Best Dividend Stocks in REIT - Mortgage for 2026
Reliable dividend payers with sustainable yields, screened on payout ratio and balance-sheet health.
Mortgage REITs (mREITs) earn the spread between leveraged mortgage-securities portfolios and short-term funding. The cohort screens cheap on Valuation (price-to-book) but the Health pillar (leverage, repo funding stability) is the gating factor since spread compression and funding stress are recurring drawdown drivers.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 REIT - Mortgage stocks by dividend yield
| # | Ticker | Name | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IVR.US | Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc | 18.9% |
| 2 | ARR.US | ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc | 17.9% |
| 3 | PMT.US | PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 16.9% |
| 4 | FBRT.US | Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc | 16.2% |
| 5 | DX.US | Dynex Capital Inc | 16.1% |
| 6 | MFA.US | MFA Financial Inc | 15.7% |
| 7 | ARI.US | Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc | 15.2% |
| 8 | AGNC.US | AGNC Investment Corp. | 13.6% |
| 9 | BRSP.US | Brightspire Capital Inc | 12.8% |
| 10 | NLY.US | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 12.6% |
| 11 | CIM.US | Chimera Investment Corporation | 12.3% |
| 12 | STWD.US | Starwood Property Trust Inc | 12.0% |
| 13 | TRTX.US | TPG RE Finance Trust Inc | 11.9% |
| 14 | EFC.US | Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.6% |
| 15 | TWO.US | Two Harbors Investments Corp | 11.3% |
| 16 | ADAM.US | New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 10.6% |
| 17 | RITM.US | Rithm Capital Corp. | 10.1% |
| 18 | LADR.US | Ladder Capital Corp Class A | 9.5% |
| 19 | RWT.US | Redwood Trust Inc | 7.7% |
| 20 | S2TW34.SA | Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | 7.2% |
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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 REIT - Mortgage industry; use the screener for the full ranked list.