SWK dividend analysis

SWK dividend deep dive

SWK dividend ledger: $6.90/share, 3.00% yield, 50% earnings payout, 2.0% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 21 years.

SWK dividend safety: 55/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (55/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 50% payout. Risk pillar reads 73/100 alongside.

SWK DRIP scenario at $230.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 16.3%, 10-year ≈ 35.2%, 20-year ≈ 82.7% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for SWK (yield 3.00%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so SWK sits below the cohort by 0.13 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for SWK: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $1.725 per share, the annualized total works out to $6.90 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

SWK closes the loop with a 3.00% / 2.0% / 55/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 50% payout.