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AR vs NOW: Dividend Comparison 2026

AR yields 4.52% · NOW yields 1.91%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 AR wins by $4.4K in total portfolio value
10 years
AR
AR
● Live price
4.52%
Share price
$44.23
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
0%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$26.9K
Annual income
$604.16
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NOW
NOW
● Live price
1.91%
Share price
$104.97
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
0%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$22.5K
Annual income
$215.52
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Portfolio growth — AR vs NOW

📍 AR 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 PeriodARNOW
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, AR + NOW cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

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AR pays
NOW pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

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

AR
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$384.35/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$513.54/yr
NOW
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$161.95/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$183.19/yr
At 15% tax rate, AR beats the other by $330.34/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 AR + NOW for your $10,000?

AR: 50%NOW: 50%
100% NOW50/50100% AR
Portfolio after 10yr
$24.7K
Annual income
$409.84/yr
Blended yield
1.66%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on NOW right now

AR
Analyst Ratings
1
Strong
33
Buy
16
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$44.25
+0.0% upside vs current
Range: $36.00 — $50.00
Altman Z
1.9
Piotroski
7/9
NOW
Analyst Ratings
58
Buy
8
Hold
1
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$196.29
+87.0% upside vs current
Range: $115.00 — $263.00
Altman Z
6.1
Piotroski
4/9
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)

AR buys
0
NOW buys
14
PoliticianChamberTickerTypeAmountDate
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann🏢 House$NOW▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002026-02-20
Byron Donalds🏢 House$NOW▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002026-02-10
Byron Donalds🏢 House$NOW▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002026-02-10
Tony Wied🏢 House$NOW▲ Buy$15,001 - $50,0002026-02-04
Josh Gottheimer🏢 House$NOW▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002026-01-30
Markwayne Mullin🏛 Senate$NOW▲ Buy$15,001 - $50,0002025-12-29
Markwayne Mullin🏛 Senate$NOW▲ Buy$15,001 - $50,0002025-12-29
Josh Gottheimer🏢 House$NOW▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-12-17
Julie Johnson🏢 House$NOW▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-12-09
Michael McCaul🏢 House$NOW▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-10-31
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MetricARNOW
Forward yield4.52%1.91%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$2.00
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR0%0%
Portfolio after 10y$26.9K$22.5K
Annual income after 10y$604.16$215.52
Total dividends collected$5.3K$2.0K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorEnergyStock
Analyst consensusBuyBuy
Analyst price target$44.25$196.29

Year-by-year: AR vs NOW ($10,000, DRIP)

YearAR PortfolioAR Income/yrNOW PortfolioNOW Income/yrGap
1← crossover$11,152$452.18$10,891$190.53+$261.00AR
2$12,404$471.29$11,847$193.92+$557.00AR
3$13,762$489.90$12,873$197.15+$889.00AR
4$15,234$507.99$13,975$200.22+$1.3KAR
5$16,826$525.51$15,156$203.13+$1.7KAR
6$18,546$542.45$16,423$205.89+$2.1KAR
7$20,403$558.80$17,781$208.50+$2.6KAR
8$22,406$574.53$19,236$210.97+$3.2KAR
9$24,564$589.65$20,796$213.31+$3.8KAR
10$26,887$604.16$22,468$215.52+$4.4KAR

AR vs NOW: Complete Analysis 2026

AREnergy

Antero Resources Corporation, an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil properties in the United States. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 502,000 net acres in the Appalachian Basin; and 174,000 net acres in the Upper Devonian Shale. The company also owned and operated 494 miles of gas gathering pipelines in the Appalachian Basin; and 21 compressor stations. It had estimated proved reserves of 17.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent, including 10.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas; 718 million barrels of assumed recovered ethane; 501 million barrels of primarily propane, isobutane, normal butane, and natural gasoline; and 36 million barrels of oil. The company was formerly known as Antero Resources Appalachian Corporation and changed its name to Antero Resources Corporation in June 2013. Antero Resources Corporation was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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NOWStock

ServiceNow, Inc. provides enterprise cloud computing solutions that defines, structures, consolidates, manages, and automates services for enterprises worldwide. It operates the Now platform for workflow automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, performance analytics, electronic service catalogs and portals, configuration management systems, data benchmarking, encryption, and collaboration and development tools. The company also provides information technology (IT) service management applications; IT service management product suite for enterprise's employees, customers, and partners; IT business management product suite; IT operations management product that connects a customer's physical and cloud-based IT infrastructure; IT Asset Management to automate IT asset lifecycles; and security operations that connects with internal and third party. In addition, it offers governance, risk, and compliance product to manage risk and resilience; human resources, legal, and workplace service delivery products; safe workplace applications; customer service management product; and field service management applications. Further, it provides App Engine product; IntegrationHub enables application to extend workflows; and professional, industry solutions, and customer support services. It serves government, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, IT services, technology, oil and gas, education, and consumer products through direct sales team and resale partners. It has a strategic partnership with Celonis to help customers identify and prioritize processes that are suitable for automation. The company was formerly known as Service-now.com and changed its name to ServiceNow, Inc. in May 2012. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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