Brokers, dealers and exchanges earn on volumes and spreads. Revenue is volatile, so the best of them keep payout ratios low and lean on buybacks instead.
16 operating companies currently paying a dividend, median yield 1.55%. Funds and ETFs are excluded on purpose — this is companies only. Prices as of Sep 1, 2026.
No company in this sector pays monthly — the quarterly cheque is the norm here. For monthly income, look at REITs, BDCs and specialty finance.
Specialty finance16 shown · click any column to sort
| Company | Industry | Yield | Annual $ | Payout | Div growth | Streak | Quality | Size | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSraised Morgan Stanley | Brokers & Dealers | 2.14% | $4.60 | 32% | +22.4% | 12y | 52 | $337.3B | +40.2% |
GSraised Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | Brokers & Dealers | 1.73% | $18.00 | 26% | +22.9% | 13y | 41 | $301.1B | +34.5% |
SCHWraised Charles Schwab Corporation (The | Brokers & Dealers | 1.18% | $1.28 | 22% | +8.4% | 12y | 67 | $190.5B | +13.0% |
BlackRock, Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 2.03% | $22.92 | 52% | +7.5% | 17y | 41 | $180.3B | +0.1% |
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 0.36% | $0.35 | 13% | +12.8% | — | 65 | $43.4B | +45.2% |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 1.23% | $2.16 | 19% | +12.5% | 1y | 33 | $34.5B | +2.4% |
SEI Investments Company | Brokers & Dealers | 0.93% | $1.04 | 18% | +7.0% | 35y | 76 | $13.4B | +24.1% |
SFcut Stifel Financial Corporation | Brokers & Dealers | 1.68% | $1.36 | 23% | +22.0% | 10y | 39 | $12.3B | +2.6% |
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 3.03% | $1.60 | 54% | +21.7% | 8y | 52 | $12.2B | -19.9% |
Virtu Financial, Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 1.43% | $0.96 | 16% | 0.0% | 1y | 21 | $5.9B | +55.8% |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 1.92% | $3.12 | 36% | +4.8% | 12y | 46 | $5.7B | -11.5% |
PIPRcut Piper Sandler Companies | Brokers & Dealers | 1.07% | $0.80 | 17% | +32.2% | — | 75 | $5.3B | -10.7% |
WisdomTree, Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 0.48% | $0.12 | 22% | 0.0% | — | 61 | $3.7B | +79.7% |
OPYraised Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 0.67% | $0.80 | 9% | +3.0% | — | 26 | $1.3B | +64.8% |
Navient Corporation | Brokers & Dealers | 6.87% | $0.64 | 200% | 0.0% | 1y | 49 | $887M | -32.3% |
COHNcut Cohen & Company Inc. | Brokers & Dealers | 8.90% | $1.00 | 21% | — | — | 27 | $36M | -9.4% |
Operating companies only — ETFs, closed-end funds, ADRs and preferred shares or baby bonds are excluded. Payout ratio and raise-streak data isn't published for every company; blanks mean we don't have it rather than zero. * marks a 3-year growth rate where 5 years isn't available; † marks a 12-month growth rate shown because the longer rate is distorted by a stock split.
We currently track 16 brokers & dealers operating companies paying a dividend, with a median yield of 1.55%. ETFs, closed-end funds and ADRs are excluded from this count — those are funds, not companies.
COHN shows the highest trailing yield in the sector at 8.90%. Treat the very top of any yield list with suspicion: an unusually high figure is often a special or one-off payment sitting in the trailing rate, or a share price that has collapsed.
Yield alone tells you nothing about safety. In this sector 15 of 16 companies pay out 60% or less of earnings, which is the group with genuine room to keep raising. 3 have cut their dividend recently, and 4 have raised.
No. Every dividend payer in this sector pays quarterly, semi-annually or annually. Monthly dividends are concentrated in REITs, BDCs and specialty finance.
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