Monthly Dividend Stocks: What They Are and Top Payers for 2026

Monthly dividend stocks are companies and funds that pay every month instead of every quarter. On our data from Nov 4, 2026, 1,644 securities pay monthly against 3,458 paying quarterly, and the ranked list of monthly dividend stocks and ETFs shows the 1,335 that pass its filters.

Top monthly dividend payers by name recognition

This is a table of well-known monthly payers and not a set of suggestions. It's here because people search for these names, and each row links to the full record.

Realty Income: the benchmark monthly payer

Realty Income (O) pays $0.2715 a month on our latest record, a 5.66% yield at the $57.50 close. Our six years of records show 4 raises and 0 falls in the monthly amount, with regular payments growing 2.9% a year over five years.

Monthly payers: pros and cons

Monthly payments match monthly bills, and a reinvested payment starts earning sooner. With a 6% yield reinvested on a flat price, monthly payments give 6.17% over a year against 6.14% for quarterly, so the gain is real and very small.

The schedule says nothing about the quality of the payment. Monthly lists contain many high-yield funds and a yield can be high because the price has fallen, so read the record before you take the yield at face value. What is a good dividend yield? shows how often very high yields came with falling payments.

How to get monthly cash flow from quarterly payers

Quarterly payers fall into three pay-date cycles. By holding some from each cycle you can get a payment every month, even with no monthly payers at all. Add your holdings to My dividends and it lays out what arrives in each month, so the gaps are easy to spot.

To work out what any monthly payer would pay you, use the income calculator on its ticker page, which also answers how many shares it takes for $100 a month.