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)18.6%
2CNIC34.SACanadian National Railway Company13.3%
3UPAC34.SAUnion Pacific Corporation9.0%
40062.HKTransport International Holdings Ltd8.5%
53969.HKChina Railway Signal & Commun5.3%
6603111.SHGNanjing Kangni Mechanical & Electrical Co Ltd5.2%
7601006.SHGDaqin Railway Co Ltd4.7%
8AZJ.AUAurizon Holdings Ltd4.5%
91766.HKCRRC Corp Ltd4.4%
10FGP.LSEFirstGroup PLC4.0%
110066.HKMTR Corp Ltd4.0%
12KLS.AUKelsian Group Ltd3.9%
13600368.SHGGuangxi Wuzhou Communications Co Ltd3.7%
14688009.SHGRailway Signal Communication Ltd3.5%
153898.HKZhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co Ltd3.4%
16TRN.USTrinity Industries Inc3.3%
17NWG.WARNewag S.A.3.1%
18601333.SHGGuangshen Railway Co Ltd3.0%
19MRSA5B.SAMRS Logística S.A.3.0%
20CNI.USCanadian National Railway Company2.8%

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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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