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Best blue chip stocks
Mega-cap dividend payers: the largest, most established US companies with a record of paying shareholders.
The screen: 24 US exchange-listed companies across 8 sectors (Technology, Communication Services, Financials, Health Care…), 24 of which pay a dividend. Size mix: 24 mega-cap.
What separates the winners from the losers here
- Size does not prevent drawdowns — mega caps fell 30%+ in 2022
- Concentration, since the largest names dominate every index
- Whether the dividend is growing or merely surviving
The full list
| Ticker | Company | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple | Hardware ecosystem monetised through a high-margin services layer. |
| MSFT | Microsoft | Enterprise software plus Azure, with AI sold as a seat-priced add-on. |
| NVDA | NVIDIA | Accelerator silicon and the CUDA software moat around it. |
| GOOGL | Alphabet | Search advertising funding cloud, YouTube and AI research. |
| META | Meta Platforms | Ad-funded social apps with heavy AI and hardware spend. |
| AVGO | Broadcom | Custom silicon and networking, bolted to acquired software franchises. |
| ORCL | Oracle | Database incumbency being converted into AI-era cloud capacity. |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor (ADR) | The foundry almost every advanced chip design depends on. |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase | Universal bank with scale advantages across every segment. |
| V | Visa | Toll on card transaction volume with minimal credit risk. |
| MA | Mastercard | The second rail in the global card duopoly. |
| UNH | UnitedHealth | Insurance plus Optum's care-delivery and pharmacy services. |
| LLY | Eli Lilly | Incretin franchise driving obesity and diabetes growth. |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Pharma and medtech with a long dividend record. |
| ABBV | AbbVie | Immunology portfolio replacing Humira revenue. |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil | Integrated oil with low-cost Guyana and Permian barrels. |
| CVX | Chevron | Integrated major run for shareholder returns. |
| WMT | Walmart | Grocery scale increasingly monetised through ads and delivery. |
| COST | Costco | Membership fees, not product margin, are the profit engine. |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | Household brand portfolio with steady pricing power. |
| KO | Coca-Cola | Concentrate economics with global bottler distribution. |
| HD | Home Depot | Home improvement demand tied to housing turnover. |
| MCD | McDonald's | Franchised royalty and rent income more than food margin. |
| LIN | Linde | Industrial gases sold on long take-or-pay contracts. |
Where to buy them
To hold these as real shares you need a stockbroker rather than a CFD provider. If you only want exposure to the price movement, a share CFD does that with leverage — and without ownership.
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Frequently asked questions
How many blue chip stocks are in this list?
24, drawn from our US exchange-listed universe and spread across 8 sectors. 24 of them pay a dividend.
Is this a list of blue chip stocks to buy?
No. It is a screen — a defined, reproducible filter over a stated universe. A screen tells you which companies share a characteristic; it says nothing about whether the price you would pay today is a sensible one. Nothing here is investment advice.
What is the main risk with blue chip stocks?
Blue-chip status is backward-looking. Every fallen giant was a blue chip on the way down.
How do I actually buy these from outside the US?
You need a broker that accepts your country of residence and gives you access to US exchanges. To own the shares outright, that usually means an international stockbroker plus a W-8BEN form to claim your treaty rate on dividend withholding.
Screen definition reviewed August 2026. Universe: US exchange-listed securities tracked by InvestingTrading. This page is information, not investment advice.