TEL dividend analysis

TEL dividend deep dive

On the income line, TEL prints a 4.00% TTM yield with 60% of earnings going to the dividend. The 5-year distribution CAGR is 13.0%, and the consecutive-growth streak runs 11 years.

Dividend safety on TEL reads 61/100, derived from the VMCI Quality pillar (65/100) adjusted for payout-ratio strain. The score sits in the fair-safety band, which is the right anchor for income-portfolio sizing.

Compound-income view on TEL: at 4.00% TTM yield growing at 13.0% per year, a held-and-reinvested position returns 24.7% / 55.6% / 142.1% cumulatively over 5/10/20 years on income alone.

Comparison set on TEL: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). With a peer-mean yield of 3.13%, TEL prints 4.00% — a 0.87-pp premium on the income line.

Calendar inputs on TEL: ex 2026-03-01 → pay 2026-03-15. The quarterly cadence and $3.400/share run rate are the operative numbers for income planning.

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