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Best high free-cash-flow yield stocks for 2026: capital returners

Free cash flow yield (FCF divided by market cap) is the closest single screen for 'how much actual cash is the business spinning off relative to my purchase price'. A yield of 6% or higher is well above the 10-year Treasury for most of the post-2008 period and meaningfully above S&P 500 average earnings yield, which is why the cohort tends to be where capital returners (buybacks + dividends) cluster. The list below filters for the cohort with positive FCF (so the yield isn't a math artifact) and market cap at or above $1B (so the result is not drowning in micro-cap signal noise).

How we picked: Cohort: FCF yield at least 6%, FCF positive, market cap at least $1B. Sorted by market cap descending.

Source snapshot 2026-08-07 · freshness SLO 72 hours.

  1. 01
    SKHYSK hynix Inc.

    FCF yield of 8.4% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.

    766.10B KRW
  2. 02
    BACBank of America Corporation

    FCF yield of 21.5% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.

    440.54B USD
  3. 03
    CVXChevron Corporation

    FCF yield of 7.3% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.

    371.27B USD
  4. 04
    UNHUnitedHealth Group Incorporated

    FCF yield of 6.4% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.

    366.86B USD
  5. 05
    SHELShell plc

    FCF yield of 12.7% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.

    247.92B USD
  6. 06
    AXPAmerican Express Company

    FCF yield of 6.5% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.

    231.36B USD
  7. 07
    IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation

    FCF yield of 6.3% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.

    219.92B USD
  8. 08
    VZVerizon Communications Inc.

    FCF yield of 11.0% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.

    195.23B USD
  9. 09
    TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.

    FCF yield of 9.5% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.

    193.05B USD
  10. 10
    TTETotalEnergies SE

    FCF yield of 9.1% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.

    190.92B USD
  11. 11
    SNDKSandisk Corporation

    FCF yield of 6.1% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.

    187.53B USD
  12. 12
    QCOMQUALCOMM Incorporated

    FCF yield of 6.1% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.

    171.31B USD
  13. 13
    BUDAnheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

    FCF yield of 8.2% with positive free cash flow at Consumer Staples exposure.

    166.85B USD
  14. 14
    TAT&T Inc.

    FCF yield of 10.9% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.

    162.47B USD
  15. 15
    GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.

    FCF yield of 8.0% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.

    162.40B USD
  16. 16
    UBSUBS Group AG

    FCF yield of 7.3% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.

    162.21B USD
  17. 17
    BBVABanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.

    FCF yield of 24.4% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.

    156.83B EUR
  18. 18
    BKNGBooking Holdings Inc.

    FCF yield of 6.1% with positive free cash flow at Consumer Discretionary exposure.

    155.83B USD
  19. 19
    CRMSalesforce, Inc.

    FCF yield of 9.6% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.

    152.96B USD
  20. 20
    PFEPfizer Inc.

    FCF yield of 7.4% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.

    149.33B USD
  21. 21
    UBERUber Technologies, Inc.

    FCF yield of 7.0% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.

    143.94B USD
  22. 22
    COPConocoPhillips

    FCF yield of 7.1% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.

    142.25B USD
  23. 23
    ULUnilever PLC

    FCF yield of 6.1% with positive free cash flow at Consumer Staples exposure.

    136.41B EUR
  24. 24
    COFCapital One Financial Corporation

    FCF yield of 22.0% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.

    134.97B USD
  25. 25
    LMTLockheed Martin Corporation

    FCF yield of 6.5% with positive free cash flow at Industrials exposure.

    134.52B USD
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