Top 74 Stocks That Pay Dividends in October - 2024
As the final quarter of the year begins, having stocks that pay dividends in October can be a strategic way to boost your portfolio’s income. Receiving dividend payouts in October not only provides a steady cash flow but also positions investors to reinvest earnings or prepare for year-end financial planning. This month is especially appealing for dividend-focused investors looking to capitalize on consistent income as they close out the year. We’ll highlight the best stocks that pay dividends in October, offering insights into their dividend yields, financial performance, and why they’re solid additions to any income-generating portfolio.
| Stock | Dividend Yield | Pay-out Ratio | P/E Ratio | P/B Ratio | ROE | 5y Dividend Growth | 10y Dividend Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albemarle | 1.87% | -14.36% | -5.39% | 0.99% | -0.18% | 1.84% | 3.88% |
| Automatic Data Processing | 1.93% | 58.20% | 31.49% | 22.66% | 0.82% | 11.84% | 11.52% |
| Brown-Forman | 2.59% | 41.14% | 15.97% | 4.33% | 0.29% | 5.53% | -2.93% |
| Cardinal Health | 1.58% | 39.27% | 24.58% | -9.47% | -0.38% | -4.66% | 1.29% |
| Chubb | 1.32% | 14.19% | 11.00% | 1.67% | 0.16% | 3.79% | -2.36% |
| Cincinnati Financial | 2.32% | 15.67% | 7.09% | 1.58% | 0.24% | 7.66% | 6.29% |
| Ecolab | 0.95% | 32.16% | 34.61% | 8.28% | 0.25% | 4.99% | 7.41% |
| Essex Property Trust | 3.53% | 111.25% | 32.49% | 3.29% | 0.10% | -1.18% | 3.70% |
| Federal Realty Investment Trust | 4.11% | 124.95% | 30.46% | 2.88% | 0.10% | -4.55% | -0.06% |
| Franklin Resources | 6.16% | 141.22% | 22.52% | 0.84% | 0.04% | 8.24% | 4.44% |
| Genuine Parts | 3.41% | 50.06% | 15.01% | 3.48% | 0.24% | 5.57% | 5.69% |
| Illinois Tool Works | 2.23% | 48.42% | 22.27% | 22.69% | 1.12% | 6.98% | 12.35% |
| Kimberly-Clark | 3.77% | 77.17% | 20.77% | 44.57% | 1.89% | 3.44% | 3.80% |
| Realty Income | 5.70% | 291.48% | 54.42% | 1.24% | 0.02% | 1.09% | 2.73% |
| Roper Technologies | 0.58% | 21.26% | 38.59% | 3.08% | 0.08% | 10.15% | 14.13% |
| Sysco | 2.81% | 52.07% | 18.35% | 17.61% | 0.94% | 5.30% | 5.61% |
| Altria | 7.60% | 66.57% | 8.71% | -25.83% | -2.72% | 4.05% | 7.18% |
| Coca-Cola | 3.11% | 78.28% | 25.83% | 10.14% | 0.40% | 3.93% | 4.75% |
| Medtronic | 3.03% | 84.54% | 27.51% | 2.43% | 0.09% | 5.65% | 8.85% |
| New York Mortgage Trust | 13.51% | 15264.20% | 650.78% | 0.37% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -2.96% |
| Carlyle Secured Lending | 10.21% | 98.21% | 9.58% | 1.03% | 0.11% | 1.45% | 0.00% |
| Golub Capital BDC | 12.07% | 123.52% | 15.07% | 1.03% | 0.08% | 5.77% | 3.92% |
| Rithm Capital | 8.85% | 155.65% | 10.03% | 0.73% | 0.08% | -12.94% | 0.20% |
| AGNC Investment | 14.88% | 101.04% | 6.78% | 0.81% | 0.13% | -6.36% | -5.77% |
| Franklin BSP Realty Trust | 11.41% | 152.63% | 10.72% | 0.67% | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Outfront Media | 8.82% | 85.04% | 12.69% | 4.21% | 0.34% | 2.76% | 0.00% |
| TC Energy | 5.94% | 77.50% | 13.42% | 2.29% | 0.17% | 3.48% | 3.43% |
| Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund | 9.33% | 60.52% | 6.54% | 1.03% | 0.16% | 1.79% | 0.04% |
| Voya Financial | 2.93% | 30.49% | 12.07% | 1.77% | 0.16% | 45.68% | 48.60% |
| SLR Investment | 9.83% | 92.46% | 9.41% | 0.92% | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.25% |
| AG Mortgage Investment Trust | 11.54% | 42.06% | 2.65% | 0.35% | 0.13% | -16.96% | -10.98% |
| PIMCO Strategic Income Fund | 9.27% | 79.98% | 9.84% | 1.49% | 0.15% | -4.41% | -5.00% |
| Stellus Capital Investment | 10.79% | 81.38% | 8.03% | 1.07% | 0.14% | 3.30% | 1.17% |
| Lument Finance Trust | 15.38% | 86.97% | 5.94% | 0.56% | 0.09% | 6.28% | -12.38% |
| MidCap Financial Investment | 12.46% | 119.22% | 8.34% | 0.64% | 0.10% | -0.91% | 7.96% |
| WhiteHorse Finance | 17.62% | 341.62% | 22.69% | 0.79% | 0.03% | 2.02% | 2.31% |
| PennantPark Floating Rate Capital | 10.91% | 85.82% | 7.71% | 0.81% | 0.12% | 2.19% | 1.31% |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust | 12.26% | -176.29% | -12.67% | 0.80% | -0.06% | -2.55% | 0.97% |
| Uniti | 5.20% | 106.45% | 13.45% | -0.55% | -0.04% | -4.11% | 0.00% |
| Woodside Energy | 8.19% | 142.92% | 15.84% | 0.84% | 0.05% | 0.00% | -5.08% |
| Invesco | 4.21% | -193.35% | -37.28% | 0.60% | -0.02% | -7.90% | -1.78% |
| BrightSpire Capital | 12.88% | -81.10% | -5.54% | 0.66% | -0.11% | -15.28% | 0.00% |
| PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 12.69% | 108.19% | 6.54% | 0.57% | 0.09% | -3.17% | -6.06% |
| Dynex Capital | 13.86% | 122.93% | 10.99% | 0.84% | 0.09% | 2.30% | 4.68% |
| Goldman Sachs BDC | 14.00% | 258.51% | 19.82% | 0.95% | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| FS KKR Capital | 12.80% | 156.63% | 12.01% | 0.95% | 0.08% | 30.71% | 0.00% |
| PennantPark Investment | 13.16% | 134.91% | 9.36% | 0.93% | 0.10% | 4.80% | -2.05% |
| Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance | 13.54% | 106.26% | 7.75% | 1.01% | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Trinity Capital | 13.67% | 110.21% | 9.28% | 1.07% | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ares Commercial Real Estate | 17.39% | -100.27% | -4.91% | 0.56% | -0.11% | -5.40% | 0.00% |
| Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance | 13.44% | -187.72% | -10.85% | 0.66% | -0.06% | -8.19% | -2.84% |
| Oxford Square Capital | 15.73% | -525.54% | -36.85% | 1.08% | -0.03% | -12.16% | -9.66% |
| Two Harbors Investment | 15.01% | -54.81% | -2.94% | 0.57% | -0.19% | 1.51% | 5.64% |
| TPG RE Finance Trust | 11.47% | 149.33% | 10.21% | 0.60% | 0.06% | -11.01% | 0.00% |
| Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT | 14.50% | 91.67% | 8.06% | 0.88% | 0.14% | -4.04% | -7.96% |
| Nordic American Tankers | 15.27% | 142.85% | 8.70% | 1.07% | 0.12% | 31.95% | -4.13% |
| KKR Real Estate Finance Trust | 9.92% | 5386.47% | 326.45% | 0.52% | 0.00% | -10.28% | 0.00% |
| AFC Gamma | 19.33% | 496.02% | 19.58% | 0.82% | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Global Net Lease | 15.28% | -191.74% | -9.52% | 0.73% | -0.07% | -7.86% | 0.00% |
| Granite Point Mortgage Trust | 10.34% | -29.64% | -0.79% | 0.22% | -0.25% | -29.15% | 0.00% |
| Brandywine Realty Trust | 11.21% | -33.70% | -2.99% | 0.84% | -0.25% | -4.62% | 0.00% |
| Medical Properties Trust | 9.81% | -14.44% | -1.12% | 0.52% | -0.39% | -14.72% | -5.84% |
| Via Renewables | 12.90% | 45.28% | 4.29% | 1.33% | 0.15% | -24.23% | 0.00% |
| Chevron | 4.17% | 70.28% | 16.86% | 1.80% | 0.10% | 6.49% | 4.47% |
| Atmos Energy | 2.35% | 47.27% | 20.26% | 1.74% | 0.09% | 8.85% | 8.15% |
| T. Rowe Price | 4.29% | 53.90% | 12.26% | 2.51% | 0.21% | 10.29% | 10.92% |
| Cintas | 0.73% | 33.32% | 48.16% | 19.21% | 0.41% | 12.77% | -3.73% |
| Exxon Mobil | 3.55% | 47.99% | 14.30% | 1.79% | 0.14% | 2.28% | 3.58% |
| Aflac | 1.86% | 27.72% | 15.71% | 2.41% | 0.16% | 13.12% | 2.92% |
| Sherwin-Williams | 0.79% | 27.33% | 35.68% | 21.96% | 0.68% | -8.75% | 2.66% |
| McDonald's | 2.33% | 58.34% | 25.31% | -40.31% | -1.69% | 7.47% | 7.53% |
| PepsiCo | 3.55% | 75.99% | 22.05% | 10.60% | 0.49% | 7.04% | 7.73% |
| Abbott Laboratories | 1.76% | 65.30% | 38.31% | 5.55% | 0.15% | 11.44% | 9.60% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3.27% | 79.71% | 24.65% | 5.16% | 0.21% | 5.54% | 5.93% |