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AXL vs KO: Dividend Comparison 2026

AXL yields 23.20% · KO yields 2.71%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 AXL wins by $54.6K in total portfolio value
10 years
AXL
AXL
● Live price
23.20%
Share price
$8.62
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
0%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$88.7K
Annual income
$9,357.46
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KO
The Coca-Cola Company
● Live price
2.71%
Share price
$76.05
Annual div
$2.06
5Y div CAGR
24.3%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$34.1K
Annual income
$4,323.37
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Portfolio growth — AXL vs KO

📍 AXL 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 PeriodAXLKO
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, AXL + KO cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

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AXL 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.

AXL
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$1,972.16/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$7,953.84/yr
KO
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$230.24/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$3,674.86/yr
At 15% tax rate, AXL beats the other by $4,278.98/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 AXL + KO for your $10,000?

AXL: 50%KO: 50%
100% KO50/50100% AXL
Portfolio after 10yr
$61.4K
Annual income
$6,840.42/yr
Blended yield
11.14%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on KO right now

AXL
Analyst Ratings
7
Buy
9
Hold
4
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$10.63
+23.3% upside vs current
Range: $7.00 — $17.00
Altman Z
1.5
Piotroski
4/9
KO
Analyst Ratings
29
Buy
16
Hold
3
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$84.88
+11.6% 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)

AXL 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▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-05
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MetricAXLKO
Forward yield23.20%2.71%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$2.06
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR0%24.3%
Portfolio after 10y$88.7K$34.1K
Annual income after 10y$9,357.46$4,323.37
Total dividends collected$54.3K$15.6K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$10.63$84.88

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

YearAXL PortfolioAXL Income/yrKO PortfolioKO Income/yrGap
1← crossover$13,020$2,320.19$10,847$336.70+$2.2KAXL
2$16,755$2,823.29$11,832$431.92+$4.9KAXL
3$21,323$3,395.45$12,992$557.22+$8.3KAXL
4$26,854$4,038.53$14,379$723.66+$12.5KAXL
5$33,488$4,753.37$16,059$947.18+$17.4KAXL
6$41,371$5,539.71$18,129$1,251.14+$23.2KAXL
7$50,664$6,396.17$20,724$1,670.45+$29.9KAXL
8$61,530$7,320.34$24,040$2,258.40+$37.5KAXL
9$74,146$8,308.86$28,364$3,098.25+$45.8KAXL
10$88,694$9,357.46$34,134$4,323.37+$54.6KAXL

AXL vs KO: Complete Analysis 2026

AXLStock

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, and manufactures driveline and metal forming technologies that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles in the United States, Mexico, South America, China, other Asian countries, and Europe. It operates through Driveline and Metal Forming segments. The Driveline segment offers front and rear axles, driveshafts, differential assemblies, clutch modules, balance shaft systems, disconnecting driveline technology, and electric and hybrid driveline products and systems for light trucks, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles, passenger cars, and commercial vehicles. The Metal Forming segment provides axle and transmission shafts, ring and pinion gears, differential gears and assemblies, and connecting rods and variable valve timing products for original equipment manufacturers and tier 1 automotive suppliers. American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. has technology development agreement with Suzhou Inovance Automotive Ltd. and REE Automotive Ltd. American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

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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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