My Most Bought Dividend Stocks of 2026 (So Far) 💰

So guys, we are just over halfway through 2026 and so far I've added almost $20,000 worth of value to my dividend portfolio leaving me sitting at just over $144,000. It's been a great run for the portfolio so far and in this video we're going to go through the top five stocks and ETFs that I've bought this year, at least so far. Now guys, getting right into it, my fifth most bought stock this year so far has been Zoetis and just so you know, the order at which we're going to do this is in ascending order. So first we're looking at my fifth largest purchase then we'll move on to the fourth largest purchase and so on and so forth. Anyway, Zoetis is my fifth largest purchase and so far here in 2026 I've invested just over $1,100 into this one stock and with that $1,100 that added about 10 shares to my position and across all of those different tranches my average cost per share with those 10 shares comes out to $109.89. Now I think that's a pretty decent price for Zoetis but as we can see it is still quite a bit above the current share price just sitting below $75 per share. In the last month Zoetis is down about 1% but year-to-date the stock has just fallen off a cliff which is no surprise to you guys at this point but year-to-date it's down about 40 and a half percent. Now with that said, if we take a look at my Zoetis position here using my dividend portfolio tracking spreadsheet which you can start using for free to track your own portfolio. There's a link to download the spreadsheet in the description of the video. Anyway, with the 10 shares that I've added so far in 2026 that's going to bring my total number of shares to 75.3 and my average cost per share is still so high above the current share price 141.41 which is going to leave me down about 47% just looking at the share price returns. Those dividends add a little bit but really not enough to make a difference. I'm still down 46.6% here including dividends. Now on the topic of dividends, since each share of Zoetis pays $2.12 those 10 shares that I picked up this year have added another $21.26 to my projected annual dividend income which is nice. So that was my fifth most bought stock. Moving on to number four, this one's actually an ETF that I have in my Roth IRA. And this one is going to be none other than SCHD. And so far in 2026, I've invested $1,800 to this ETF, which has added 58.2 shares to my position. And I picked up these shares at an average cost of just under $31, which is not a bad price. I mean, we can see that right here, the current share price is just above 32 bucks. SCHD has been on a tear this year, guys. So far, it's up 18%. This doesn't include the dividends. And actually, if we scroll down just a little bit here, we can see my SCHD position. Right now, I have 580 shares, almost to 600. I'm really gunning for 600 shares this year. I'd really love to pull off 650. I don't know if that's going to be possible. We still have half a year left, so we'll see what happens. But with these 580 shares, my average cost per share is $26.72, which means, not including dividends, I'm up 21.2%. Seeing a pretty decent return. And if we include dividends all time on a total return basis, I'm up something more like 28 and 1/2% with SCHD. So here, those dividends definitely add something to the total return. Now, on that note, since each share of SCHD pays $1.05, at least it has done so in the trailing 12 months, with the 58 shares that I've added so far this year, that has increased my projected annual dividend income by $61.10. That's a huge boost. Anyway, now moving on to my third largest purchase so far this year. This one's another ETF over in the Roth IRA. This is VOO, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF. And so far this year, I've added just a little bit more to this one than I have to SCHD, a total of $1,937.64, which has added about three shares to my position. And I picked up these shares at an average cost of 647.57, which is a little bit below the current share price, not by much. 684.84 is what we're looking at for the current price of VOO. Year-to-date, it's up 9.2%, a pretty decent return. But if we zoom out over the past year, it's looking a lot better. Still, in the past 365 days, the S&P is up over 20%. Now, with that said, if we scroll down a little bit here, looking at my position, I have about 18.9 shares. We're getting pretty close to 20 shares of the S&P 500 here. I love that. And my average cost is 507.09. So, I'm seeing a pretty nice return with this one. I'm up 35% not including dividends. And if we include dividends, I get a little boost. All time with the S&P 500, I'm up 37.8% on a total return basis. Now, on the dividend side of things, since each share of VOO pays $7.35, with the three shares or so that I've added this year, that will have added $21.98 to my projected annual income. So, just with these three stocks, we're looking at an annual dividend income boost of maybe about 100 bucks. But, anyway, out of all the different stocks and ETFs in my portfolio, VOO and SCHD are the ones that get the most consistent contribution. Since I dollar cost average into them every single week over in my Roth IRA. And my favorite thing about buying into those two funds is that I've set it up to be completely hands-off. I don't have to lift a finger for those two to continue growing. And Public, which is the sponsor of today's video, has so many great features that can help you completely automate the investing process. And I want to tell you a little bit more about them. So, I've been investing with Public for a while now, and it's easily my favorite brokerage out of all the ones I've used over the years. The main thing I'm looking for in a broker is something that makes investing simple and hands-off. 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And if you want to learn more about Public and check out all their great features for yourself, just click the link in the description of the video or in the pinned comment, or just scan the QR code right here on the screen. Anyway, guys, getting back to it, my second biggest buy so far this year has been none other than Visa. I love me some Visa, and so far this year I've invested just under $2,000 into this stock, which has added about 6.3 shares to my overall position. Now, with these 6.3 shares, my average cost came out to $317.93, which is a bit below the current share price. Visa's had an incredible run as of late. We can see that right now it's sitting at $362 per share. It's up 15.4% just in the past month. It's been on fire, but year-to-date, the gain is less impressive. It's only up about 3 and 1/4% so far this year. Still though, my Visa position is sitting pretty. This is actually one of the larger positions in my portfolio. Right now, I have about 30.2 shares at an average cost of $279.76. So with the recent gain we're getting to the point where the current share price really, you know, is getting close to being $100 above my average cost per share. But nonetheless, with this stock I'm up about 30% not including dividends in just over 30% if we include dividends there. So a nice return with Visa so far. And on the dividend side of things, Visa's not a high-yielding stock at all. The yield is less than 1%, but each share pays $2.68. So with the 6.3 shares or so that I picked up this year, that will have added $16.80 to my projected annual dividend income. Anyway, now with Visa behind us guys, this is going to bring us to my most bought stock here in 2026. And this might not be much of a surprise to you guys if you've been following the channel, if you've been watching the videos so far this year, especially lately. But without further ado, my most bought stock here in 2026 has been none other than Rollins, my great white whale. And so far this year I've added $2,747 to this position. It's a brand new position. I've only owned it for about a month and a half or so at most. And so far I've added 57 shares to my position at an average cost per share of $48.05. Now Rollins has been going through a bit of a tough time. I mean, since I've even bought into this stock, the share price has come down even more. Right now it's sitting at 43.38. Year-to-date the stock is down about 27.7%. So it's really seen a strong pull back. And looking at my position, here are those 57 shares. Once again, average cost of 48.05. So far with this new guy, I'm down close to 10%, which is great because I've been taking this one super slow. I'm not rushing to build out this position cuz I kind of thought it would continue going down for the time being. So just here in my taxable account, it's only 2.2%. I have plenty of room to continue building out this position. And right now my plan is just to, and I've talked about this a lot, so I'm sorry if I'm repeating myself, but my plan is to just dollar cost average into it every single week until I build it out to the point that I want it. But anyway, as far as the dividends go, since Rollins pays a whopping 73 cents per share, that's added $41.73 so far to my projected annual income this year. So, those are my top five so far, guys, and if we add all of these together, my total amount invested in these five positions comes out to $9,582.20. Pretty hefty purchases there and if we average that out across the six months that we've seen so far, that works out to about $1,600 invested every single month. And there've been a couple instances so far this year where I've thrown in, you know, a lump sum investment. Like with Rollins last month, you know, I threw in a couple thousand dollars just to start that position and get it going. But other than that, I've pretty much just dollar cost average into my portfolio every single week, you know, $150 into the taxable, 144 into the Roth. That's pretty much been it. Now, on the income side of things, that near $9,600 invested has added a total of $162.87 to my projected annual income, which works out to a total yield of 1.7%, which as we can see is way lower than my portfolio's overall yield. Right now, that's sitting at about 3.2% and this shouldn't be all too surprising to see it so much lower. If we go back and look at which stocks and ETFs I've been adding to, all of these, with the exception of SCHD, are going to have below average yields between, you know, 1 to 2% on average. Even Visa's less than 1%. But at the same time, all of these have historically been pretty solid dividend growers, so that's kind of the trade-off there. But anyway, guys, that's what I've been buying so far this year and I'm super stoked to hit it even harder in the back half of the year. I've got some big goals that I'm trying to hit, guys, and in this next video right over here, I'm telling you about two dividend income milestones that I am gunning for right now. In this one, I'll break down exactly what those milestones are and when I'm going to reach them. So, click right over here to learn about those and I'll see you in the next one.