RY dividend analysis

RY dividend deep dive

RY dividend ledger: $5.80/share, 4.60% yield, 46% earnings payout, 11.6% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 57 years.

RY dividend safety: 53/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (51/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 46% payout. Risk pillar reads 67/100 alongside.

RY DRIP scenario at $126.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 28.4%, 10-year ≈ 65.0%, 20-year ≈ 172.2% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for RY (yield 4.60%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so RY sits above the cohort by 1.47 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for RY: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $1.450 per share, the annualized total works out to $5.80 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

RY closes the loop with a 4.60% / 11.6% / 53/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 46% payout.