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CME vs LDOS: Dividend Comparison 2026

CME yields 1.75% · LDOS yields 1.08%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 CME wins by $4.02M in total portfolio value
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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LDOS
LDOS
● Live price
1.08%
Share price
$154.19
Annual div
$1.66
5Y div CAGR
15.4%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$23.2K
Annual income
$520.20
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Portfolio growth — CME vs LDOS

📍 CME 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 PeriodCMELDOS
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 + LDOS cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
CME pays
LDOS 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
LDOS
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$91.51/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$442.17/yr
At 15% tax rate, CME beats the other by $2,786,447.67/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 + LDOS for your $10,000?

CME: 50%LDOS: 50%
100% LDOS50/50100% CME
Portfolio after 10yr
$2.04M
Annual income
$1,639,607.07/yr
Blended yield
80.55%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on LDOS 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
LDOS
Analyst Ratings
18
Buy
9
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$211.29
+37.0% upside vs current
Range: $195.00 — $225.00
Altman Z
3.8
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
LDOS buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for CME or LDOS in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricCMELDOS
Forward yield1.75%1.08%
Annual dividend / share$5.20$1.66
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR85.4%15.4%
Portfolio after 10y$4.05M$23.2K
Annual income after 10y$3,278,693.93$520.20
Total dividends collected$3.96M$2.8K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorFinancialsIndustrials
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$311.83$211.29

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

YearCME PortfolioCME Income/yrLDOS PortfolioLDOS Income/yrGap
1← crossover$11,024$323.97$10,824$124.24+$200.00CME
2$12,414$618.83$11,727$145.04+$687.00CME
3$14,491$1,207.51$12,717$169.47+$1.8KCME
4$17,948$2,442.23$13,806$198.21+$4.1KCME
5$24,445$5,241.07$15,004$232.06+$9.4KCME
6$38,525$12,368.84$16,327$272.01+$22.2KCME
7$74,998$33,775.95$17,789$319.22+$57.2KCME
8$194,178$113,930.22$19,409$375.11+$174.8KCME
9$718,883$511,112.41$21,209$441.40+$697.7KCME
10$4,047,898$3,278,693.93$23,214$520.20+$4.02MCME

CME vs LDOS: 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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LDOSIndustrials

Leidos Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides services and solutions in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Defense Solutions, Civil, and Health. The Defense Solutions segment offers national security solutions and systems for air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace for the U.S. Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, military services, and government agencies of U.S. allies abroad, as well as other federal and commercial customers in the national security industry. Its solutions include technology, large-scale systems, command and control platforms, data analytics, logistics, and cybersecurity solutions, as well as intelligence analysis and operations support services to critical missions. The Civil segment provides systems integration services to air navigation service providers, including the federal aviation administration, the En route automation modernization, advanced technology oceanic procedure, time based flow management, terminal flight data management, geo-7, and future flight services, as well as enterprise-information display systems; and security detection and automation services. It also offers information technology (IT) solutions in cloud computing, mobility, application modernization, DevOps, data center, network modernization, asset management, help desk operations, and digital workplace enablement; and environment, energy, and infrastructure services. The Health segment offers solutions to federal and commercial customers responsible for health and well-being of people worldwide, including health information management, managed health, digital transformation, and life sciences research and development services. Leidos Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

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⚠️ Educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Congressional trades sourced from SEC STOCK Act filings via FMP. Past performance does not guarantee future results.