With inflation trends uneven across regions and central banks sending mixed signals on rate paths, dependable income can feel hard to find. That is where the Dividend Powerhouses screener comes in, focusing on companies with dividend yields above 5% that are covered by current earnings, growing and relatively stable. While policy debates continue around interest rates, growth and inflation, these stocks aim to put cash in your account today. In this article, you will see three stocks from the Dividend Powerhouses screener that stand out for investors who want income at the core of their portfolio.

CME Group (CME)

Overview: CME Group operates some of the world’s largest futures and options exchanges, where investors, companies and governments trade contracts linked to interest rates, stock indexes, currencies and commodities to manage price and market risk.

Operations: CME Group generates all of its reported US$6.7b in revenue from unclassified services tied to trading, clearing, and market data.

Market Cap: US$83.7b

Income investors may want to pay attention to CME Group because it combines a roughly 4.8% dividend yield with very high profit margins around 62.9% and a long history as a core risk management hub for global markets. The company is expanding its product set, from micro equity and crude oil contracts to new crypto and beef trim futures, and extending trading access to 24/7 in several areas. Analysts have published price targets and DCF estimates that imply potential upside compared with the current share price. The flip side is that dividends are not fully covered by free cash flow, there has been recent insider selling, and ongoing legal battles around crypto perpetual futures could influence both competition and valuation in the years ahead.

CME Group’s 4.8% yield and 62.9% margins suggest a powerful cash engine, but the real story sits in how those numbers stack up against legal and crypto headwinds in the 4 key rewards and 2 important warning signs

China Mobile (SEHK:941)

Overview: China Mobile is a major telecom operator in Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing mobile and fixed broadband connections, cloud computing, data centers and a growing range of AI driven and digital services for households, businesses and public sector clients.

Operations: China Mobile generates all of its CN¥1,052.9b in revenue from telecommunications and information related businesses in Mainland China.

Market Cap: HK$1,681.4b

Income focused investors might find China Mobile interesting because it couples a roughly 6.86% dividend yield with a large, data hungry customer base and expanding digital and AI services that management aims to grow faster than legacy telecom lines. At the same time, earnings recently slipped 2.6%, revenue growth is expected to trail the broader Hong Kong market, and traditional mobile demand looks saturated, so the shift into cloud, data centers and AI carries real execution and cost risks. Analysts see value in the current P/E discount to peers and a consensus price target above the current share price. The key question is how its 5G and AI push and the new CEO’s priorities will shape cash flow and dividends over the next few years.

China Mobile’s 6.86% yield, cloud ambitions and AI push could mean the current P/E discount is masking something investors have not fully priced in yet, and the analysis report for China Mobile hints at one crucial twist.

TotalEnergies (ENXTPA:TTE)

Overview: TotalEnergies is a multi energy company that produces and sells oil and biofuels, natural gas and biogas, low carbon hydrogen, renewables and electricity across France, the United States, Europe, Brazil, India and other international markets.

Operations: TotalEnergies generates revenue primarily from Refining & Chemicals at about $117.2b, Marketing & Services at $62.6b, Exploration & Production at $40.7b, Integrated Power at $21.8b and Integrated LNG at $18.4b, with smaller contributions from Corporate and intercompany items.

Market Cap: €148.5b

Income investors may want to look closely at TotalEnergies because it blends a high dividend yield, reported 5.7% average annual earnings growth over 5 years and a business that is steadily tilting toward LNG, renewables and power, while remaining anchored in profitable oil and gas. The company is trimming higher cost, higher carbon assets, funding new gas and power projects like Bab Gas Cap in the UAE, and using digital tools and methane monitoring to keep efficiency and emissions in focus. In addition, analysts have published a consensus target price above the current share price and note buybacks and earnings that are still forecast to grow, while also highlighting risks such as slower revenue growth, sector cyclicality and funding from external borrowings.

TotalEnergies’ tilt toward LNG, renewables and power, backed by a high dividend and 5 year earnings growth, may be masking a deeper shift in risk and reward that only the full narrative for TotalEnergies

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