Dividend Fortress
2-6% yield, payout < 60%, D/E < 0.5, $5B+ cap.
A dividend is only as safe as the earnings behind it. This screen wants a 2% to 6% yield, under 60% of earnings paid out, little debt, four straight profitable quarters and a market cap above $5B. Companies like that rarely cut, and a cut is what costs dividend investors most.
Yields above 6% are left out on purpose, because the market often prices those for a cut.