dec	Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
4	SPOK	Spok Holdings, Inc	10.89	1.25	11.50%	1.63	14.52	11.4%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Mar, May, Aug, Nov
5	ETD	ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC	21.06	1.95	9.26%	1.13	13.50	8.5%	Paid × 5/yr*	Jun	Feb, May, Aug, Sep, Nov
6	UG	UNITED GUARDIAN INC	7.13	0.600	8.42%	2.82	15.50	18.1%	Paid × 2/yr	Dec	Feb, Jul
7	LPG	DORIAN LPG LTD.	57.21	4.00	6.99%	1.98	12.60	15.7%	Paid × 4/yr	Mar	Feb, May, Jul, Nov
8	SFD	SMITHFIELD FOODS INC	18.86	1.25	6.64%	1.06	7.51	14.1%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Apr, May, Aug, Nov
9	HNNA	HENNESSY ADVISORS INC	10.31	0.600	5.82%	0.81	8.12	9.8%	Paid × 4/yr	Sep	Feb, May, Aug, Nov
10	RYN	RAYONIER INC	18.06	1.04	5.76%	1.02	5.96	8.9%	Paid × 4/yr*	Dec	Mar, Jun, Oct, Dec
11	LCII	LCI INDUSTRIES	82.81	4.60	5.55%	1.41	10.94	13.1%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Mar, May, Aug, Nov
12	SHOE	SHOE STATION GROUP INC	12.58	0.680	5.41%	0.51	6.62	7.7%	Paid × 4/yr	Jan	Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
13	NUS	NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.	4.61	0.240	5.21%	0.41	1.45	29.5%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Feb, May, Aug, Nov
14	EHLD	Euroholdings Ltd.	11.84	0.560	4.73%	1.66	2.25	73.4%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
15	EBF	ENNIS, INC.	22.56	1.00	4.43%	1.84	13.59	13.7%	Paid × 4/yr	Feb	Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
16	ESEA	EUROSEAS LTD.	72.42	3.20	4.42%	1.10	3.67	29.6%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
17	REYN	Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.	22.32	0.920	4.12%	2.04	15.61	13.0%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Feb, May, Aug, Nov
18	MZTI	MARZETTI CO	99.53	4.00	4.02%	2.58	14.26	18.2%	Paid × 4/yr	Jun	Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
19	ASIX	AdvanSix Inc.	16.22	0.640	3.95%	0.55	9.01	6.2%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Mar, May, Aug, Nov
20	EMN	EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO	64.87	2.52	3.88%	1.22	15.82	7.8%	Paid × 3/yr	Dec	Mar, Jun, Dec
21	SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	13.62	0.520	3.82%	0.93	7.17	12.9%	Paid × 4/yr*	Dec	Mar, May, Aug, Nov
22	REPX	Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.	42.19	1.60	3.79%	1.48	5.56	25.4%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
23	OGS	ONE Gas, Inc.	72.57	2.72	3.75%	1.29	16.61	7.5%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Feb, May, Aug, Nov
24	MLKN	MILLERKNOLL, INC.	20.24	0.752	3.72%	1.03	15.33	6.7%	Paid × 4/yr	May	Feb, May, Aug, Nov
25	TUYA	Tuya Inc.	1.69	0.061	3.61%	1.01	18.78	5.7%	Paid × 1/yr	Dec	Mar
26	LFVN	Lifevantage Corp	6.07	0.200	3.29%	2.26	15.18	15.1%	Paid × 4/yr	Jun	Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
27	LZB	LA-Z-BOY INC	29.94	0.968	3.23%	1.18	12.12	10.1%	Paid × 4/yr	Apr	Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
28	ESCA	ESCALADE INC	19.26	0.612	3.18%	1.45	19.45	7.5%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
29	CRI	CARTERS INC	31.59	1.00	3.17%	1.13	12.49	8.9%	Paid × 4/yr	Jan	Mar, May, Sep, Nov
30	SWX	Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.	82.69	2.58	3.12%	1.45	13.60	10.7%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Feb, May, Aug, Nov
31	GAP	GAP INC	22.51	0.700	3.11%	2.00	10.57	20.7%	Paid × 4/yr	Jan	Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
32	CRC	California Resources Corp	52.43	1.62	3.09%	1.37	12.63	10.7%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Mar, May, Sep, Dec
33	GROW	U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC	2.86	0.088	3.08%	0.66	11.92	6.8%	Paid × 11/yr	Jun	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec
34	APOG	APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC.	35.62	1.08	3.03%	1.45	14.13	10.6%	Paid × 4/yr	Feb	Feb, May, Jul, Oct
35	STRA	Strategic Education, Inc.	79.72	2.40	3.01%	1.08	14.74	7.8%	Paid × 4/yr	Dec	Mar, May, Sep, Dec

How the list is narrowed down

The starting point is every stock listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq (about 6,000 companies). No broker or data-site screener is used; every figure is recalculated from the XBRL in annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC.

Stage	Stocks
Universe (stocks with XBRL figures)	5,440
Operating companies (banks, insurers, REITs and BDCs excluded)	4,054
Stocks where all five conditions can be judged	2,188
plus ROE 5.0% or more	1,025
plus interest-bearing debt no larger than equity	673
plus pays a dividend	360
plus a share price was available	360
plus PBR 3 or less and PER 20 or less	117
plus has paid dividends for at least a year	111
plus dividend yield 3% or more	35

The condition that cuts the most is "interest-bearing debt no larger than equity". US companies routinely fund themselves with bonds, so the well-known dividend payers in telecoms, utilities, tobacco and REITs are almost wiped out by it. The high-yield stocks that do pass are mostly small and mid caps.

ROE and the debt condition do not change when the share price moves. They are applied first, and only the stocks that survive have their prices and dividend histories fetched.

Notes

Every figure is calculated from SEC EDGAR XBRL data (annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q). PER uses diluted EPS for the latest full year, ROE is full-year net income divided by equity at the latest quarter end, and PBR uses book value per share, derived from equity divided by shares outstanding.

The dividend is "the latest payment × payments per year". US companies do not publish an annual dividend forecast; the board declares each quarterly payment, so annualising the latest payment is the usual practice. If the latest payment was a special dividend, the median of the past year’s payments is used instead. A * in the "Basis" column marks stocks whose past year included a special (unusually large) dividend.

Stocks that paid only once in the past two years are not listed, so that a one-off special dividend does not show up as a high yield. For the same reason, yields above 25% are treated as outliers and excluded.

"Ex-div months" are the months in which the stock went ex-dividend over the past year. Payment usually follows two to four weeks later. Please check each company’s own investor relations pages for exact dates.

Banks, insurers, mortgage REITs and BDCs are excluded. Their balance sheets are not split into current and non-current items, and deposits or repo funding are the business itself, so "interest-bearing debt" cannot be compared on the same footing.

ADRs and other stocks whose per-share figures and share price are in different units are also excluded. A stock is dropped automatically when EPS × shares outstanding is far from net income. Companies with several share classes are not listed when shares outstanding cannot be pinned to a single figure.

All amounts are in US dollars, before tax. Withholding and other taxes depend on where you live, so the yield you actually receive will be lower than the figure shown.

Definitions differ between data providers, so these figures will not match those shown by brokers or other sites.

During earnings season, some stocks can lag by a day or two, because the amount read from the SEC in one update is capped.

Stocks without a recent full-year result, quarter-end balance sheet and dividend history are excluded, since they cannot be judged. Recently listed companies fall into this group.

This page is for information only and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Please make investment decisions on your own responsibility.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (XBRL frames API) and Yahoo Finance (share prices and dividend history).