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Best Dividend Stocks — Quality Scored by the Six-Factor Composite
Dividend investing fails when 'high yield' is the only filter — high yields are often the market pricing in dividend risk. The right filter is yield in the context of quality: are the fundamentals strong, is the trend confirming, is the sector regime supportive? The list below ranks US tickers in the Utilities sector — the classic income-oriented, dividend-rich corner of the market — by Tapeline composite, the same six-factor formula that prices in trend, fundamentals, and macro alongside the yield. High score in a dividend sector means yield WITH durability.
Updated September 27, 2026. 14 stocks currently make today's Dividend Investors list (composite 55+ on Tapeline's published six-factor methodology). At the top of the list right now: MNTK, GWRS, RNW, GNE, NWE — composites across the list range from 56 to 75 out of 100.
Scores are a descriptive reading of six weighted factors, not a forecast or a buy call. Each recorded daily top-10 pick is published — wins and losses — on the public scorecard, which currently trails SPY.
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| # | Ticker | Name | Score | Signal | Price | 1d |
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| 1 | MNTK | Montauk Renewables Inc | 75 | STRONG SETUP | $2.94 | +0.32% |
| 2 | GWRS | Global Water Resources, Inc. | 66 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $8.09 | -0.12% |
| 3 | RNW | Renew Energy Global PLC | 65 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $6.84 | 0.00% |
| 4 | GNE | GENIE ENERGY LTD | 63 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $15.92 | 0.00% |
| 5 | NWE | NorthWestern Energy Group Inc | 60 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $68.84 | 0.00% |
| 6 | HTO | H2O America Common Stock | 59 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $62.27 | 0.00% |
| 7 | ELPC | Companhia Paranaense de Energia | 58 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $12.22 | -0.16% |
| 8 | SGU | Star Group, L.P. Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interest | 57 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $12.83 | 0.00% |
| 9 | AES | AES Corporation | 57 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $14.85 | -0.13% |
| 10 | PCYO | Pure Cycle Corp | 57 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $10.87 | 0.00% |
| 11 | EVRG | Evergy, Inc. | 57 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $78.04 | 0.00% |
| 12 | UGI | UGI Corp | 57 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $36.97 | +1.26% |
| 13 | ELLO | Ellomay Capital LTD | 56 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $22.24 | +1.18% |
| 14 | SR | Spire Inc. | 56 | CONSTRUCTIVE | $77.21 | 0.00% |
Signal key: HIGH CONVICTION 85–100 · STRONG SETUP 70–84 · CONSTRUCTIVE 55–69 · NEUTRAL 40–54 · CAUTION 25–39 · WEAK 0–24. Labels describe where the six factors sit today — they are not buy or sell recommendations.
How the Dividend Investors ranking works
The Tapeline composite is a transparent weighted blend of six named factors: Trend, Relative Strength, Fundamentals, Smart Money, Macro, and Momentum — weighted most toward Trend and Relative Strength, and least toward Momentum. For the dividend investors view, the emphasis is on fundamentals + trend — but the composite is the better summary signal than any single factor in isolation.
Read the full methodology on /how-it-works, or see how today's picks have performed historically on the public scorecard.
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Questions about dividend investors on Tapeline
Why composite-score dividend stocks instead of just sorting by yield?
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High-yield-first lists surface dividend traps — stocks where the yield is high because the price collapsed and the dividend is at risk of being cut. The composite score blends fundamentals (earnings quality, balance-sheet health), trend (is the stock holding up?), and macro (is the regime supportive of yield names?). High composite in a dividend-rich sector means yield with the underlying strength to defend it.
Which sector does this list focus on?
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Utilities — historically the most income-oriented, dividend-rich sector, and the single cleanest bucket for a 'dividend' screen. Other sectors house dividend payers too: for a wider income view, browse /sector/financials, /sector/real-estate, or /sector/consumer-staples, or set any single-sector filter on /app/scanner.
How does Tapeline read dividend safety?
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Dividend safety isn't an explicit factor in the score, but it's heavily implied by the Fundamentals factor. Strong fundamentals — reported margin, return on equity, and earnings and revenue growth — are the structural backstop for a defensible payout. If the Fundamentals sub-score is below 40 on a high-yield name, that's the red flag the composite is asking you to weigh.
Should I cross-check with another tool?
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For deep dividend-specific research (payout-ratio history, dividend-growth streaks, ex-div schedule), Simply Wall St's Snowflake includes a Dividends dimension that's purpose-built. Many dividend investors run Tapeline for the composite + Simply Wall St for the dividend-specific deep dive. See the head-to-head comparison.
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