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AE vs PEP: Dividend Comparison 2026

AE yields 2.53% · PEP yields 3.63%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 PEP wins by $114.3K in total portfolio value· pulled ahead in Year 3
10 years
AE
AE
● Live price
2.53%
Share price
$37.98
Annual div
$0.96
5Y div CAGR
12.9%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$27.6K
Annual income
$1,142.72
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PEP
PepsiCo Inc.
● Live price
3.63%
Share price
$156.82
Annual div
$5.69
5Y div CAGR
40.4%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$141.9K
Annual income
$61,875.67
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Portfolio growth — AE vs PEP

📍 PEP pulled ahead of the other in Year 3

Annual dividend income

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Recession Test — Did They Cut Dividends?

How each stock treated shareholders during the 3 biggest crises of the last 20 years

Crisis PeriodAEPEP
2008–2009
GFC
— No data— No data
2020 Q1–Q2
COVID
— No data— No data
2022 Q4
Rate Hike
— No data— No data
Based on dividend payment history. "Increased" = dividend grew during crisis. "Maintained" = held within 3%. "Cut" = reduced by more than 3%.
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Dividend Calendar Overlap

Combined, AE + PEP cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

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AE pays
PEP pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

Which stock is actually better after tax? Adjust your rate to find out.

AE
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$214.85/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$971.31/yr
PEP
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$308.41/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$52,594.32/yr
At 15% tax rate, PEP beats the other by $51,623.01/year in after-tax income after 10 years on $10,000
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Lazy Portfolio Split Optimizer

What's the optimal mix of AE + PEP for your $10,000?

AE: 50%PEP: 50%
100% PEP50/50100% AE
Portfolio after 10yr
$84.7K
Annual income
$31,509.20/yr
Blended yield
37.18%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on PEP right now

AE
Analyst Ratings
1
Hold
Consensus: Hold
Altman Z
8.8
Piotroski
4/9
PEP
Analyst Ratings
1
Strong
15
Buy
27
Hold
1
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$172.43
+10.0% upside vs current
Range: $156.00 — $191.00
Altman Z
3.6
Piotroski
7/9
Analyst ratings via FMP. Altman Z-Score: >3.0 safe, 1.81–3.0 grey zone, <1.81 distress. Piotroski: 7–9 strong, 0–3 weak.
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Copy Congress — What Are Politicians Buying?

Senate & House STOCK Act disclosures (last 90 days)

AE buys
0
PEP buys
0
PoliticianChamberTickerTypeAmountDate
Debbie Wasserman Schultz🏢 House$AE▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002022-10-27
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricAEPEP
Forward yield2.53%3.63%
Annual dividend / share$0.96$5.69
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR12.9%40.4%
Portfolio after 10y$27.6K$141.9K
Annual income after 10y$1,142.72$61,875.67
Total dividends collected$6.2K$123.0K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples
Analyst consensusHoldHold

Year-by-year: AE vs PEP ($10,000, DRIP)

YearAE PortfolioAE Income/yrPEP PortfolioPEP Income/yrGap
1$10,985$285.37$10,849$509.42+$136.00AE
2$12,085$330.78$11,969$750.47+$116.00AE
3← crossover$13,315$383.96$13,500$1,124.14$185.00PEP
4$14,693$446.36$15,680$1,721.66$987.00PEP
5$16,242$519.73$18,929$2,715.34$2.7KPEP
6$17,985$606.17$24,023$4,450.80$6.0KPEP
7$19,952$708.23$32,510$7,669.92$12.6KPEP
8$22,178$829.02$47,709$14,093.60$25.5KPEP
9$24,702$972.31$77,415$28,083.48$52.7KPEP
10$27,574$1,142.72$141,922$61,875.67$114.3KPEP

AE vs PEP: Complete Analysis 2026

AEStock

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the marketing, transportation, terminalling, and storage in various crude oil and natural gas basins in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Crude Oil Marketing, Transportation and Storage; Tank truck Transportation of Liquid Chemicals, Pressurized Gases, Asphalt and Dry Bulk; and Pipeline Transportation, Terminalling and Storage of Crude Oil. It purchases crude oil and arranges sales and deliveries to refiners and other customers primarily onshore in Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Michigan, Wyoming, and Louisiana; and owns and operates a fleet of 201 tractor-trailer rigs and maintains approximately 180 pipeline inventory locations or injection stations. The company also transports liquid chemicals, pressurized gases, asphalt, and dry bulk on a for hire basis in the continental United States, and into Canada and Mexico; and operates nineteen truck terminals in Houston, Corpus Christi, Nederland, Freeport, Baton Rouge, St. Rose, Boutte, Sterlington, Jacksonville, Tampa, Atlanta, Augusta, Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, Arkansas, East St. Louis, Joliet, Louisiana, and the Corpus Christi. In addition, it operates crude oil and condensate pipeline system, which connects the Eagle Ford Basin to the Gulf Coast waterborne market that has a capacity of 450,000 barrels per day. Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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PEPConsumer Staples

PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region. It provides dips, cheese-flavored snacks, and spreads, as well as corn, potato, and tortilla chips; cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups, granola bars, grits, oatmeal, rice cakes, simply granola, and side dishes; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods; ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and juices; dairy products; and sparkling water makers and related products. It serves wholesale and other distributors, foodservice customers, grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores, discount/dollar stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, hard discounters, e-commerce retailers and authorized independent bottlers, and others through a network of direct-store-delivery, customer warehouse, and distributor networks, as well as directly to consumers through e-commerce platforms and retailers. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

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