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CME vs AR: Dividend Comparison 2026

CME yields 1.75% · AR yields 4.52%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 CME wins by $4.02M in total portfolio value· pulled ahead in Year 2
10 years
CME
CME
● Live price
1.75%
Share price
$297.58
Annual div
$5.20
5Y div CAGR
85.4%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$4.05M
Annual income
$3,278,693.93
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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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Portfolio growth — CME vs AR

📍 CME pulled ahead of the other in Year 2

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 PeriodCMEAR
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, CME + AR cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec
CME pays
AR pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

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

CME
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$148.53/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$2,786,889.84/yr
AR
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$384.35/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$513.54/yr
At 15% tax rate, CME beats the other by $2,786,376.30/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 CME + AR for your $10,000?

CME: 50%AR: 50%
100% AR50/50100% CME
Portfolio after 10yr
$2.04M
Annual income
$1,639,649.05/yr
Blended yield
80.48%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on AR right now

CME
Analyst Ratings
13
Buy
17
Hold
5
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$311.83
+4.8% upside vs current
Range: $300.00 — $340.00
Altman Z
0.6
Piotroski
5/9
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
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)

CME buys
0
AR buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for CME or AR in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricCMEAR
Forward yield1.75%4.52%
Annual dividend / share$5.20$2.00
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR85.4%0%
Portfolio after 10y$4.05M$26.9K
Annual income after 10y$3,278,693.93$604.16
Total dividends collected$3.96M$5.3K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorFinancialsEnergy
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$311.83$44.25

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

YearCME PortfolioCME Income/yrAR PortfolioAR Income/yrGap
1$11,024$323.97$11,152$452.18$128.00AR
2← crossover$12,414$618.83$12,404$471.29+$10.00CME
3$14,491$1,207.51$13,762$489.90+$729.00CME
4$17,948$2,442.23$15,234$507.99+$2.7KCME
5$24,445$5,241.07$16,826$525.51+$7.6KCME
6$38,525$12,368.84$18,546$542.45+$20.0KCME
7$74,998$33,775.95$20,403$558.80+$54.6KCME
8$194,178$113,930.22$22,406$574.53+$171.8KCME
9$718,883$511,112.41$24,564$589.65+$694.3KCME
10$4,047,898$3,278,693.93$26,887$604.16+$4.02MCME

CME vs AR: Complete Analysis 2026

CMEFinancials

CME Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals, as well as fixed income products. The company also provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its exchanges; and trade processing and risk mitigation services. In addition, the company offers a range of market data services, including real-time and historical data services. It serves professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. The company was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and changed its name to CME Group Inc. in July 2007. CME Group Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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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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