AME dividend analysis

AME dividend deep dive

On the income line, AME prints a 5.00% TTM yield with 40% of earnings going to the dividend. The 5-year distribution CAGR is 1.0%, and the consecutive-growth streak runs 11 years.

Dividend safety on AME reads 49/100, derived from the VMCI Quality pillar (45/100) adjusted for payout-ratio strain. The score sits in the watchlist band, which is the right anchor for income-portfolio sizing.

Compound-income view on AME: at 5.00% TTM yield growing at 1.0% per year, a held-and-reinvested position returns 27.9% / 63.7% / 167.9% cumulatively over 5/10/20 years on income alone.

Comparison set on AME: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). With a peer-mean yield of 3.13%, AME prints 5.00% — a 1.87-pp premium on the income line.

Calendar inputs on AME: ex 2026-03-01 → pay 2026-03-15. The quarterly cadence and $2.750/share run rate are the operative numbers for income planning.

AME bottom-line read: mid-yield on yield, slow on growth, watchlist on safety. The income thesis is durable only if the Quality and Risk pillar trajectories stay in their current bands.