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

#TickerNameYield
1NOCG34.SANorthrop Grumman Corporation16.6%
2RTX.TORTX CDR (CAD Hedged)5.7%
3009540.KOKorea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co Ltd4.4%
4SWBI.USSmith & Wesson Brands Inc4.2%
5LOM.XETRALockheed Martin Corporation3.0%
6001316.SHEZhejiang XiaSha Precision2.5%
7LMT.USLockheed Martin Corporation2.5%
8329180.KOHyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd2.3%
9600150.SHGChina CSSC Holdings Ltd2.0%
10BA.LSEBAE Systems plc2.0%
11GEOO34.SAGeneral Electric Company1.9%
12HII.USHuntington Ingalls Industries Inc1.9%
13NOC.USNorthrop Grumman Corporation1.8%
14QQ.LSEQinetiq Group PLC1.8%
15BSP.XETRABAE Systems plc1.7%
16AM.PADassault Aviation SA1.7%
17688543.SHGJiangxi Guoke Defence Group Co. Ltd. A1.7%
18GD.USGeneral Dynamics Corporation1.7%
19RYTT34.SARaytheon Technologies Corporation1.6%
20AIR.MCAirbus Group SE1.6%

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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.

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