ROP dividend analysis

ROP dividend deep dive

On the income line, ROP prints a 5.80% TTM yield with 38% of earnings going to the dividend. The 5-year distribution CAGR is 5.8%, and the consecutive-growth streak runs 59 years.

Dividend safety on ROP reads 48/100, derived from the VMCI Quality pillar (43/100) adjusted for payout-ratio strain. The score sits in the watchlist band, which is the right anchor for income-portfolio sizing.

Compound-income view on ROP: at 5.80% TTM yield growing at 5.8% per year, a held-and-reinvested position returns 34.7% / 81.4% / 229.1% cumulatively over 5/10/20 years on income alone.

Comparison set on ROP: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). With a peer-mean yield of 3.13%, ROP prints 5.80% — a 2.67-pp premium on the income line.

Calendar inputs on ROP: ex 2026-03-01 → pay 2026-03-15. The quarterly cadence and $0.985/share run rate are the operative numbers for income planning.

ROP bottom-line read: mid-yield on yield, slow on growth, watchlist on safety. The income thesis is durable only if the Quality and Risk pillar trajectories stay in their current bands.