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	MK MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporat	1.99%	29y	7.74%	Watch
2	DK DKS Dick's Sporting Goods Inc	2.20%	11y	31.12%	Safe
3	TR TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	3.99%	29y	7.13%	Safe
4	CM CMCSA Comcast Corporation	2.87%	17y	7.49%	Watch
5	BF BF-B Brown Forman Inc	1.65%	29y	5.46%	Safe
6	ZT ZTS Zoetis Inc.	0.89%	12y	20.11%	Watch
7	NE NEE NextEra Energy, Inc.	2.54%	29y	10.13%	Watch
8	CC CCL Carnival Corporation Ltd.	—	—	—	Watch
9	T T AT&T Inc.	6.47%	0y	-11.77%	At risk
10	TM TM Toyota Motor Corporation	2.86%	3y	10.27%	Safe
11	NV NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	0.82%	7y	20.87%	Watch
12	BM BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	3.89%	16y	6.62%	Watch
13	GF GFI Gold Fields Limited	3.05%	1y	36.20%	Safe
14	VI VICI VICI Properties Inc.	5.16%	7y	7.05%	Safe
15	AC ACN Accenture plc	0.75%	5y	13.09%	Safe
16	VC VCISY Vinci SA	4.15%	5y	24.38%	Watch
17	ED ED Consolidated Edison, Inc.	3.58%	29y	2.13%	Safe
18	AG AGNC AGNC Investment Corp.	13.16%	0y	0.00%	Watch
19	TM TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc.	1.43%	1y	—	Watch
20	BA BAC Bank of America Corporation	2.41%	12y	8.45%	Safe
21	SP SPG Simon Property Group, Inc.	5.36%	5y	10.33%	Watch
22	CM CME CME Group Inc.	2.49%	12y	8.02%	Safe
23	PY PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.	0.20%	—	—	Safe
24	HP HPQ HP Inc.	3.37%	15y	10.43%	Watch
25	EV EVRG Evergy, Inc.	3.92%	21y	5.75%	Watch
26	SH SHEL Shell PLC	3.97%	5y	17.01%	Safe
27	AF AFL AFLAC Incorporated	2.32%	15y	15.68%	Watch
28	KM KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc.	5.79%	8y	2.18%	Watch
29	AT ATO Atmos Energy Corporation	2.47%	29y	8.64%	Safe
30	PP PPL PPL Corporation	3.83%	3y	-8.03%	At risk
31	PE PEP Pepsico, Inc.	3.12%	29y	6.82%	Watch
32	SO SO Southern Company (The)	3.79%	25y	2.95%	Watch
33	BL BLK BlackRock, Inc.	2.40%	16y	7.49%	Safe
34	AO AON Aon plc	0.79%	5y	11.11%	Safe
35	CN CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limi	4.56%	10y	21.85%	Watch
36	HS HSY The Hershey Company	2.36%	0y	11.68%	Safe
37	XE XEL Xcel Energy Inc.	3.12%	22y	5.80%	Watch
38	CI CINF Cincinnati Financial Corporatio	2.47%	29y	7.71%	Safe
39	LO LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc.	1.81%	28y	16.40%	Safe
40	CB CB Chubb Limited	1.56%	17y	3.80%	Watch
41	HD HD Home Depot, Inc. (The)	2.41%	16y	8.92%	Watch
42	DU DUK Duke Energy Corporation (Holdin	3.91%	21y	2.01%	Watch
43	IC ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc.	1.28%	11y	9.86%	Safe
44	SR SRE DBA Sempra	3.17%	15y	4.30%	Safe
45	AE AEP American Electric Power Company	3.59%	16y	5.85%	Watch
46	BT BTI British American Tobacco Indus	3.87%	2y	2.04%	Watch
47	DO DOV Dover Corporation	1.28%	29y	1.00%	Safe
48	ML MLI Mueller Industries, Inc.	1.34%	5y	37.97%	Safe
49	JP JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co.	2.47%	2y	9.24%	Safe
50	SI SIRI SiriusXM Holdings Inc.	2.55%	0y	15.74%	Watch
51	AX AXP American Express Company	1.20%	4y	13.78%	Safe
52	BR BR Broadridge Financial Solutions,	1.66%	18y	10.72%	Watch
53	SN SNA Snap-On Incorporated	2.49%	15y	14.66%	Safe
54	LM LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation	2.70%	23y	6.58%	Watch
55	AU AU AngloGold Ashanti PLC	2.12%	2y	46.61%	Safe
56	NK NKE Nike, Inc.	1.41%	23y	10.30%	Safe
57	TS TSCO Tractor Supply Company	1.62%	15y	25.12%	Watch
58	OR ORCL Oracle Corporation	1.39%	1y	15.81%	Watch
59	VZ VZ Verizon Communications	6.00%	19y	1.97%	Watch
60	MR MRSH Marsh	1.45%	15y	13.26%	Safe
61	PB PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob	22.99%	0y	—	At risk
62	DA DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc.	1.08%	2y	—	Watch
63	GG GGG Graco Inc.	1.20%	26y	9.46%	Safe
64	SP SPGI S&P Global Inc.	0.84%	29y	7.46%	Watch
65	CN CNI Canadian National Railway Compa	2.05%	16y	8.15%	Watch
66	HL HLN Haleon plc	1.58%	2y	—	Watch
67	IB IBM International Business Machines	4.10%	29y	1.52%	Watch
68	UP UPS United Parcel Service, Inc.	4.11%	16y	10.18%	Safe
69	RE RELX RELX PLC PLC	2.04%	10y	6.86%	Watch
70	KV KVUE Kenvue Inc.	3.86%	2y	—	Watch
71	MO MO Altria Group, Inc.	7.86%	17y	4.12%	Watch
72	JD JD JD.com, Inc.	2.32%	2y	—	Watch
73	KS KSPI Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz -	6.29%	—	—	Safe
74	BB BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	11.41%	4y	—	Safe
75	NI NI NiSource Inc	3.34%	14y	5.92%	Watch
76	ES ES Eversource Energy (D/B/A)	3.81%	25y	5.80%	Watch
77	KM KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation	3.65%	29y	3.32%	Watch
78	IT ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc.	2.31%	29y	7.07%	Watch
79	QS QSR Restaurant Brands International	3.44%	10y	3.58%	Watch
80	MD MDT Medtronic plc.	2.96%	28y	4.13%	Safe
81	WM WM Waste Management, Inc.	1.57%	21y	8.65%	Watch
82	MS MSCI MSCI Inc.	1.03%	10y	19.78%	Watch
83	RI RIO Rio Tinto Plc	8.43%	0y	-0.68%	At risk
84	UN UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated	1.63%	15y	12.07%	Watch
85	NR NRG NRG Energy, Inc.	2.82%	6y	7.96%	Watch
86	WS WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc.	1.86%	5y	22.42%	Safe
87	BK BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. Common St	0.80%	1y	—	Safe
88	CL CLX Clorox Company (The)	3.21%	23y	2.54%	Watch
89	LI LIN Linde plc	1.38%	29y	9.27%	Watch
90	CH CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.	2.34%	4y	3.98%	Safe
91	NP NPSNY Naspers Ltd.	0.25%	—	—	Safe
92	MF MFC Manulife Financial Corporation	4.81%	12y	7.97%	Safe
93	MD MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc.	2.50%	12y	10.08%	Watch
94	GD GD General Dynamics Corporation	2.20%	28y	6.40%	Safe
95	AL ALL Allstate Corporation (The)	2.47%	15y	13.12%	Watch
96	EO EOG EOG Resources, Inc.	2.81%	2y	21.06%	Safe
97	UN UNP Union Pacific Corporation	2.25%	2y	6.99%	Watch
98	PS PSX Phillips 66	3.99%	4y	5.92%	Safe
99	WP WPC W. P. Carey Inc. REIT	5.77%	1y	-2.39%	At risk
100	PG PG Procter & Gamble	2.52%	28y	5.97%	Watch

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