CL dividend analysis

CL dividend deep dive

On the income line, CL prints a 1.20% TTM yield with 62% of earnings going to the dividend. The 5-year distribution CAGR is 8.2%, and the consecutive-growth streak runs 23 years.

Dividend safety on CL reads 62/100, derived from the VMCI Quality pillar (67/100) adjusted for payout-ratio strain. The score sits in the fair-safety band, which is the right anchor for income-portfolio sizing.

Compound-income view on CL: at 1.20% TTM yield growing at 8.2% per year, a held-and-reinvested position returns 6.7% / 13.8% / 29.4% cumulatively over 5/10/20 years on income alone.

Comparison set on CL: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). With a peer-mean yield of 3.13%, CL prints 1.20% — a -1.93-pp discount on the income line.

Calendar inputs on CL: ex 2026-03-01 → pay 2026-03-15. The quarterly cadence and $0.875/share run rate are the operative numbers for income planning.

CL bottom-line read: low-yield on yield, fast on growth, fair-safety on safety. The income thesis is durable only if the Quality and Risk pillar trajectories stay in their current bands.