10 large-cap energy stocks ranked by their forward dividend yield

Large-cap energy stocks with market capitalizations of $10 billion or more, ranked by their forward dividend yield.

The list is topped by Western Midstream Partners, LP (WES), with a dividend yield of 8.84%. MPLX LP (MPLX) and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) are next, with Energy Transfer LP (ET) and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD) rounding out the rest of the top five.

Other notable large-cap energy players on the list include Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM), Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (CQP), and ONEOK, Inc. (OKE). Chevron Corporation (CVX), despite ranking tenth for yield at 3.58%, stands out with a Strong Buy Quant rating of 4.89, the highest on the list.

1. Western Midstream Partners, LP (WES), Dividend yield: 8.84%

2. MPLX LP (MPLX), Dividend yield: 7.70%

3. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA), Dividend yield: 7.54%

4. Energy Transfer LP (ET), Dividend yield: 7.08%

5. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD), Dividend yield: 5.86%

6. Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM), Dividend yield: 5.12%

7. Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (CQP), Dividend yield: 5.07%

8. ONEOK, Inc. (OKE), Dividend yield: 4.85%

9. Antero Midstream Corporation (AM), Dividend yield: 3.96%

10. Chevron Corporation (CVX), Dividend yield: 3.58%

Energy ETFs: (XLE), (AMLP), (VDE), (XOP), (OIH), and (IXC)

Rising Dividend Stocks offering Treasury-beating yields

Nine S&P 500 stocks, including Verizon (VZ), Paccar (PCAR) and T. Rowe Price (TWO), yield more than the 10-year Treasury yield's 4.09%, say an Investor's Business Daily analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. What's more, their stock prices are all up 2% or more this year.

 

All yield more than 10-Year Treasuries and are up this year

Company	Ticker	Yield	YTD stock % ch.	Sector
Verizon Communications	(VZ)	6.3%	10.9%	Communication Services
PACCAR	(PCAR)	4.2	3.6%	Industrials
T. Rowe Price	(TROW)	4.4	2.7%	Financials
AT&T	(T)	6.4	2.5%	Communication Services
Truist Financial	(TFC)	5.4	2.3%	Financials
Citizens Financial Group	(CFG)	5.0	2.3%	Financials
Huntington Bancshares	(HBAN)	4.7	2.2%	Financials
KeyCorp	(KEY)	5.5	2.2%	Financials
Pioneer Natural Resources	(PXD)	6.1	2.1%	Energy

Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, IBD

Highest Yielding S&P 500 Stocks

Irving, Texas-based Pioneer Natural is yielding an impressive 12.2% despite the stock falling just 2.6% this year. Just know that the dividend likely won't stick around forever. Rival Exxon Mobil (XOM) is looking to buy Pioneer for roughly $65 billion. Exxon Mobil stock yields just 3.8% — a fraction of what Pioneer does.

Pioneer is the only S&P 500 stock paying a double-digit percentage as a dividend. But approaching that level at a 9.4% yield is ailing drugstore Walgreens Boots Alliance. Mostly due to a 43% plunge in the stock price, the company now yields 9.4%. That's certainly an outlier. S&P 500 industry peer CVS Health (CVS), in contrast, yields just 3.4%.

Company	Ticker	Dividend yield	Sector
Pioneer Natural Resources	PXD	12.21%	Energy
Walgreens Boots Alliance	WBA	9.36	Consumer Staples
Altria Group	MO	9.21	Consumer Staples
Invesco	IVZ	8.27	Financials
Verizon	VZ	6.92	Communication Services
Devon Energy	DVN	6.5555	Energy
Healthpeak Properties	PEAK	6.54	Real Estate
Whirlpool	WHR	6.476	Consumer Discretionary
Kinder Morgan	KMI	6.4571	Energy
AT&T	T	6.45	Communication Services
KeyCorp	KEY	6.34	Financials
Boston Properties	BXP	6.32	Real Estate
Truist Financial	TFC	6.27	Financials

Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, IBD

Top-Tier Dividend Stocks With 5%+ Yields

These  high-yielding dividend stocks can be a great source of passive income for investors.

• Devon Energy (DVN): Investors looking for energy exposure can’t go wrong owning this big dividend payer.
• Verizon Communications (VZ): Patient investors might find this all-time low trading price a compelling opportunity.
• V.F. Corp. (VFC): This company’s recent decline makes its yield too good to ignore.

Highest yielders

Some of the highest yielders on the Dow Jones Industrial Index are

• Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) at 5.02%, 
• Dow (NYSE:DOW) at 5.14% and 
• IBM (NYSE:IBM) at 4.82%. 

On the S&P 500 Index, yield leaders include

• Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) at 4.20%, 
• People's United Financial (NASDAQ:PBCT) at 4.19% and 
• Valero (NYSE:VLO) at 3.81%. 

On the Nasdaq 100

• Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) at 5.02%, 
• Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) at 4.29% and 
• Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) at 3.40% are at the top the list.