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AKUS vs KO: Dividend Comparison 2026

AKUS yields 15.05% · KO yields 2.72%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 AKUS wins by $19.4K in total portfolio value
10 years
AKUS
AKUS
● Live price
15.05%
Share price
$13.29
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
0%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$53.6K
Annual income
$3,811.63
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KO
The Coca-Cola Company
● Live price
2.72%
Share price
$75.77
Annual div
$2.06
5Y div CAGR
24.3%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$34.2K
Annual income
$4,348.54
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Portfolio growth — AKUS vs KO

📍 AKUS pulled ahead of the other in Year 1

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 PeriodAKUSKO
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, AKUS + KO cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

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AKUS pays
KO pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

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

AKUS
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$1,279.16/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$3,239.89/yr
KO
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$231.09/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$3,696.26/yr
At 15% tax rate, KO beats the other by $456.37/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 AKUS + KO for your $10,000?

AKUS: 50%KO: 50%
100% KO50/50100% AKUS
Portfolio after 10yr
$43.9K
Annual income
$4,080.09/yr
Blended yield
9.29%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on KO right now

AKUS
Analyst Ratings
1
Buy
4
Hold
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$13.00
-2.2% upside vs current
Range: $13.00 — $13.00
KO
Analyst Ratings
29
Buy
16
Hold
3
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$84.88
+12.0% upside vs current
Range: $81.00 — $88.00
Altman Z
5.0
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)

AKUS buys
0
KO buys
13
PoliticianChamberTickerTypeAmountDate
Markwayne Mullin🏛 Senate$KO▲ Buy$15,001 - $50,0002025-12-29
Markwayne Mullin🏛 Senate$KO▲ Buy$15,001 - $50,0002025-12-29
Lloyd Doggett🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-12-15
Sheldon Whitehouse🏛 Senate$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-11-21
Sheldon Whitehouse🏛 Senate$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-11-21
Julia Letlow🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-11-03
Lisa McClain🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-25
Lisa McClain🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-25
Val Hoyle🏢 House$KO▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-23
Ro Khanna🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-05
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MetricAKUSKO
Forward yield15.05%2.72%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$2.06
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR0%24.3%
Portfolio after 10y$53.6K$34.2K
Annual income after 10y$3,811.63$4,348.54
Total dividends collected$26.0K$15.7K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$13.00$84.88

Year-by-year: AKUS vs KO ($10,000, DRIP)

YearAKUS PortfolioAKUS Income/yrKO PortfolioKO Income/yrGap
1← crossover$12,205$1,504.89$10,848$337.94+$1.4KAKUS
2$14,776$1,716.54$11,835$433.57+$2.9KAKUS
3$17,752$1,942.17$12,998$559.42+$4.8KAKUS
4$21,176$2,180.76$14,387$726.63+$6.8KAKUS
5$25,089$2,431.12$16,072$951.25+$9.0KAKUS
6$29,537$2,691.98$18,149$1,256.78+$11.4KAKUS
7$34,567$2,961.92$20,753$1,678.41+$13.8KAKUS
8$40,226$3,239.50$24,081$2,269.84+$16.1KAKUS
9$46,565$3,523.24$28,424$3,115.03+$18.1KAKUS
10$53,636$3,811.63$34,222$4,348.54+$19.4KAKUS

AKUS vs KO: Complete Analysis 2026

AKUSStock

Akouos, Inc., a precision genetic medicine company, developing gene therapies to restore, improve, and preserve physiologic hearing for individuals. The company's precision genetic medicine platform incorporates a proprietary adeno-associated viral vector library and a novel delivery approach. Its lead product candidate is AK-OTOF, a gene therapy for the treatment of hearing loss due to mutations in the OTOF gene. The company is also developing AK-CLRN1 for the auditory manifestations of Usher syndrome 3A, or USH3A; and AK-antiVEGF for vestibular schwannoma. In addition, its precision genetic medicine platform addresses hearing loss related to genes needed for supporting cell function. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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KOConsumer Staples

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Dasani, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, and Minute Maid Pulpy brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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