ET dividend analysis

ET dividend deep dive

ET dividend ledger: $27.68/share, 7.40% yield, 44% earnings payout, 11.4% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 25 years.

ET dividend safety: 51/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (49/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 44% payout. Risk pillar reads 82/100 alongside.

ET DRIP scenario at $374.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 48.6%, 10-year ≈ 120.8%, 20-year ≈ 387.6% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for ET (yield 7.40%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so ET sits above the cohort by 4.27 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for ET: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $6.920 per share, the annualized total works out to $27.68 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

ET closes the loop with a 7.40% / 11.4% / 51/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 44% payout.