AZN dividend analysis

AZN dividend deep dive

AZN dividend ledger: $11.54/share, 5.20% yield, 42% earnings payout, 1.2% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 13 years.

AZN dividend safety: 50/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (47/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 42% payout. Risk pillar reads 17/100 alongside.

AZN DRIP scenario at $222.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 29.2%, 10-year ≈ 67.0%, 20-year ≈ 178.9% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for AZN (yield 5.20%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so AZN sits above the cohort by 2.07 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for AZN: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $2.885 per share, the annualized total works out to $11.54 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

AZN closes the loop with a 5.20% / 1.2% / 50/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 42% payout.