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: 2026-10-28
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 2026-10-28 · freshness SLO 72 hours.

01
SKHYSK hynix Inc.
FCF yield of 8.5% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
913.22B KRW
02
UNHUnitedHealth Group Incorporated
FCF yield of 6.1% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.
365.18B USD
03
BACBank of America Corporation
FCF yield of 26.8% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
352.37B USD
04
SHELShell plc
FCF yield of 10.5% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.
301.57B USD
05
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation
FCF yield of 6.2% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
239.50B USD
06
GEVGE Vernova Inc.
FCF yield of 7.2% with positive free cash flow at Industrials exposure.
233.03B USD
07
AXPAmerican Express Company
FCF yield of 6.5% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
213.58B USD
08
TTETotalEnergies SE
FCF yield of 8.4% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.
208.41B USD
09
CRMSalesforce, Inc.
FCF yield of 7.6% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
199.56B USD
10
GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.
FCF yield of 6.5% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.
197.28B USD
11
VZVerizon Communications Inc.
FCF yield of 12.3% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.
178.90B USD
12
PFEPfizer Inc.
FCF yield of 6.6% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.
167.91B USD
13
NVONovo Nordisk A/S
FCF yield of 6.7% with positive free cash flow at Healthcare exposure.
166.04B DKK
14
BUDAnheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
FCF yield of 8.6% with positive free cash flow at Consumer Staples exposure.
160.13B USD
15
TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.
FCF yield of 11.6% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.
158.39B USD
16
SCHWThe Charles Schwab Corporation
FCF yield of 7.0% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
153.65B USD
17
SONYSony Group Corporation
FCF yield of 6.9% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
144.32B JPY
18
ACNAccenture plc
FCF yield of 8.0% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
144.28B USD
19
UBSUBS Group AG
FCF yield of 8.2% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
143.22B USD
20
TAT&T Inc.
FCF yield of 12.7% with positive free cash flow at Communication Services exposure.
139.51B USD
21
BBVABanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
FCF yield of 26.9% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
135.75B EUR
22
PBR.APetróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
FCF yield of 14.3% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.
135.71B BRL
23
PBRPetróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
FCF yield of 14.4% with positive free cash flow at Energy exposure.
135.62B BRL
24
UBERUber Technologies, Inc.
FCF yield of 7.6% with positive free cash flow at Technology exposure.
133.27B USD
25
PGRThe Progressive Corporation
FCF yield of 12.2% with positive free cash flow at Financials exposure.
130.72B USD

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