BEN dividend analysis

BEN dividend deep dive

On the income line, BEN prints a 1.80% TTM yield with 38% of earnings going to the dividend. The 5-year distribution CAGR is 0.8%, and the consecutive-growth streak runs 39 years.

Dividend safety on BEN reads 48/100, derived from the VMCI Quality pillar (43/100) 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 BEN: at 1.80% TTM yield growing at 0.8% per year, a held-and-reinvested position returns 9.4% / 19.7% / 43.3% cumulatively over 5/10/20 years on income alone.

Comparison set on BEN: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). With a peer-mean yield of 3.13%, BEN prints 1.80% — a -1.33-pp discount on the income line.

Calendar inputs on BEN: ex 2026-03-01 → pay 2026-03-15. The quarterly cadence and $0.305/share run rate are the operative numbers for income planning.

BEN bottom-line read: low-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.