PSX dividend analysis

PSX dividend deep dive

PSX dividend ledger: $7.66/share, 4.40% yield, 44% earnings payout, 11.4% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 25 years.

PSX 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 -11/100 alongside.

PSX DRIP scenario at $174.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 27.0%, 10-year ≈ 61.4%, 20-year ≈ 160.4% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for PSX (yield 4.40%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so PSX sits above the cohort by 1.27 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for PSX: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $1.915 per share, the annualized total works out to $7.66 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

PSX closes the loop with a 4.40% / 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.