Low-Debt Dividend Stocks

A dividend is only as safe as the balance sheet behind it: low leverage means the payout survives a downturn without competing with interest payments. These reliable raisers all carry debt-to-equity under 50%, ranked by yield.

This list features dividend-paying stocks with conservative balance sheets. These companies maintain a debt-to-equity ratio below 50% and demonstrate multi-year dividend streaks, ensuring payments are supported by cash flow rather than debt. The stocks are ordered by dividend yield.

#	Stock	Yield	Streak	5y growth	Safety
1	CS CSN.L CHESNARA PLC ORD 5P	8.46%	21y	3.00%	Safe
2	03 0327.HK PAX GLOBAL	6.38%	6y	30.92%	Safe
3	MF MFC Manulife Financial Corporation	4.81%	12y	7.97%	Safe
4	BE BEN Franklin Resources, Inc.	4.72%	29y	3.46%	Safe
5	CN CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limi	4.56%	10y	21.85%	Watch
6	CN CNQ.TO CDN NATURAL RES	4.52%	9y	23.09%	Watch
7	CV CVX Chevron Corporation	4.25%	9y	5.80%	Safe
8	TR TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	3.99%	29y	7.13%	Safe
9	SH SHEL Shell PLC	3.97%	5y	17.01%	Safe
10	SA SANP.XC Sanofi SA	3.92%	16y	4.47%	Safe
11	SA SAN.PA SANOFI	3.92%	20y	4.47%	Safe
12	SH SHELL.AS SHELL PLC	3.78%	5y	16.83%	Safe
13	MC MCM.MC MIQUEL Y COSTAS & MIQUEL, S.A.	3.52%	8y	5.97%	Safe
14	OR ORI Old Republic International Corp	3.48%	16y	6.67%	Watch
15	UN UNM Unum Group	3.21%	17y	9.07%	Safe
16	IP IPS.PA IPSOS	3.02%	5y	32.68%	Safe
17	TS TSN Tyson Foods, Inc.	2.99%	13y	3.55%	Safe
18	HR HRL Hormel Foods Corporation	2.98%	29y	4.47%	Safe
19	RH RHJ.F Robert Half Inc. R	2.96%	14y	11.65%	Safe
20	RH RHI Robert Half Inc.	2.95%	21y	11.65%	Safe
21	RE REXR Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.	2.88%	11y	14.87%	Watch
22	WS WSO Watsco, Inc.	2.80%	12y	11.07%	Safe
23	AD ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Company	2.77%	29y	7.21%	Safe
24	IN INGR Ingredion Incorporated	2.75%	15y	4.73%	Safe
25	WC WC3.F WATSCO INC. R	2.66%	12y	11.07%	Safe
26	SW SWKS Skyworks Solutions, Inc.	2.51%	11y	8.45%	Safe
27	CM CME CME Group Inc.	2.49%	12y	8.02%	Safe
28	SN SNA Snap-On Incorporated	2.49%	15y	14.66%	Safe
29	CI CINF Cincinnati Financial Corporatio	2.47%	29y	7.71%	Safe
30	AL ALL Allstate Corporation (The)	2.47%	15y	13.12%	Watch
31	AE AEM.TO AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED	2.45%	11y	15.44%	Safe
32	BL BLK BlackRock, Inc.	2.40%	16y	7.49%	Safe
33	AF AFL AFLAC Incorporated	2.32%	15y	15.68%	Watch
34	FA FAST Fastenal Company	2.25%	14y	11.97%	Safe
35	GD GD General Dynamics Corporation	2.20%	28y	6.40%	Safe
36	CR CRDA.L CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10.	2.19%	5y	4.28%	Safe
37	65 6504.T FUJI ELECTRIC CO. LTD.	1.87%	5y	17.08%	Safe
38	AO AOS A.O. Smith Corporation	1.73%	28y	7.21%	Safe
39	65 6501.T HITACHI	1.59%	7y	17.61%	Safe
40	CB CB Chubb Limited	1.56%	17y	3.80%	Watch
41	OR OR.PA L'OREAL	1.49%	5y	12.70%	Safe
42	NU NUE Nucor Corporation	1.49%	16y	6.42%	Safe
43	ML MLI Mueller Industries, Inc.	1.34%	5y	37.97%	Safe
44	DO DOV Dover Corporation	1.28%	29y	1.00%	Safe
45	WP WPM.TO WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP	1.22%	10y	10.17%	Safe
46	GG GGG Graco Inc.	1.20%	26y	9.46%	Safe
47	LR LRCX Lam Research Corporation	1.08%	9y	14.87%	Safe
48	MK MKTX MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.	1.08%	15y	4.84%	Safe
49	AM AMAT Applied Materials, Inc.	0.88%	8y	15.90%	Safe
50	SP SPGI S&P Global Inc.	0.84%	29y	7.46%	Watch
51	MS MSFT Microsoft	0.80%	15y	10.23%	Safe
52	MH MHL.F S&P Global Inc. R	0.80%	14y	7.46%	Watch
53	MS MSF.DE MICROSOFT CORP. R	0.77%	15y	10.23%	Safe
54	AC ACN Accenture plc	0.75%	5y	13.09%	Safe
55	OD ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.	0.48%	8y	30.14%	Safe
56	23 2330.TW TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTUR	0.46%	5y	13.70%	Safe
57	CW CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation	0.40%	5y	7.14%	Safe
58	WS WST West Pharmaceutical Services, I	0.24%	28y	5.59%	Safe
59	KC KCH.F Kinsale Capital Group Inc. R	0.18%	8y	13.56%	Watch

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