Best Dividend Stocks in Railroads for 2026

Reliable dividend payers with sustainable yields, screened on payout ratio and balance-sheet health.

Railroads (the Class I North American operators and their international peers) earn quasi-monopoly returns on irreplaceable network assets. Composite scoring weights the Quality pillar (operating ratio improvement and ROIC) and the Valuation pillar (EV/EBITDA against mid-cycle volume); the Health pillar checks capex coverage on the heavy maintenance cycle.

Data as of (updated daily)

Top 20 Railroads stocks by dividend yield

#TickerNameYield
1UNP.TOUnion Pacific CDR (CAD Hedged)17.8%
2CNIC34.SACanadian National Railway Company13.4%
3UPAC34.SAUnion Pacific Corporation8.3%
4AZJ.AUAurizon Holdings Ltd6.2%
50062.HKTransport International Holdings Ltd5.5%
63969.HKChina Railway Signal & Commun5.5%
7603111.SHGNanjing Kangni Mechanical & Electrical Co Ltd4.8%
8601006.SHGDaqin Railway Co Ltd4.6%
91766.HKCRRC Corp Ltd4.4%
10FGP.LSEFirstGroup PLC4.3%
11TRN.USTrinity Industries Inc4.2%
12KLS.AUKelsian Group Ltd4.1%
130066.HKMTR Corp Ltd3.9%
14601766.SHGCRRC Corp Ltd Class A3.7%
153898.HKZhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co Ltd3.7%
16688009.SHGRailway Signal Communication Ltd3.6%
17600368.SHGGuangxi Wuzhou Communications Co Ltd3.3%
18NWG.WARNewag S.A.3.2%
19GBX.USGreenbrier Companies Inc3.0%
20603680.SHGKTK Group Co Ltd3.0%

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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 Railroads industry; use the screener for the full ranked list.

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