WBD dividend analysis

WBD dividend deep dive

WBD returns 4.80% per year through the dividend at the current $18.00 share price. The payout sits at 38% of trailing earnings, leaving 62% as retained capital — the standard line for evaluating dividend safety alongside the company's free-cash-flow trajectory.

Pillar mix backing the WBD dividend: Quality 43/100, Risk 29/100, and a payout-strain adjustment that lands the dividend safety at 48/100. The Risk pillar is the place to look first if leverage or earnings cyclicality is a concern.

Reinvested-distribution math on WBD at $18.00: holding yield (4.80%) and growth (10.8%) constant, the cumulative income compounds to roughly 29.6% over 5 years, 67.9% over 10, 181.9% over 20.

On the peer line for WBD: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The cohort-mean yield (3.13%) sets the baseline; the 4.80% read on WBD is 1.67 pp above that anchor.

For WBD cash-flow planning: ex-date 2026-03-01, settlement 2026-03-15, quarterly run-rate $0.215/share. Annualized: $0.86.

WBD synthesis: yield 4.80%, growth 10.8%, safety 48/100, payout 38%. The next earnings line will tell whether free-cash-flow conversion supports the current trajectory.