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

Name: Best high free-cash-flow yield stocks — top 25 list
Creator: StockMarketAgent.AI
Published: 2026-08-10
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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 2026-08-10 · freshness SLO 72 hours.

01
SKHYSK hynix Inc.
FCF yield of 8.9% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
735.36B KRW
02
BACBank of America Corporation
FCF yield of 21.4% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
441.73B USD
03
UNHUnitedHealth Group Incorporated
FCF yield of 6.4% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.
369.69B USD
04
CVXChevron Corporation
FCF yield of 7.4% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.
365.96B USD
05
WFCWells Fargo & Company
FCF yield of 7.3% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
263.84B USD
06
SHELShell plc
FCF yield of 12.8% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.
245.74B USD
07
AXPAmerican Express Company
FCF yield of 6.5% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
230.22B USD
08
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation
FCF yield of 6.2% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
223.55B USD
09
VZVerizon Communications Inc.
FCF yield of 11.0% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.
195.52B USD
10
TTETotalEnergies SE
FCF yield of 9.1% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.
190.38B USD
11
TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.
FCF yield of 9.7% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.
190.07B USD
12
SNDKSandisk Corporation
FCF yield of 6.4% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
180.62B USD
13
BUDAnheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
FCF yield of 8.3% with positive free cash flow at Consumer Staples exposure.
166.07B USD
14
GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.
FCF yield of 7.8% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.
165.17B USD
15
UBSUBS Group AG
FCF yield of 7.1% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
164.73B USD
16
TAT&T Inc.
FCF yield of 10.8% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.
163.02B USD
17
CRMSalesforce, Inc.
FCF yield of 9.3% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
157.85B USD
18
BBVABanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
FCF yield of 24.4% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
157.40B EUR
19
UBERUber Technologies, Inc.
FCF yield of 6.6% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
153.23B USD
20
PFEPfizer Inc.
FCF yield of 7.2% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.
152.52B USD
21
COPConocoPhillips
FCF yield of 7.1% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.
141.29B USD
22
SONYSony Group Corporation
FCF yield of 7.3% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
138.56B JPY
23
ULUnilever PLC
FCF yield of 6.2% with positive free cash flow at Consumer Staples exposure.
135.70B EUR
24
LMTLockheed Martin Corporation
FCF yield of 6.4% with positive free cash flow at Industrials exposure.
135.69B USD
25
CBChubb Limited
FCF yield of 11.4% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
135.15B USD

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