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CME vs EPD: Dividend Comparison 2026

CME yields 1.75% · EPD yields 5.57%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 CME wins by $3.99M in total portfolio value· pulled ahead in Year 4
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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EPD
EPD
● Live price
5.57%
Share price
$39.08
Annual div
$2.18
5Y div CAGR
21.4%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$60.1K
Annual income
$9,876.61
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Portfolio growth — CME vs EPD

📍 CME pulled ahead of the other in Year 4

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 PeriodCMEEPD
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 + EPD cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
CME pays
EPD 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
EPD
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$473.07/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$8,395.12/yr
At 15% tax rate, CME beats the other by $2,778,494.72/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 + EPD for your $10,000?

CME: 50%EPD: 50%
100% EPD50/50100% CME
Portfolio after 10yr
$2.05M
Annual income
$1,644,285.28/yr
Blended yield
80.05%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on EPD 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
EPD
Analyst Ratings
35
Buy
7
Hold
2
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$35.86
-8.2% upside vs current
Range: $32.00 — $40.00
Altman Z
2.1
Piotroski
6/9
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
EPD buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for CME or EPD in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricCMEEPD
Forward yield1.75%5.57%
Annual dividend / share$5.20$2.18
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR85.4%21.4%
Portfolio after 10y$4.05M$60.1K
Annual income after 10y$3,278,693.93$9,876.61
Total dividends collected$3.96M$34.2K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorFinancialsEnergy
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$311.83$35.86

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

YearCME PortfolioCME Income/yrEPD PortfolioEPD Income/yrGap
1$11,024$323.97$11,376$675.65$352.00EPD
2$12,414$618.83$13,044$872.04$630.00EPD
3$14,491$1,207.51$15,092$1,134.50$601.00EPD
4← crossover$17,948$2,442.23$17,637$1,489.23+$311.00CME
5$24,445$5,241.07$20,846$1,974.66+$3.6KCME
6$38,525$12,368.84$24,954$2,648.08+$13.6KCME
7$74,998$33,775.95$30,297$3,596.41+$44.7KCME
8$194,178$113,930.22$37,372$4,954.13+$156.8KCME
9$718,883$511,112.41$46,921$6,933.42+$672.0KCME
10$4,047,898$3,278,693.93$60,082$9,876.61+$3.99MCME

CME vs EPD: 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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EPDEnergy

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. provides midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals, and refined products. The company operates through four segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Crude Oil Pipelines & Services, Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services. The NGL Pipelines & Services segment offers natural gas processing and related NGL marketing services. It operates 19 natural gas processing facilities located in Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming; NGL pipelines; NGL fractionation facilities; NGL and related product storage facilities; and NGL marine terminals. The Crude Oil Pipelines & Services segment operates crude oil pipelines; and crude oil storage and marine terminals, which include a fleet of 255 tractor-trailer tank trucks that are used to transport crude oil. It also engages in crude oil marketing activities. The Natural Gas Pipelines & Services segment operates natural gas pipeline systems to gather, treat, and transport natural gas. It leases underground salt dome natural gas storage facilities in Napoleonville, Louisiana; owns an underground salt dome storage cavern in Wharton County, Texas; and markets natural gas. The Petrochemical & Refined Products Services segment operates propylene fractionation and related marketing activities; butane isomerization complex and related deisobutanizer operations; and octane enhancement and high purity isobutylene production facilities. It also operates refined products pipelines and terminals; and ethylene export terminals, as well as provides refined products marketing and marine transportation services. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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