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.
| 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 |
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| 1 | QCOM | Qualcomm Inc | 136.10 | 203.60 | 121.99 | 11.57% | 6/04 | Yes | 3.56 | 2.79% | 4.55% | 2.25% | 5.86% | 16.60% | 71.92% | Options Chain | 7.75 | 8.88 | 0.07 | 9 | 66 | None | |
| 2 | ACN | Accenture plc - Class A | 194.42 | 317.43 | 177.50 | 9.53% | 4/09 | No | 6.37 | 3.55% | 7.41% | 3.64% | 12.78% | 13.10% | 52.21% | Options Chain | 10.20 | 12.40 | 0.06 | 14 | 59 | None | |
| 3 | IBM | International Business Machines Corp | 257.80 | 323.06 | 219.00 | 17.72% | 2/10 | Yes | 6.72 | 2.83% | 0.15% | 0.07% | 0.49% | 4.75% | 60.38% | Options Chain | 13.75 | 15.75 | 0.06 | 13 | 75 | None | |
| 4 | BBY | Best Buy Co. Inc | 66.59 | 82.62 | 59.52 | 11.88% | 3/24 | No | 3.81 | 5.91% | 1.05% | 0.52% | 2.20% | 14.06% | 75.60% | Options Chain | 3.50 | 3.80 | 0.06 | 18 | 57 | None | |
| 5 | CMCSA | Comcast Corp - Class A | 29.05 | 32.98 | 23.58 | 23.20% | 4/01 | Yes | 1.32 | 4.45% | 1.54% | 0.77% | 5.64% | 28.34% | 24.49% | Options Chain | 1.46 | 1.10 | 0.05 | 14 | 67 | None | |
| 6 | HD | Home Depot Inc | 345.42 | 421.19 | 315.31 | 9.55% | 3/12 | Yes | 9.23 | 2.64% | 1.30% | 0.65% | 5.23% | 27.51% | 64.86% | Options Chain | 14.10 | 16.05 | 0.05 | 6 | 62 | None | |
| 7 | UNP | Union Pacific Corp | 252.00 | 268.14 | 201.87 | 24.83% | 2/27 | Yes | 5.48 | 2.19% | 1.47% | 0.73% | 2.10% | 8.29% | 46.52% | Options Chain | 9.65 | 10.85 | 0.04 | 10 | 66 | None | |
| 8 | CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | 81.81 | 98.72 | 73.64 | 11.09% | 4/20 | Yes | 2.09 | 2.48% | 2.91% | 1.45% | 3.33% | 8.52% | 79.47% | Options Chain | 3.40 | 2.90 | 0.04 | 9 | 62 | None | |
| 9 | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | 46.27 | 50.91 | 37.18 | 24.45% | 4/10 | Yes | 2.77 | 5.94% | 3.95% | 1.96% | 2.41% | 2.96% | 68.10% | Options Chain | 1.37 | 1.87 | 0.04 | 10 | 73 | None | |
| 10 | AIG | American International Group Inc | 77.93 | 86.78 | 70.83 | 10.02% | 3/16 | Yes | 1.80 | 2.29% | 2.86% | 1.42% | 8.90% | 4.67% | 33.15% | Options Chain | 3.05 | 3.05 | 0.04 | 12 | 73 | None | |
| 11 | PG | Procter & Gamble Company | 142.32 | 167.46 | 136.65 | 4.15% | 4/24 | Yes | 4.23 | 2.88% | 4.24% | 2.10% | 4.80% | 8.60% | 62.63% | Options Chain | 4.68 | 5.28 | 0.04 | 9 | 65 | None | |
| 12 | ABT | Abbott Laboratories | 92.95 | 136.28 | 93.92 | 1.03% | 4/15 | No | 2.44 | 2.52% | 6.78% | 3.33% | 7.60% | 8.42% | 68.35% | Options Chain | 3.03 | 3.43 | 0.04 | 13 | 63 | None | |
| 13 | MDT | Medtronic Plc | 82.00 | 104.70 | 77.47 | 5.85% | 3/27 | No | 2.84 | 3.30% | 0.35% | 0.18% | 1.56% | 16.03% | 79.33% | Options Chain | 2.61 | 2.38 | 0.03 | 11 | 65 | None | |
| 14 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc | 153.25 | 189.61 | 139.58 | 9.79% | 3/19 | Yes | 5.76 | 3.65% | 4.26% | 2.11% | 3.93% | 5.94% | 79.34% | Options Chain | 4.85 | 4.35 | 0.03 | 11 | 68 | None | |
| 15 | T | AT&T Inc | 26.10 | 29.14 | 22.71 | 14.93% | 4/10 | Yes | 1.11 | 4.19% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -4.82% | 1.94% | 36.51% | Options Chain | 0.42 | 0.74 | 0.03 | 12 | 66 | None | |
| 16 | TRI | Thomson-Reuters Corp | 99.00 | 215.09 | 79.71 | 24.20% | 2/17 | No | 2.44 | 2.62% | 10.08% | 4.92% | 9.14% | 4.53% | 74.16% | Options Chain | 12 | 62 | None | ||||
| 17 | TROW | T. Rowe Price Group Inc | 97.97 | 113.69 | 81.80 | 19.77% | 3/16 | No | 5.11 | 5.27% | 2.36% | 1.17% | 2.02% | 16.78% | 55.30% | Options Chain | 18 | 69 |
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| 18 | UNM | Unum Group | 78.79 | 81.65 | 67.45 | 16.81% | 4/24 | No | 1.80 | 2.26% | 4.55% | 2.25% | 9.93% | 5.89% | 42.35% | Options Chain | 9 | 69 | None | ||||
| 19 | YUMC | Yum China Holdings Inc | 48.50 | 58.07 | 41.02 | 18.24% | 3/04 | No | 1.01 | 2.00% | 20.83% | 9.92% | 24.68% | 14.77% | 40.24% | Options Chain | 17 | 16 | None | ||||
| 20 | VICI | VICI Properties Inc | 28.42 | 32.48 | 26.55 | 7.04% | 3/19 | No | 1.78 | 6.14% | 1.98% | 0.99% | 4.66% | 8.49% | 68.30% | Options Chain | 10 | 77 | None | ||||
| 21 | MET | Metlife Inc | 77.48 | 83.25 | 67.33 | 15.08% | 2/03 | No | 2.27 | 3.06% | 1.00% | 0.50% | 3.48% | 6.89% | 48.20% | Options Chain | 13 | 70 | None | ||||
| 22 | MKC | McCormick & Co. Inc (Non Voting) | 51.98 | 75.95 | 47.10 | 10.36% | 4/20 | No | 1.86 | 3.42% | 4.92% | 2.43% | 6.37% | 11.06% | 30.49% | Options Chain | 12 | 64 | None | ||||
| 23 | PRU | Prudential Financial Inc | 96.45 | 118.16 | 90.91 | 6.09% | 2/17 | No | 5.45 | 5.36% | 3.70% | 1.84% | 3.93% | 9.95% | 54.55% | Options Chain | 14 | 65 | None | ||||
| 24 | CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | 110.17 | 112.38 | 89.58 | 22.99% | 3/10 | No | 3.58 | 3.24% | 3.10% | 1.54% | 5.72% | 14.96% | 64.93% | Options Chain | 12 | 66 | None | ||||
| 25 | CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp - Class A | 60.60 | 86.59 | 57.39 | 5.59% | 2/18 | No | 1.26 | 2.12% | 6.45% | 3.18% | 5.14% | 6.46% | 27.63% | Options Chain | 14 | 71 | None | ||||
| 26 | CLX | Clorox Company | 99.61 | 139.49 | 95.60 | 4.19% | 4/22 | No | 4.96 | 4.74% | 0.81% | 0.41% | 1.46% | 8.78% | 81.18% | Options Chain | 13 | 54 | None | ||||
| 27 | 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 | 47 | None |