Best Dividend Stocks for Option Income

This report lists what Tim considers to be the best dividend stocks for producing option income. The criteria for the stocks on this list are that they must have a market cap of $10 billion or greater, have a dividend yield greater than or equal to 2%, free cash flow per share must be greater than their trailing dividend rate, a dividend payout ratio percentage of 90% or less, a liquidity rating of 2 stars or greater, an Algorithm score of 12 or higher or a Safety Score of 60 or better, and have made at least 20 dividend payments over the last 5 years. Finally, the stock's current price must be within 25% or lower of its 52-week low. This report is sorted by average ATM premium as well as trailing annual dividend yield percentage and is intended to find solid dividend stocks that are ideal for selling covered calls or cash-secured puts on. The report also has direct links to the options chain page for each stock as well.



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Ranking Ticker Company Current Price 52-Week High 52-Week Low Last Price to 52 Week Low Ex-Dividend Date Earnings Overlap? Trailing Annual Dividend Rate Trailing Annual Dividend Yield Percentage One Year Dividend Growth Rate Percentage Three Year Dividend Growth Rate Percentage Five Year Dividend Growth Rate Percentage All-Time Dividend Growth Rate Percentage Dividend Payout Ratio Percentage Has Options? ATM Call Premium ATM Put Premium Premium To Stock Price Ratio Liquidity Rating Algorithm Score Safety Score Lists
1 TGT Target Corp 90.90 152.54 85.36 6.49% 11/12 Yes 4.50 4.96% 1.80% 1.82% 9.36% 11.28% 52.45% Options Chain 5.65 7.35 0.08 13 66 None
2 ACN Accenture plc - Class A 244.55 391.86 227.92 7.30% 10/10 Yes 6.07 2.48% 13.46% 14.25% 13.87% 13.10% 50.00% Options Chain 14.00 17.15 0.07 16 66 None
3 CF CF Industries Holdings Inc 82.85 103.84 66.56 24.47% 11/14 No 2.00 2.41% 0.00% 11.80% 13.62% 28.93% 24.18% Options Chain 4.60 5.20 0.06 14 70 None
4 STZ Constellation Brands Inc - Class A 128.69 239.24 126.45 1.77% 10/30 No 4.07 3.17% 3.83% 8.30% 7.66% 11.65% 59.42% Options Chain 6.60 7.90 0.06 9 69 None
5 HPQ HP Inc 25.29 38.25 20.76 21.82% 9/10 Yes 1.16 4.42% 3.71% 1.84% 8.63% 10.23% 42.09% Options Chain 1.25 1.55 0.06 13 48 None
6 KR Kroger Company 64.44 74.52 56.24 14.58% 11/14 Yes 1.31 2.07% 9.84% 10.37% 14.49% 12.45% 33.25% Options Chain 2.95 3.48 0.05 14 59 None
7 CMCSA Comcast Corp - Class A 27.12 42.59 25.75 5.32% 1/14 No 1.30 4.75% 8.20% 4.02% 7.73% 28.34% 21.59% Options Chain 1.15 1.44 0.05 13 66 None
8 SLB SLB 36.91 43.66 30.61 20.58% 12/03 No 1.13 3.06% 3.64% 6.77% 22.88% 3.48% 43.97% Options Chain 1.69 1.93 0.05 12 69 None
9 DRI Darden Restaurants Inc 173.59 224.86 154.69 12.22% 10/10 Yes 5.80 3.26% 7.01% 7.28% 13.87% 13.54% 62.17% Options Chain 5.90 8.75 0.05 14 70 None
10 BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 47.26 61.00 42.38 11.51% 10/03 No 2.48 5.25% 3.33% 4.29% 2.01% 7.12% 83.50% Options Chain 1.99 2.27 0.05 13 60 None
11 OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp 41.60 52.36 34.41 20.90% 12/10 Yes 0.94 2.25% 9.09% 15.47% 121.34% -0.67% 55.29% Options Chain 1.87 1.84 0.04 7 66 None
12 MRK Merck & Co Inc 86.75 101.32 71.87 20.70% 9/15 No 3.24 3.78% 3.85% 1.90% 5.25% 9.17% 42.86% Options Chain 3.35 3.85 0.04 16 74 None
13 EOG EOG Resources Inc 106.57 134.20 99.80 6.78% 1/16 No 3.94 3.74% 12.09% 5.87% 26.12% 15.56% 38.26% Options Chain 3.50 4.70 0.04 14 77 None
14 GIS General Mills Inc 46.22 65.04 45.80 0.92% 10/10 Yes 2.42 5.26% 1.68% 3.48% 4.36% 7.44% 45.75% Options Chain 1.48 1.98 0.04 13 63 None
15 MDT Medtronic Plc 92.66 99.37 76.99 20.35% 9/26 Yes 2.82 3.13% 1.79% 0.89% 3.55% 16.48% 77.90% Options Chain 3.23 3.83 0.04 15 62 None
16 CTRA Coterra Energy Inc 26.39 29.29 22.06 19.63% 11/13 No 0.87 3.27% 4.76% -13.27% 9.15% 13.10% 40.28% Options Chain 0.75 1.08 0.04 13 69 None
17 PCAR Paccar Inc 98.00 114.66 84.08 16.56% 11/12 No 3.99 4.03% 12.82% 12.66% 10.25% 9.75% 78.24% Options Chain 3.10 4.00 0.04 11 67 None
18 CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 78.47 98.37 74.55 5.26% 10/17 No 2.06 2.63% 4.04% 3.85% 3.57% 8.52% 57.70% Options Chain 3.18 2.35 0.04 12 58 None
19 BDX Becton Dickinson & Company 181.64 248.00 161.47 12.49% 12/08 No 4.16 2.29% 7.20% 6.45% 5.55% 10.49% 75.91% Options Chain 4.85 7.20 0.04 13 61 None
20 BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp - Class A 87.30 180.99 82.23 6.17% 11/14 No 2.16 2.47% 7.84% 8.18% 10.42% 14.94% 32.93% Options Chain 3.00 3.45 0.04 15 59 None
21 MO Altria Group Inc 57.55 67.51 47.59 20.93% 9/15 No 4.12 7.19% 6.00% 2.96% 4.76% 8.12% 78.63% Options Chain 1.94 2.19 0.04 12 66 None
22 LMT Lockheed Martin Corp 452.10 560.63 407.12 11.05% 12/01 No 13.20 2.81% 4.71% 4.82% 5.94% 10.31% 73.50% Options Chain 16.65 15.85 0.04 11 69 None
23 QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc 69.50 71.08 57.60 20.66% 12/23 No 2.44 3.53% 6.90% 6.17% 4.00% 21.18% 86.52% Options Chain 1.58 2.48 0.04 9 69 None
24 MET Metlife Inc 77.18 86.53 63.77 21.03% 11/04 No 2.25 2.96% 4.29% 4.45% 4.29% 6.89% 41.70% Options Chain 2.68 2.13 0.03 18 71 None
25 KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 26.12 35.62 25.03 4.35% 9/26 No 0.92 3.49% 5.14% 6.25% 8.05% 0.16% 79.31% Options Chain 0.83 0.90 0.03 10 61 None
26 XOM Exxon Mobil Corp 118.22 119.89 96.01 23.13% 11/14 No 3.96 3.35% 4.17% 4.26% 3.47% 5.76% 57.56% Options Chain 3.20 3.93 0.03 11 75 None
27 CNI Canadian National Railway Company 94.51 110.23 90.48 4.45% 12/09 No 3.51 3.69% 5.03% 5.99% 9.60% 14.96% 67.19% Options Chain 3.13 2.13 0.03 11 68 None
28 HON Honeywell International Inc 196.07 220.12 162.50 20.66% 11/14 No 4.52 2.31% 4.81% 4.80% 4.99% 6.13% 48.14% Options Chain 6.40 5.75 0.03 15 68 None
29 PG Procter & Gamble Company 145.66 176.39 144.09 1.09% 10/24 No 4.18 2.87% 5.47% 5.74% 5.28% 8.60% 60.98% Options Chain 3.14 4.58 0.03 12 64 None
30 UNM Unum Group 77.33 83.05 65.68 17.74% 10/24 No 1.76 2.28% 12.10% 12.52% 10.75% 5.89% 34.04% Options Chain 2.30 2.43 0.03 16 67 None
31 MAS Masco Corp 61.47 81.54 55.74 10.28% 11/07 No 1.24 2.00% 6.90% 4.29% 10.06% 5.52% 31.71% Options Chain 1.33 1.90 0.03 12 53 None
32 UNP Union Pacific Corp 223.88 252.32 202.16 10.74% 8/29 No 5.40 2.41% 4.55% 2.25% 6.51% 8.43% 45.88% Options Chain 6.40 6.90 0.03 14 64 None
33 SYY Sysco Corp 74.50 83.12 66.22 12.50% 10/03 No 2.10 2.82% 3.96% 2.99% 3.36% 15.19% 56.30% Options Chain 2.28 1.53 0.03 11 62 None
34 CLX Clorox Company 104.69 165.17 104.08 0.59% 10/22 No 4.92 4.58% 1.65% 1.67% 2.03% 8.78% 77.24% Options Chain 1.70 3.13 0.03 13 54 None
35 OMC Omnicom Group Inc 72.74 102.33 67.75 7.37% 9/02 No 2.80 3.85% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 10.60% 41.30% Options Chain 2.13 1.53 0.03 15 71 None
36 VZ Verizon Communications Inc 39.85 45.09 35.79 11.34% 10/10 No 2.72 6.83% 1.87% 1.89% 1.93% 2.96% 58.05% Options Chain 1.00 1.15 0.03 15 64 None
37 MCD McDonald`s Corp 299.10 322.66 271.86 10.02% 12/01 No 7.08 2.37% 5.75% 7.28% 8.10% 17.52% 60.36% Options Chain 8.50 6.98 0.03 11 65 None
38 BCE BCE Inc 22.94 25.68 19.74 16.21% 12/15 No 2.87 12.51% -42.11% -22.74% -9.87% 2.64% 60.81% Options Chain 0.48 0.63 0.03 14 60 None
39 EQNR Equinor ASA 24.21 27.84 20.53 17.92% 11/14 No 1.44 5.92% 8.15% 15.21% 27.07% 4.93% 67.29% Options Chain 0.58 0.65 0.03 11 62 None
40 T AT&T Inc 24.82 29.47 20.72 19.79% 10/10 No 1.11 4.47% 0.00% 0.00% -14.53% 1.94% 36.16% Options Chain 0.52 0.65 0.03 14 67 None
41 PRU Prudential Financial Inc 107.00 125.75 88.12 21.43% 11/18 No 5.35 5.00% 3.85% 3.92% 4.09% 9.95% 73.29% Options Chain 1.45 2.60 0.02 17 70 None
42 MKC McCormick & Co. Inc (Non Voting) 64.31 84.64 63.15 1.84% 10/14 No 1.80 2.81% 5.26% 2.60% 6.68% 11.16% 62.50% Options Chain 0.63 1.33 0.02 11 61 None
43 ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc 244.27 273.07 212.05 15.19% 12/31 No 6.11 2.50% 7.24% 7.13% 7.14% 13.46% 59.26% Options Chain 4.50 3.45 0.02 13 64 None
44 FNF Fidelity National Financial Inc 57.50 65.57 50.19 14.56% 12/17 No 2.00 3.51% 4.12% 5.06% 6.67% 2.92% 46.84% Options Chain 0.95 0.58 0.02 19 66 None
45 VICI VICI Properties Inc 30.43 33.54 26.86 13.29% 9/18 No 1.75 5.74% 6.19% 3.05% 6.87% 9.24% 65.21% Options Chain 0.08 0.50 0.02 12 79 None
46 UL Unilever plc 60.81 64.45 52.52 15.78% 11/07 No 2.04 3.35% 9.06% 4.74% 0.07% 4.10% 79.21% Options Chain 0.95 0.88 0.02 9 64 None
47 MPLX MPLX LP 51.78 51.79 42.03 23.20% 11/07 No 3.95 7.66% 12.53% 11.48% 9.27% 11.83% 83.60% Options Chain 0.25 0.35 0.01 13 77 None
48 JNPR Juniper Networks Inc 39.95 39.96 33.22 20.26% 6/02 No 0.88 2.20% 0.00% 0.00% 2.41% 9.16% 83.81% No N/A N/A N/A 12 48 None