🪙 Dividend Stocks Newsletter for 8/19/2026

Unsubscribe DividendStocks.com Newsletter August 19, 2026 How one AI fund pays investors every Thursday (ad) This AI fund posted a 34 percent annualized payout last month One small fund tied to artificial intelligence stocks delivered $1,051 in a single month, not through selling shares or trading options, but simply by holding the fund and letting it pay out cash every Thursday. That works out to a 34% annualized distribution rate, even though the underlying AI stocks pay no dividends themselves. Tim Plaehn, Chief Income Strategist at Investors Alley, breaks down exactly how the fund generates these weekly payouts. Watch The Free Presentation To See How The Payouts Worktc pixel Top Dividend News Home Depot Analysts See a Path to $375 and Beyond RTX Stock Gets a Radar Lock on a $23B Navy Win My next big call (under $1)tc pixel (from Crypto 101 Media) Fabrinet’s Sell-Off May Prove It Is One of AI’s Most Misunderstood Stocks 3 Infrastructure Stocks Built Around the Backbone of the Economy Moonshot to Money: Intuitive Machines Lands $600M Defense Win Commodities Are Booming, But These 3 ETFs Tell Different Stories Small Colorado Company (Backed by Sam Altman) Could Save U.S. Power Gridtc pixel (from Altimetry) 3 Active ETFs Making Big Moves in August This ETF Is Outperforming by Avoiding the S&P 500’s Biggest Problem Looking Beyond CrowdStrike? 3 AI Security Stocks Stand Out These 5 Dividend Stocks Show Why Income Investing Still Matters Dividend Stock Lists: Best Dividend Stocks To Buy High-Yield Stocks Best Dividend Stocks By Sector Trending Dividend Stocks in the News Trending Dividend Stocks by Media Sentiment Trending Dividend Stocks on Reddit Dividend Champions Dividend Challengers Dividend Contenders A Worldwide Gold Lockdown Is Now Underway (ad) A Worldwide Gold Lockdown Is Now Underway Gold has spiked above $4,400 an ounce as central bankers stockpile at one of the fastest paces in decades, according to a new report from Dr. David Eifrig, a 40-year financial veteran who worked the trading desk during Black Monday in 1987. Bank of England staff are reportedly working overnight to dig out gold bars for delivery, while nations repatriate hundreds of tons back within their borders. Eifrig says this goes beyond a typical gold rally and outlines three steps to prepare in a free broadcast. Watch The Free Broadcast Now To Get The Full Storytc pixel Ex-Dividend Stocks for Thursday, August 20th Company Share Price Amount / Period Yield Previous Amount Payout Ratio Payable Date ACT Enact $50.01 $0.24 quarterly 2.01% $0.24 20.2% 9/17/26 AGO Assured Guaranty $75.32 $0.38 quarterly 1.84% $0.38 20.3% 9/3/26 AMAT Applied Materials $493.51 $0.53 quarterly 0.42% $0.53 18.3% 9/10/26 BC Brunswick $82.16 $0.44 quarterly 2.15% $0.44 -134.4% 9/15/26 CGNX Cognex $61.64 $0.09 quarterly 0.48% $0.09 33.0% 9/3/26 CHRD Chord Energy $148.06 $1.30 quarterly 4.00% $1.30 34.9% 9/4/26 CNP CenterPoint Energy $40.45 $0.24 quarterly 2.22% $0.23 54.1% 9/10/26 COLM Columbia Sportswear $59.56 $0.30 quarterly 1.91% $0.30 31.2% 9/3/26 CON Concentra Group Holdings Parent $35.21 $0.06 quarterly 0.82% $0.06 16.1% 8/28/26 GIL Gildan Activewear $56.66 $0.25 quarterly 1.90% $0.25 190.4% 9/14/26 KGC Kinross Gold $30.04 $0.04 quarterly 0.69% $0.04 6.1% 9/3/26 LFUS Littelfuse $424.85 $0.80 quarterly 0.78% $0.75 -640.0% 9/3/26 LKQ LKQ $25.83 $0.30 quarterly 5.31% $0.30 66.7% 9/3/26 LMAT LeMaitre Vascular $83.27 $0.25 quarterly 0.95% $0.25 35.1% 9/3/26 MAR Marriott International $362.35 $0.73 quarterly 0.82% $0.73 30.3% 9/30/26 MSFT Microsoft $488.67 $0.91 quarterly 0.92% $0.91 20.3% 9/10/26 MTRN Materion $254.37 $0.15 quarterly 0.24% $0.15 13.5% 9/4/26 RMD ResMed $227.69 $0.66 quarterly 1.27% $0.60 25.3% 9/24/26 SBAC SBA Communications $180.42 $1.25 quarterly 2.78% $1.25 53.9% 9/17/26 SGI Somnigroup International $65.61 $0.17 quarterly 1.04% $0.17 27.2% 9/3/26 TRU TransUnion $83.39 $0.13 quarterly 0.63% $0.13 13.2% 9/4/26 WD Walker & Dunlop $41.21 $0.68 quarterly 6.15% $0.68 242.9% 9/3/26 WMG Warner Music Group $26.97 $0.20 quarterly 3.08% $0.19 60.3% 9/1/26 WPM Wheaton Precious Metals $146.66 $0.20 quarterly 0.62% $0.20 17.3% 9/3/26 WWD Woodward $358.16 $0.32 quarterly 0.29% $0.32 14.2% 9/3/26 ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $49.50 $0.11 quarterly 0.91% $0.11 27.2% 9/4/26 Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment. "Second Wave” Hitting Iran Soon? Wall Street Issues Warning (ad) "Second Wave” Hitting Iran Soon? Wall Street Issues Warning Analysts at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are warning that a quiet domestic threat - unrelated to overseas conflict - could be the worst thing to hit American investors in 50 years, potentially keeping portfolios in the red for a decade or more. TradeSmith CEO Keith Kaplan is responding with an AI-driven trading tool built by a former U.S. Air Force nuclear missile coder, designed to sidestep sudden market crashes while still growing your money - regardless of whether markets rise, fall, or stay flat. No options, gold, crypto, or penny stocks involved. Try The AI Free - No Signup, Email, Or Credit Card Requiredtc pixel Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, August 21st Company Share Price Amount / Period Yield Previous Amount Payout Ratio Payable Date ALSN Allison Transmission $125.14 $0.29 quarterly 0.93% $0.29 18.4% 8/31/26 AMGN Amgen $435.51 $2.52 quarterly 2.60% $2.52 62.6% 9/11/26 AU AngloGold Ashanti $107.93 $0.72 quarterly 3.64% $1.16 62.2% 9/4/26 BBWI Bath & Body Works $19.98 $0.20 quarterly 3.93% $0.20 22.5% 9/4/26 CBC Central Bancompany $31.48 $0.12 quarterly 1.44% $0.12 34.3% 9/1/26 CMI Cummins $608.34 $2.20 quarterly 1.33% $2.00 40.9% 9/3/26 DX Dynex Capital $13.35 $0.17 monthly 15.77% $0.17 77.6% 9/1/26 FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations $46.21 $0.26 quarterly 2.07% $0.26 84.6% 9/9/26 FERG Ferguson $244.40 $0.89 quarterly 1.40% $0.89 41.4% 10/7/26 FLOC Flowco $22.85 $0.14 special - - 29.0% 8/31/26 GGB Gerdau $4.70 $0.04 quarterly 3.51% $0.04 52.2% 9/18/26 GSL Global Ship Lease $43.45 $0.63 quarterly 5.86% $0.63 24.0% 9/3/26 HCI HCI Group $185.35 $0.40 quarterly 0.89% $0.40 6.9% 9/18/26 HLT Hilton Worldwide $334.00 $0.15 quarterly 0.19% $0.15 8.8% 9/30/26 IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group $162.05 $0.65 0.83% $1.26 - 10/1/26 J Jacobs Solutions $145.93 $0.36 quarterly 1.08% $0.36 51.1% 9/18/26 JOE St. Joe $69.11 $0.16 quarterly 1.03% $0.16 29.9% 9/18/26 KMPR Kemper $26.64 $0.32 quarterly 4.39% $0.32 -15.2% 9/4/26 LCII LCI Industries $106.01 $1.15 quarterly 4.23% $1.15 53.5% 9/4/26 LTC LTC Properties $40.11 $0.19 monthly 5.88% $0.19 84.1% 8/31/26 MFC Manulife Financial $43.30 $0.49 quarterly 3.11% $0.49 53.4% 9/21/26 PRI Primerica $303.53 $1.20 quarterly 1.49% $1.20 19.3% 9/14/26 PRK Park National $203.21 $1.10 quarterly 2.32% $1.10 39.4% 9/10/26 SBLK Star Bulk Carriers $30.21 $0.90 quarterly 12.88% $0.50 78.4% 9/3/26 SHW Sherwin-Williams $353.00 $0.80 quarterly 1.00% $0.80 29.5% 9/11/26 SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro $61.04 $0.66 quarterly 3.60% $0.66 229.6% 9/4/26 TEL TE Connectivity $206.35 $0.78 quarterly 1.54% $0.78 30.6% 9/11/26 USLM United States Lime & Minerals $118.85 $0.06 quarterly 0.21% $0.06 5.1% 9/11/26 USPH U.S. Physical Therapy $79.77 $0.46 quarterly 2.38% $0.46 1,082.4% 9/11/26 VTRS Viatris $16.32 $0.12 quarterly 2.71% $0.12 -133.3% 9/16/26 WAFD WaFd $37.08 $0.27 quarterly 2.84% $0.27 34.1% 9/4/26 WMT Walmart $115.22 $0.25 quarterly 0.79% $0.25 34.7% 9/8/26 Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. How to get a stake in Anthropic — before the IPO (ad) How to get a stake in Anthropic — before the IPO Anthropic, the maker of Claude AI, has reportedly filed for an IPO that could arrive as early as October. Its valuation has doubled since the announcement, with some estimates putting the company's worth near 3 trillion dollars by IPO day. Google, Amazon, Nvidia and Microsoft have all taken stakes, while Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan are competing for private shares. Anthropic's annualized revenue reportedly grew 80 times in the first quarter alone. See how investors are positioning ahead of this closely watched IPO. Learn How To Get A Stake Before The Anthropic IPOtc pixel Ex-Dividend Stocks for Monday, August 24th Company Share Price Amount / Period Yield Previous Amount Payout Ratio Payable Date ADEA Adeia $27.89 $0.05 quarterly 0.72% $0.05 18.5% 9/14/26 AEIS Advanced Energy Industries $299.58 $0.10 quarterly 0.12% $0.10 7.5% 9/4/26 ATO Atmos Energy $170.47 $1.00 quarterly 2.32% $1.00 47.6% 9/8/26 FSCO FS Credit Opportunities $5.17 $0.06 monthly 14.13% $0.06 - 8/31/26 GGAL Grupo Financiero Galicia $41.59 $0.05 monthly 1.16% - 26.0% 8/31/26 GLNG Golar LNG $52.76 $0.25 quarterly 1.95% $0.25 62.5% 9/2/26 HQH abrdn Healthcare Investors $24.66 $0.66 quarterly 11.26% $0.61 - 8/31/26 HQH abrdn Healthcare Investors $24.66 $0.66 quarterly 11.26% $0.66 - 9/30/26 LYB LyondellBasell Industries $66.77 $0.69 quarterly 4.33% $0.69 -244.2% 8/31/26 MAS Masco $75.03 $0.32 quarterly 1.72% $0.32 29.4% 8/28/26 MCHP Microchip Technology $78.61 $0.46 quarterly 2.45% $0.46 271.6% 9/9/26 MMM 3M $182.02 $0.78 quarterly 1.71% $0.78 55.4% 9/11/26 MRX Marex Group plc Ordinary Shares $71.52 $0.16 quarterly 0.90% $0.16 11.5% 9/9/26 MUSA Murphy USA $576.06 $0.65 quarterly 0.46% $0.64 7.8% 9/3/26 PAAS Pan American Silver $50.58 $0.18 quarterly 1.01% $0.18 21.8% 9/4/26 PATK Patrick Industries $86.34 $0.47 quarterly 2.19% $0.47 44.5% 9/8/26 PAYC Paycom Software $221.77 $0.38 quarterly 0.89% $0.38 15.9% 9/8/26 PRMB Primo Brands $23.75 $0.12 quarterly 2.09% $0.12 184.6% 9/8/26 R Ryder System $253.05 $1.01 quarterly 1.50% $0.91 29.6% 9/18/26 RDN Radian Group $36.70 $0.26 quarterly 2.81% $0.26 26.2% 9/9/26 TECH Bio-Techne $72.47 $0.65 quarterly 3.60% $0.08 27.8% 9/4/26 TSCO Tractor Supply $35.54 $0.24 quarterly 2.82% $0.24 50.0% 9/8/26 TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastructure $44.56 $0.48 monthly 12.36% $0.48 - 8/31/26 Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. Dividend Stock Ideas This is a list of companies that meet common criteria that investors use to evaluate dividend stocks. This list contains companies that have dividend yields greater than 3%, payout ratios of less than 75% (or less than 100% for REITs), five-year average annual dividend growth of at least 1.5% and a minimum market cap of $1 billion. Company Dividend Yield Annual Payout Payout Ratio Annual Dividend Growth P/E Ratio Market Cap TBCG TBC Bank Group PLC 4.05% GBX 1,067.01 41.39% 5.29% 1.84 £2.61K FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. 25.19% $1.68 N/A 1.81% N/A $3.33K EFC Ellington Financial Inc. 11.46% $1.56 95.12% 4.36% 8.38 $1.77K BBSEY BB Seguridade Participacoes SA 9.20% $0.66 73.33% 6.13% 7.98 $13.95K PRGO Perrigo Company plc 8.94% $1.16 N/A 5.21% N/A $1.88K Dividend Research Tools: DRIP Dividend Calculator Dividend Screener Today's Dividend Announcements Ex-Dividend Stock Calendar Monthly Dividend Stocks Dividend Increases Dividend Cuts Dividend Achievers Dividend Kings Thank you for subscribing to DividendStocks.com's daily newsletter! DividendStocks.com provides a daily email newsletter for dividend and income investors that covers ex-dividend stocks, new dividend declarations, dividend stock ideas, and the latest market news. DividendStocks.com is a subsidiary of MarketBeat Media, LLC and MarketBeat.com. 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