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Tue, Aug 4th, 2026

Best Dividend Stocks to Maximize Passive Income

A list of today’s Stocks paying the highest annual dividend yield.
Tue, Aug 4th, 2026

A dividend is an amount of money paid regularly by a company to its shareholders. Dividend stocks are popular among investors because they are typically well-regarded companies with a strong track record of paying reliable dividends. However, caution should still be exercised as many high dividend stocks have unique business structures that may be risky. Factors to consider include positive dividend growth metrics and the dividend payout ratio (the percent of profits paid to shareholders). You can use Barchart’s Top Dividend Stocks list to identify today’s stocks paying the highest annual forward dividend yield. To learn more about dividend stocks, please watch our webinar.

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Barchart News

This Analyst Just Downgraded eBay Stock. Here's Why.

Wells Fargo downgrades eBay stock ahead of its quarterly earnings scheduled for Aug. 5. Here’s why analyst Ken Gawrelski sees downside in EBAY shares.

EBAY : 108.54 (+1.32%)
Analysts That Selling Its China Business Could Be a Big Negative for Tesla Stock. Here’s Why.

Analysts at RBC Capital reckon that Tesla should not sell its China business.

XPEV : 12.06 (-2.51%)
TSLA : 324.92 (+0.88%)
SPCX : 121.29 (+5.90%)
BYD : 85.60 (+0.91%)
Apple’s New CEO Is Bringing a Familiar Face Back From Retirement. The Shift Is Happening.

Apple’s incoming CEO is already making moves that could hint at the company’s next chapter post-Tim Cook’s era.

AAPL : 308.24 (+1.59%)
$SPX : 7,718.68 (+1.55%)
ArcelorMittal & Microsoft Deepen Partnership With Azure. How to Play MT Stock Here.

Microsoft will be the European steelmaker's primary partner for cloud computing and analytics.

MSFT : 494.69 (+1.44%)
MT : 74.93 (+4.32%)
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Says Frontier AI Labs Will Steal Your IP, Your Know-How, and Your Expertise — ‘You Deserve To Be Colonized’

During the PLTR Q2 conference call with analysts, CEO Alex Karp served up some fiery rhetoric about the moral and ethical issues he has with frontier AI labs.

MSFT : 494.69 (+1.44%)
PLTR : 162.42 (+29.26%)
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