Top dividend energy stocks

Screening Filters

1. Sector: Energy, Energy - Fossil Fuels

   • Purpose: Limit results to companies operating in the energy industry.
   • Rationale:
     • Your question is specifically about energy stocks, so the first step is to exclude all non‑energy sectors (technology, healthcare, financials, etc.).
     • Including both "Energy" and the more specific "Energy - Fossil Fuels" ensures we capture the broader energy sector (which may include renewables, integrated majors, services, pipelines, etc.) while definitely including traditional fossil-fuel names (oil, gas, coal-related).
     • This combination makes it more likely we’re screening the core energy universe where large, stable, dividend-paying companies are commonly found (e.g., integrated oil majors, midstream pipeline operators).

2. Region: United States

   • Purpose: Restrict the universe to U.S.-listed or U.S.-domiciled energy companies.
   • Rationale:
     • You asked for “energy stocks in the US market,” so we exclude international listings (Europe, Asia, etc.) and focus on U.S. companies or those primarily traded in the U.S.
     • This aligns with U.S. regulatory environment, accounting standards, and tax treatment that many investors specifically seek when they say “US market.”

3. Dividend Yield (TTM) >= 3%

   • Purpose: Identify energy stocks that pay relatively higher dividends.
   • Rationale:
     • You asked for top dividend-paying energy stocks. The screener uses a minimum trailing twelve-month (TTM) dividend yield of 3% as a practical threshold to isolate above-average dividend payers, instead of including every stock that pays a token dividend.
     • A 3%+ yield is commonly used as a cutoff for “meaningful” income in many equity income screens, especially in sectors like energy where higher yields are more prevalent.
     • Using TTM yield (based on the last 12 months) leverages actual paid dividends rather than promised or one-off future estimates.

Do the Filters Match Your Request?

• User request: “Top dividend-paying energy stocks in the US market.”
• What we can implement via filters:
  • Energy sector only → matches “energy stocks.”
  • U.S. region → matches “in the US market.”
  • Dividend yield ≥ 3% → approximates “top dividend-paying” by enforcing a strong minimum yield.

One nuance:

• We cannot directly rank or guarantee “top” in the screener itself (e.g., top 10 by yield or market cap) using just filters. Instead, we:
  • First filter to a subset of higher-yield energy stocks (≥ 3%), then
  • Within those results, one would typically sort by dividend yield, market cap, or dividend history to decide which are truly “top” in quality and income.

Even though we can’t encode “top” as a strict rule in the filters, the combination of sector + U.S. region + a relatively high minimum dividend yield is an effective way to narrow down to the kind of energy income stocks you’re asking about.