What Is a Good Dividend Yield in 2026?
Where US dividend payers sit: yield bands, $1B+ market cap, latest snapshotranking ·
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The 10-year Treasury yield, month by month: July 2021 to the latest reading on fileseries ·
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Trailing yield by sector fund: twelve months of distributions over the late-July 2026 priceranking ·
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Intel (INTC): month-end price, quarterly dividend, and quoted yield, Jan 2021 to Jun 2024series ·
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Current yield vs five-year dividend growth: ten household payers, July 2026ranking ·
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Where US dividend payers sit: yield bands, $1B+ market cap, latest snapshot
Where US dividend payers sit: yield bands, $1B+ market cap, latest snapshot
| yield_band | company_count | pct_of_payers | cumulative_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| under 1% | 356 | 28 | 28 |
| 1 to 2% | 280 | 22 | 50.1 |
| 2 to 3% | 251 | 19.8 | 69.8 |
| 3 to 4% | 131 | 10.3 | 80.2 |
| 4 to 6% | 143 | 11.3 | 91.4 |
| 6 to 8% | 53 | 4.2 | 95.6 |
| 8% and up | 56 | 4.4 | 100 |
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH payers AS (
SELECT ticker,
argMax(dividend_yield, date) * 100 AS yield_pct
FROM global_markets.stocks_ratios
WHERE date = (SELECT max(date) FROM global_markets.stocks_ratios)
AND price >= 5
AND market_cap >= 1000000000
AND dividend_yield > 0
GROUP BY ticker
),
banded AS (
SELECT multiIf(yield_pct < 1, 'under 1%',
yield_pct < 2, '1 to 2%',
yield_pct < 3, '2 to 3%',
yield_pct < 4, '3 to 4%',
yield_pct < 6, '4 to 6%',
yield_pct < 8, '6 to 8%',
'8% and up') AS yield_band,
min(yield_pct) AS band_floor,
count() AS company_count
FROM payers
GROUP BY yield_band
)
SELECT yield_band,
company_count,
round(100 * company_count / sum(company_count) OVER (), 1) AS pct_of_payers,
round(100 * sum(company_count) OVER (ORDER BY band_floor) / sum(company_count) OVER (), 1) AS cumulative_pct
FROM banded
ORDER BY band_floor
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