In this article, we will take a look at the 10 Best Monthly Dividend Stocks to Buy Now.
Dividend stocks have stayed popular with investors for a long time, no matter how often they pay. Companies put real thought into payout schedules. Annual or semi-annual dividends can look appealing because the checks are larger, though the timing can feel uncertain. Most large companies settle on quarterly payments since they strike a balance between flexibility and consistency. A smaller group pays monthly, and for many investors, that steady income stream is hard to ignore.
Monthly dividend stocks come with trade-offs. High yields often catch attention, but they can also raise red flags. In many cases, those yields reflect past dividend cuts rather than strength. That pattern shows up because many monthly payers fall into specific categories like REITs, closed-end funds, BDCs, and royalty trusts. Still, not all of them struggle. Some companies in this group have managed to hold their payouts steady for years and even raise them, while keeping yields well above average.
Dividend stocks can play a role in almost any market. For investors with time on their side, reinvesting dividends often makes the biggest difference. Over long stretches, the compounding effect adds up. An estimate from Charles Schwab shows how powerful that can be. A hypothetical $10,000 investment in the broader market at the end of 1993 would have grown to more than $182,000 by the end of 2023 with dividends reinvested. Without reinvestment, that same investment would have reached about $102,000.
Those numbers help explain why dividends still matter. They offer income today and the potential for stronger growth over time, especially when investors stay patient and let compounding do its work.
Given this, we will take a look at some of the best dividend stocks with monthly payouts.
Our Methodology:
For this list, we reviewed a list of companies providing monthly dividends to their shareholders. Among these, we specifically chose businesses with robust dividend practices, consistently maintaining their payouts across multiple years. The majority of these selected companies operate within the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) sector, as they are required to allocate 90% of their income towards dividends. From that list, we picked 11 stocks with the highest number of hedge fund investors, using Insider Monkey’s Q3 2025 database of hedge funds and their holdings.
Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 427.7% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 264 percentage points (see more details here).
10. Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 12
Dividend Yield as of January 28: 4.85%
On January 27, Citizens analyst Brian McKenna raised his price target on Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) to $74 from $70 and kept an Outperform rating on the stock. In a research note, he said the private capital industry is settling into a new environment shaped by lower interest rates. That shift is creating uneven effects across different products, which makes it more important to understand where earnings are really coming from. McKenna added that scale and diversification should help support steady growth through 2026, even as picking the right managers becomes more important amid continued industry expansion.
Earlier in the month, on January 13, Main Street announced that it had fully exited both its debt and equity investments in KBK Industries following the company’s sale to a strategic buyer. Founded in 1975 and based in Rush Center, Kansas, KBK manufactures large aboveground and belowground fiberglass and steel tanks used across a wide range of U.S. end markets.
Main Street first invested in KBK in January 2006, leading a majority recapitalization alongside the company’s existing owners, senior management, and several co-investors. Its initial investment included $5.75 million in first-lien, senior secured term debt with equity warrant participation, along with a $0.25 million minority equity stake.
Over the life of the investment, Main Street generated a $17.3 million gain from the exit of its equity position and collected $25.1 million in cumulative dividends. Taken together, those returns translate into an annual internal rate of return of 127.2% and a 62.7x multiple on invested equity. When factoring in the firm’s debt, warrants, and equity investments, the overall return equates to an IRR of 27.7% and a 3.5x multiple.
Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) is a principal investment firm that provides long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies, as well as debt financing to private businesses owned by, or being acquired by, private equity sponsors.
9. Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 12
Dividend Yield as of January 28: 10.85%
On January 22, Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC) announced the formation of a joint venture with another private credit asset manager. The new venture will operate as an off-balance-sheet private fund focused mainly on first-out senior secured debt investments in the lower middle market.
Ownership of the joint venture will be split evenly, with Capital Southwest and its partner each holding a 50% equity stake. A board of managers, made up of equal representation from both firms, will oversee all investment and operational decisions. The venture is also expected to put a senior secured credit facility in place, using borrowed funds to support its investment activity.
Capital Southwest said the joint venture should strengthen its competitive position in the lower middle market by allowing it to offer more flexible capital solutions. Management also pointed out that the structure makes it easier to place portions of larger transactions into the joint venture. That approach helps maintain portfolio diversification while broadening the range of lower middle market platform companies the firm can pursue. CEO Michael Sarner said he is encouraged by the fund’s potential and believes it will allow Capital Southwest to compete across a wider set of investment opportunities.
Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC) is an internally managed business development company based in Dallas, Texas, with about $1.9 billion in investments at fair value as of September 30, 2025.
