Dividend Stocks for Covered Calls

Selling a covered call rents out shares you already own: you collect a premium now and agree to sell at a set price if the stock gets there. It works best on companies you'd be content to hold either way, which is why this list starts from quality rather than from the fattest premium — a rich premium is the market pricing risk, not a gift. These are large US-listed dividend payers ($10B+), the corner of the market where listed options actually trade. Quantic doesn't check the option chain on this page: size and listing are a proxy for "has options worth selling", not a guarantee. The wheel screener prices the real contracts.

This list features large, US-listed dividend-paying companies with market capitalizations over $10 billion. These stocks have options liquid enough for covered call strategies. Each company is ranked by Quantic's quality score, considering factors such as yield, dividend streak, growth, and safety.

#	Stock	Yield	Streak	5y growth	Safety
1	CM CMCSA Comcast Corporation	2.87%	17y	7.49%	Watch
2	T T AT&T Inc.	6.47%	0y	-11.77%	At risk
3	MK MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated	1.99%	38y	7.74%	Watch
4	BA BAC Bank of America Corporation	2.41%	12y	8.45%	Safe
5	AU AU AngloGold Ashanti plc	2.12%	2y	46.61%	Safe
6	BB BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.	11.41%	4y	—	Safe
7	TM TM Toyota Motor Corporation	2.86%	3y	10.27%	Safe
8	BM BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	3.89%	16y	6.62%	Watch
9	GF GFI Gold Fields Limited	3.05%	1y	36.20%	Safe
10	ML MLI Mueller Industries, Inc.	1.34%	5y	37.97%	Safe
11	ZT ZTS Zoetis Inc.	0.89%	12y	20.11%	Watch
12	NV NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	0.82%	7y	20.87%	Watch
13	VC VCISY Vinci SA	4.15%	5y	24.38%	Watch
14	DK DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.	2.20%	11y	31.12%	Safe
15	VZ VZ Verizon Communications Inc.	6.00%	19y	1.97%	Watch
16	TR TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	3.99%	38y	7.13%	Safe
17	SI SIRI Sirius XM Holdings Inc.	2.55%	0y	15.74%	Watch
18	NE NEM Newmont Corporation	3.04%	0y	0.00%	Watch
19	GO GOOGL Alphabet Inc.	0.44%	1y	—	Safe
20	HP HPQ HP Inc.	3.37%	15y	10.43%	Watch
21	TX TXT Textron Inc.	0.11%	0y	0.00%	Watch
22	WD WDC Western Digital Corporation	2.22%	—	-23.35%	At risk
23	KS KSPI Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz	6.29%	—	—	Safe
24	JP JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	2.47%	2y	9.24%	Safe
25	H7 H78.SI Hongkong Land Holdings Limited	4.95%	1y	0.89%	Safe
26	CI CINF Cincinnati Financial Corporation	2.47%	38y	7.71%	Safe
27	PB PBR Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras	21.36%	0y	—	At risk
28	CC CCL Carnival Corporation Ltd.	—	—	—	Watch
29	RI RIO Rio Tinto Group	8.43%	0y	-0.68%	At risk
30	SN SNA Snap-on Incorporated	2.49%	15y	14.66%	Safe
31	CH CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.	2.34%	4y	3.98%	Safe
32	SR SRE Sempra	3.17%	15y	4.30%	Safe
33	QC QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated	2.17%	6y	6.49%	Safe
34	CN CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited	4.56%	10y	21.85%	Safe
35	GO GOOG Alphabet Inc.	0.43%	1y	—	Safe
36	AF AFL Aflac Incorporated	2.32%	15y	15.68%	Watch
37	GS GSK GSK plc	4.21%	2y	-3.06%	At risk
38	NE NEE NextEra Energy, Inc.	2.54%	31y	10.13%	Watch
39	AT ATO Atmos Energy Corporation	2.47%	36y	8.64%	Watch
40	SA SAN Banco Santander, S.A.	7.44%	—	—	At risk
41	AX AXP American Express Company	1.20%	4y	13.78%	Safe
42	NK NKE NIKE, Inc.	1.41%	23y	10.30%	Safe
43	AO AON Aon plc	0.79%	5y	11.11%	Watch
44	CB CB Chubb Limited	1.56%	17y	3.80%	Watch
45	PN PNR Pentair plc	1.27%	6y	5.64%	Safe
46	TM TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc.	1.43%	1y	—	Watch
47	PE PEP PepsiCo, Inc.	3.12%	42y	6.82%	Watch
48	ED ED Consolidated Edison, Inc.	3.58%	51y	2.13%	Safe
49	BF BF-B Brown-Forman Corporation	1.65%	38y	5.46%	Safe
50	QS QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc.	3.44%	10y	3.58%	Watch
51	DO DOV Dover Corporation	1.28%	43y	1.00%	Safe
52	HS HSY The Hershey Company	2.36%	0y	11.68%	Safe
53	BK BKNG Booking Holdings Inc.	0.80%	1y	—	Safe
54	TS TSCO Tractor Supply Company	1.62%	15y	25.12%	Watch
55	VI VICI VICI Properties Inc.	5.16%	7y	7.05%	Safe
56	PP PPL PPL Corporation	3.83%	3y	-8.03%	At risk
57	DP DPZ Domino's Pizza, Inc.	1.24%	12y	17.41%	Watch
58	PB PBR-A Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras	22.99%	0y	—	At risk
59	OR ORCL Oracle Corporation	1.39%	1y	15.81%	Watch
60	LO LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc.	1.81%	40y	16.40%	Safe
61	GG GGG Graco Inc.	1.20%	26y	9.46%	Safe
62	ST STT State Street Corporation	3.09%	15y	7.89%	Safe
63	BA BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited	1.55%	2y	—	At risk
64	CM CME CME Group Inc.	2.49%	12y	8.02%	Safe
65	AL ALL The Allstate Corporation	2.47%	15y	13.12%	Watch
66	UN UNM Unum Group	3.21%	17y	9.07%	Safe
67	NI NI NiSource Inc.	3.34%	14y	5.92%	Watch
68	CL CLX The Clorox Company	3.21%	23y	2.54%	Watch
69	DA DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc.	1.08%	2y	—	Watch
70	MD MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc.	2.50%	12y	10.08%	Watch
71	NR NRG NRG Energy, Inc.	2.82%	6y	7.96%	Watch
72	BN BNS The Bank of Nova Scotia	5.53%	0y	2.01%	Safe
73	VS VST Vistra Corp.	2.12%	6y	10.81%	Watch
74	EM EME EMCOR Group, Inc.	0.34%	0y	25.59%	Safe
75	SH SHEL Shell plc	3.97%	5y	17.01%	Safe
76	XE XEL Xcel Energy Inc.	3.12%	22y	5.80%	Watch
77	AE AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc.	3.59%	16y	5.85%	Watch
78	ES ES Eversource Energy	3.81%	25y	5.80%	Watch
79	EV EVRG Evergy, Inc.	3.92%	21y	5.75%	Watch
80	MC MCD McDonald's Corporation	2.24%	17y	7.20%	Safe
81	DV DVN Devon Energy Corporation	5.24%	0y	16.89%	Watch
82	DI DINO HF Sinclair Corporation	4.27%	0y	7.39%	Safe
83	AD ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Company	2.77%	42y	7.21%	Safe
84	ME META Meta Platforms, Inc.	0.35%	1y	—	Safe
85	JD JD JD.com, Inc.	2.32%	2y	—	Watch
86	CA CAT Caterpillar Inc.	1.84%	22y	7.23%	Watch
87	SP SPG Simon Property Group, Inc.	5.36%	5y	10.33%	Watch
88	KM KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc.	5.79%	8y	2.18%	Watch
89	EO EOG EOG Resources, Inc.	2.81%	2y	21.06%	Safe
90	PS PSX Phillips 66	3.99%	4y	5.92%	Safe
91	HD HD The Home Depot, Inc.	2.41%	16y	8.92%	Watch
92	IC ICE Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.	1.28%	11y	9.86%	Safe
93	DU DUK Duke Energy Corporation	3.91%	21y	2.01%	Watch
94	VL VLO Valero Energy Corporation	3.64%	3y	2.89%	Safe
95	MP MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation	2.56%	3y	9.43%	Safe
96	WP WPC W. P. Carey Inc.	5.77%	1y	-2.39%	At risk
97	GE GEV GE Vernova Inc.	0.15%	—	—	Watch
98	TG TGT Target Corporation	2.82%	42y	11.02%	Watch
99	WS WSO Watsco, Inc.	2.80%	12y	11.07%	Safe
100	CN CNI Canadian National Railway Company	2.05%	16y	8.15%	Watch

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