Best Dividend Stocks in Asset Management for 2026
Reliable dividend payers with sustainable yields, screened on payout ratio and balance-sheet health.
Asset Management names (BlackRock, Brookfield, Blackstone, and global peers) earn fee revenue on AUM, so operating leverage on rising markets is the structural tailwind. The Quality pillar (margin durability, ROE) does most of the work in composite ranking; Valuation pillar separates the asset-light fee aggregators from the balance-sheet-heavy alternative shops.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Asset Management stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NMFC.US | New Mountain Finance Corporation | 54.6 |
| 2 | PFLT.US | PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd | 68.6 |
| 3 | FP.LSE | Fondul Proprietatea S.A. GDR | 46.4 |
| 4 | CGBD.US | Carlyle Secured Lending Inc | 54.7 |
| 5 | FFN.TO | North American Financial 15 | 58.5 |
| 6 | GSBD.US | Goldman Sachs BDC Inc | 60.2 |
| 7 | DFN.TO | Dividend 15 Split Corp | 60.3 |
| 8 | OCSL.US | Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp | 52.5 |
| 9 | MFIC.US | MidCap Financial Investment Corporation | 58.1 |
| 10 | OBDC.US | Blue Owl Capital Corporation | 49.7 |
| 11 | OTF.US | Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. | 57.6 |
| 12 | BXSL.US | Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | 60.7 |
| 13 | MSDL.US | Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund | 62.3 |
| 14 | BCSF.US | Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc | 60.3 |
| 15 | SLRC.US | SLR Investment Corp | 64.3 |
| 16 | TRIN.US | Trinity Capital Inc | 69.7 |
| 17 | BBDC.US | Barings BDC Inc | 66.2 |
| 18 | TSLX.US | Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc | 49.2 |
| 19 | GBDC.US | Golub Capital BDC Inc | 56.0 |
| 20 | HQH.US | Tekla Healthcare Investors | 49.0 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score within the Asset Management industry; use the screener for the full ranked list.