ED dividend analysis

ED dividend deep dive

ED dividend ledger: $3.50/share, 5.00% yield, 40% earnings payout, 1.0% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 41 years.

ED dividend safety: 49/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (45/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 40% payout. Risk pillar reads 63/100 alongside.

ED DRIP scenario at $70.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 27.9%, 10-year ≈ 63.7%, 20-year ≈ 167.9% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for ED (yield 5.00%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so ED sits above the cohort by 1.87 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for ED: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $0.875 per share, the annualized total works out to $3.50 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

ED closes the loop with a 5.00% / 1.0% / 49/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 40% payout.