If you’re a dividend stock investor, things will finally get better for you in 2026.
After three straight years of underperformance in a market dominated by large-cap tech stocks, dividend stocks are finally back in favor. An exchange-traded fund (ETF) WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend ETFoutperforming S&P 500 Index It’s up about 5% year to date, following the lead among value and defensive stocks.
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But the dividend yield is still quite low. this Vanguard S&P 500 ETF The yield is only about 1.1%. If you focus more on high-yield stocks, you can capture stocks in the 3% to 4% range. In order to find something higher than that, you have to consider more niche and unique strategies.
Income investors are always looking at a variety of high-yield strategies. Here are four ETFs that have attracted positive net inflows over the past three months and one year, but have yet to really capture the market’s attention.
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this JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF(NYSE: JEPI) is one of the biggest success stories of the 2022 bear market. As yields began to soar and fixed income posted double-digit losses, covered call strategies emerged as an alternative to bonds. With yields rising 10% or more, they quickly attracted billions of dollars in investor money.
The fund’s returns have cooled over the past few years during the artificial intelligence boom, but investor interest has not waned. It has assets of more than $43 billion and attracted $2.3 billion in net new funding in 2026 alone. The current yield is 7.6%.
The J.P. Morgan Equity Premium Income ETF is built on a portfolio of low-volatility stocks, so it’s designed for the environment we’re seeing now. It worked well in 2022 and it might work again in 2026.
this JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF(NASDAQ: JEPQ) Essentially Nasdaq 100 Index version of the above fund. It just launched in 2022, but it caught up with the popularity of its sister funds and then attracted further buying interest due to the bull run in tech stocks. The current yield is 11.4%.
The higher returns are a result of the higher volatility of Nasdaq 100 stocks compared to a portfolio of low-volatility stocks. If the major U.S. stock indexes continue to trade sideways like they did in 2026, we may see the J.P. Morgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF actually outperform Invesco QQQ ETF.
this Global X Super Dividend ETF(NYSE:SDIV) This is as pure a high-yield stock play as you’ll find. The strategy is simple: include the 100 highest-yielding equity securities in the world (subject to minimum liquidity and tradability potential). Beyond that, it places virtually no restrictions on advancement.
What you end up with is a portfolio heavy on financials (32%), REITs (20%) and energy (18%). It is also very diverse globally. The U.S., developed markets and emerging markets are almost evenly split, with one-third each. The current yield is 7.3%.
Investors have gravitated toward the fund over the past year. It has posted 14 consecutive months of net inflows, including $60 million so far in March 2026. If the figure holds, it would be the largest monthly net inflow in 12 years.
this VanEck BDC Income ETF(NYSE: BIZD) is a fund that investors keep getting involved with, but it should come with a big caveat. The fund invests in business development companies (BDCs), which means significant private credit exposure.
Its three largest holdings are Ares Capital, Blue Owl Capital,as well as Blackstone Guaranteed Loan Fund. Blue Owl, in particular, has been in the news frequently for freezing investor funds and halting redemption requests. There may be huge potential in this part of the market, but as many investors are now discovering, private credit can be illiquid and risky.
The VanEck BDC Income ETF yields an attractive 9.6%, but be careful not to pursue yield too aggressively.
Before buying shares of the J.P. Morgan Equity Premium Income ETF, consider the following factors:
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4 ETFs with a yield over 7% that income investors are quietly buying Originally published by The Motley Fool
