FDS dividend analysis

FDS dividend deep dive

FDS dividend ledger: $3.30/share, 2.80% yield, 38% earnings payout, 10.8% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 49 years.

FDS dividend safety: 48/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (43/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 38% payout. Risk pillar reads 10/100 alongside.

FDS DRIP scenario at $118.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 16.5%, 10-year ≈ 35.7%, 20-year ≈ 84.2% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for FDS (yield 2.80%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so FDS sits below the cohort by 0.33 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for FDS: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $0.825 per share, the annualized total works out to $3.30 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

FDS closes the loop with a 2.80% / 10.8% / 48/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 38% payout.