Highest large-cap dividend yields, latest session
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from Free Stock Market Data API, No Key Required.
| ticker | dividend_yield_pct | as_of_label |
|---|---|---|
| ARR | 14.58 | Aug 20 |
| PAA | 13.9 | Aug 20 |
| MNR | 13.67 | Aug 20 |
| BXMT | 13.35 | Aug 20 |
| WU | 13.31 | Aug 20 |
| AGNC | 13.05 | Aug 20 |
| NLY | 11.95 | Aug 20 |
| RITM | 11.86 | Aug 20 |
| STWD | 11.54 | Aug 20 |
| DX | 11.08 | Aug 20 |
| BKE | 10.25 | Aug 20 |
| APAM | 10.17 | Aug 20 |
- Rows × columns
- 12 × 3
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 12 distinct values (AGNC, APAM, ARR…) | |
dividend_yield_pct |
number | 10.17 to 14.58 | percent |
as_of_label |
text | 1 distinct value (Aug 20) |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT ticker,
round(dividend_yield * 100, 2) AS dividend_yield_pct,
formatDateTime(date, '%b %e') AS as_of_label
FROM global_markets.stocks_ratios
WHERE date = (SELECT max(date) FROM global_markets.stocks_ratios)
AND dividend_yield BETWEEN 0.02 AND 0.15
AND market_cap > 2e9
AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
ORDER BY dividend_yield DESC
LIMIT 12
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