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	TR TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	3.99%	29y	7.13%	Safe
2	CM CMCSA Comcast Corporation	2.87%	17y	7.49%	Watch
3	MK MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporat	1.99%	29y	7.74%	Watch
4	T T AT&T Inc.	6.47%	0y	-11.77%	At risk
5	CC CCL Carnival Corporation Ltd.	—	—	—	Watch
6	VZ VZ Verizon Communications	6.00%	19y	1.97%	Watch
7	AU AU AngloGold Ashanti PLC	2.12%	2y	46.61%	Safe
8	GF GFI Gold Fields Limited	3.05%	1y	36.20%	Safe
9	BA BAC Bank of America Corporation	2.41%	12y	8.45%	Safe
10	ZT ZTS Zoetis Inc.	0.89%	12y	20.11%	Watch
11	NV NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	0.82%	7y	20.87%	Watch
12	VI VICI VICI Properties Inc.	5.16%	7y	7.05%	Safe
13	SI SIRI SiriusXM Holdings Inc.	2.55%	0y	15.74%	Watch
14	GS GSK GSK plc	4.21%	2y	-3.06%	At risk
15	VC VCISY Vinci SA	4.15%	5y	24.38%	Watch
16	BM BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	3.89%	16y	6.62%	Watch
17	AG AGNC AGNC Investment Corp.	13.16%	0y	0.00%	Watch
18	NE NEE NextEra Energy, Inc.	2.54%	29y	10.13%	Watch
19	TM TM Toyota Motor Corporation	2.86%	3y	10.27%	Safe
20	DK DKS Dick's Sporting Goods Inc	2.20%	11y	31.12%	Safe
21	ST STT State Street Corporation	3.09%	15y	7.89%	Safe
22	PB PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob	22.99%	0y	—	At risk
23	SN SNA Snap-On Incorporated	2.49%	15y	14.66%	Safe
24	RI RIO Rio Tinto Plc	8.43%	0y	-0.68%	At risk
25	CI CINF Cincinnati Financial Corporatio	2.47%	29y	7.71%	Safe
26	PE PEP Pepsico, Inc.	3.12%	29y	6.82%	Watch
27	HP HPQ HP Inc.	3.37%	15y	10.43%	Watch
28	AR ARCC Ares Capital Corporation	9.09%	0y	3.71%	Watch
29	BF BF-B Brown Forman Inc	1.65%	29y	5.46%	Safe
30	SR SRE DBA Sempra	3.17%	15y	4.30%	Safe
31	LO LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc.	1.81%	28y	16.40%	Safe
32	AX AXP American Express Company	1.20%	4y	13.78%	Safe
33	ML MLI Mueller Industries, Inc.	1.34%	5y	37.97%	Safe
34	ED ED Consolidated Edison, Inc.	3.58%	29y	2.13%	Safe
35	OR ORCL Oracle Corporation	1.39%	1y	15.81%	Watch
36	CB CB Chubb Limited	1.56%	17y	3.80%	Watch
37	LM LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation	2.70%	23y	6.58%	Watch
38	PB PBR Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob	21.36%	0y	—	At risk
39	DU DUK Duke Energy Corporation (Holdin	3.91%	21y	2.01%	Watch
40	NK NKE Nike, Inc.	1.41%	23y	10.30%	Safe
41	SO SO Southern Company (The)	3.79%	25y	2.95%	Watch
42	H7 H78.SI HongkongLand USD	4.95%	1y	0.89%	Safe
43	TM TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc.	1.43%	1y	—	Watch
44	AT ATO Atmos Energy Corporation	2.47%	29y	8.64%	Safe
45	AO AON Aon plc	0.79%	5y	11.11%	Safe
46	DA DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc.	1.08%	2y	—	Watch
47	HS HSY The Hershey Company	2.36%	0y	11.68%	Safe
48	CN CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limi	4.56%	10y	21.85%	Watch
49	DP DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc	1.24%	12y	17.41%	Safe
50	AF AFL AFLAC Incorporated	2.32%	15y	15.68%	Watch
51	MC MCD McDonald's Corporation	2.24%	17y	7.20%	Safe
52	BK BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. Common St	0.80%	1y	—	Safe
53	JP JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co.	2.47%	2y	9.24%	Safe
54	SL SLB SLB Limited	2.16%	4y	17.92%	Safe
55	DO DOV Dover Corporation	1.28%	29y	1.00%	Safe
56	AL ALL Allstate Corporation (The)	2.47%	15y	13.12%	Watch
57	KS KSPI Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz -	6.29%	—	—	Safe
58	PP PPL PPL Corporation	3.83%	3y	-8.03%	At risk
59	GD GD General Dynamics Corporation	2.20%	28y	6.40%	Safe
60	TS TSCO Tractor Supply Company	1.62%	15y	25.12%	Watch
61	BB BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	11.41%	4y	—	Safe
62	WD WDC Western Digital Corporation	2.57%	—	-23.35%	At risk
63	TX TXT Textron Inc.	0.11%	0y	0.00%	Watch
64	HD HD Home Depot, Inc. (The)	2.41%	16y	8.92%	Watch
65	SP SPG Simon Property Group, Inc.	5.36%	5y	10.33%	Watch
66	XE XEL Xcel Energy Inc.	3.12%	22y	5.80%	Watch
67	ET ETN Eaton Corporation, PLC	1.68%	16y	7.34%	Safe
68	UN UNP Union Pacific Corporation	2.25%	2y	6.99%	Watch
69	EO EOG EOG Resources, Inc.	2.81%	2y	21.06%	Safe
70	TG TGT Target Corporation	2.82%	28y	11.02%	Watch
71	NE NEM Newmont Corporation	3.04%	0y	0.00%	Watch
72	D D Dominion Energy, Inc.	4.35%	0y	-6.60%	At risk
73	CH CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.	2.34%	4y	3.98%	Safe
74	EV EVRG Evergy, Inc.	3.92%	21y	5.75%	Watch
75	CL CLX Clorox Company (The)	3.21%	23y	2.54%	Watch
76	BR BR Broadridge Financial Solutions,	1.66%	18y	10.72%	Watch
77	MD MDT Medtronic plc.	2.96%	28y	4.13%	Safe
78	BX BX Blackstone Inc.	3.41%	2y	20.06%	Watch
79	RY RY Royal Bank Of Canada	3.67%	10y	5.84%	Safe
80	RT RTX RTX Corporation	2.31%	26y	7.44%	Safe
81	ES ES Eversource Energy (D/B/A)	3.81%	25y	5.80%	Watch
82	QS QSR Restaurant Brands International	3.44%	10y	3.58%	Watch
83	NI NI NiSource Inc	3.34%	14y	5.92%	Watch
84	GO GOOG Alphabet Inc.	0.43%	1y	—	Safe
85	MD MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc.	2.50%	12y	10.08%	Watch
86	SA SAN Banco Santander, S.A. Sponsored	7.44%	—	—	At risk
87	DV DVN Devon Energy Corporation	5.24%	0y	16.89%	Watch
88	WP WPC W. P. Carey Inc. REIT	5.77%	1y	-2.39%	At risk
89	SH SHEL Shell PLC	3.97%	5y	17.01%	Safe
90	NP NPSNY Naspers Ltd.	0.25%	—	—	Safe
91	JD JD JD.com, Inc.	2.32%	2y	—	Watch
92	CM CME CME Group Inc.	2.49%	12y	8.02%	Safe
93	IC ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc.	1.28%	11y	9.86%	Safe
94	AE AEP American Electric Power Company	3.59%	16y	5.85%	Watch
95	AD ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Company	2.77%	29y	7.21%	Safe
96	MF MFC Manulife Financial Corporation	4.81%	12y	7.97%	Safe
97	EM EME EMCOR Group, Inc.	0.34%	0y	25.59%	Safe
98	MR MRSH Marsh	1.45%	15y	13.26%	Safe
99	KM KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc.	5.79%	8y	2.18%	Watch
100	IB IBM International Business Machines	4.10%	29y	1.52%	Watch

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