KEY dividend analysis

KEY dividend deep dive

KEY dividend ledger: $14.62/share, 3.60% yield, 76% earnings payout, 14.6% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 57 years.

KEY dividend safety: 71/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (81/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 76% payout. Risk pillar reads 3/100 alongside.

KEY DRIP scenario at $406.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 22.4%, 10-year ≈ 49.8%, 20-year ≈ 124.5% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for KEY (yield 3.60%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so KEY sits above the cohort by 0.47 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for KEY: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $3.655 per share, the annualized total works out to $14.62 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

KEY closes the loop with a 3.60% / 14.6% / 71/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 76% payout.