15 Best S&P 500 Dividend Stocks to Buy in 2026

1. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 120

Dividend Yield as of January 21: 1.99%

On January 14, RBC Capital analyst Gerard Cassidy reiterated his Outperform rating on JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and kept his $330 price target after the bank’s Q4 results. Cassidy said JPMorgan continues to put up best-in-class performance, supported by a diversified business mix and years of heavy investment. In his view, long-term spending has strengthened the bank’s balance sheet and helped build one of the most profitable and well-rounded banking models in the industry. He also noted JPMorgan appears well prepared for the Federal Reserve’s updated Basel III “endgame” proposal whenever it is released.

A few days later, Reuters reported on January 16 that JPMorgan had launched a new advisory group focused on helping companies and financial sponsors raise capital in private markets. The move reflects the bank’s push to expand further into alternative assets, which have remained one of the hottest areas in finance.

The new unit, called Private Capital Advisory & Solutions, will be led by Keith Canton, a JPMorgan veteran who joined the firm in 2015 and most recently ran its Americas equity capital markets team. The group will bring together JPMorgan’s private capital advisory work with its broader M&A expertise. Canton, who has more than 20 years of experience, will report to Viswas Raghavan and to Kevin Foley, the bank’s global head of capital markets.

Tilman Pohlhausen, who has led JPMorgan’s private capital advisory business in recent years, will oversee the effort globally under the new structure and report to Canton.

JPMorgan also continued to dominate on Wall Street, extending its streak as the world’s top investment bank and bringing in the highest fees in 2025, according to Dealogic data.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, with operations spanning investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, payments and transaction processing, and asset management.

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