Best Dividend Stocks in Aerospace & Defense for 2026
Reliable dividend payers with sustainable yields, screened on payout ratio and balance-sheet health.
Aerospace and Defense names earn revenue on multi-decade platform programmes plus aftermarket support, which produces unusually long earnings visibility for an industrial cohort. Composite scoring weights the Quality pillar (margin durability) and the Health pillar (programme-cost discipline); Valuation is the tiebreaker between the prime contractors and the supplier base.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Aerospace & Defense stocks by dividend yield
| # | Ticker | Name | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOCG34.SA | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 16.6% |
| 2 | RTX.TO | RTX CDR (CAD Hedged) | 5.7% |
| 3 | 009540.KO | Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co Ltd | 4.4% |
| 4 | SWBI.US | Smith & Wesson Brands Inc | 4.2% |
| 5 | LOM.XETRA | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 3.0% |
| 6 | 001316.SHE | Zhejiang XiaSha Precision | 2.5% |
| 7 | LMT.US | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 2.5% |
| 8 | 329180.KO | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd | 2.3% |
| 9 | 600150.SHG | China CSSC Holdings Ltd | 2.0% |
| 10 | BA.LSE | BAE Systems plc | 2.0% |
| 11 | GEOO34.SA | General Electric Company | 1.9% |
| 12 | HII.US | Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc | 1.9% |
| 13 | NOC.US | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 1.8% |
| 14 | QQ.LSE | Qinetiq Group PLC | 1.8% |
| 15 | BSP.XETRA | BAE Systems plc | 1.7% |
| 16 | AM.PA | Dassault Aviation SA | 1.7% |
| 17 | 688543.SHG | Jiangxi Guoke Defence Group Co. Ltd. A | 1.7% |
| 18 | GD.US | General Dynamics Corporation | 1.7% |
| 19 | RYTT34.SA | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | 1.6% |
| 20 | AIR.MC | Airbus Group SE | 1.6% |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by dividend yield within the Aerospace & Defense industry; use the screener for the full ranked list.