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DM vs KO: Dividend Comparison 2026

DM yields 40.32% · KO yields 2.70%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 KO wins by $6.6K in total portfolio value· pulled ahead in Year 8
10 years
DM
DM
● Live price
40.32%
Share price
$4.96
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
-50%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$27.4K
Annual income
$5.49
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KO
The Coca-Cola Company
● Live price
2.70%
Share price
$76.27
Annual div
$2.06
5Y div CAGR
24.3%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$34.1K
Annual income
$4,303.79
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Portfolio growth — DM vs KO

📍 KO pulled ahead of the other in Year 8

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 PeriodDMKO
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, DM + KO cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec
DM 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.

DM
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$3,427.42/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$4.67/yr
KO
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$229.58/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$3,658.22/yr
At 15% tax rate, KO beats the other by $3,653.56/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 DM + KO for your $10,000?

DM: 50%KO: 50%
100% KO50/50100% DM
Portfolio after 10yr
$30.8K
Annual income
$2,154.64/yr
Blended yield
7.01%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on KO right now

DM
Analyst Ratings
3
Buy
6
Hold
1
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$5.25
+5.8% upside vs current
Range: $5.00 — $5.50
Altman Z
-12.2
Piotroski
3/9
KO
Analyst Ratings
29
Buy
16
Hold
3
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$84.88
+11.3% 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)

DM buys
0
KO buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for DM or KO in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricDMKO
Forward yield40.32%2.70%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$2.06
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR-50%24.3%
Portfolio after 10y$27.4K$34.1K
Annual income after 10y$5.49$4,303.79
Total dividends collected$4.5K$15.5K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$5.25$84.88

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

YearDM PortfolioDM Income/yrKO PortfolioKO Income/yrGap
1$12,716$2,016.13$10,846$335.73+$1.9KDM
2$14,804$1,198.01$11,829$430.64+$3.0KDM
3$16,492$651.74$12,988$555.50+$3.5KDM
4$17,986$339.28$14,372$721.34+$3.6KDM
5$19,418$172.90$16,049$944.01+$3.4KDM
6$20,864$87.23$18,114$1,246.74+$2.8KDM
7$22,369$43.80$20,702$1,664.24+$1.7KDM
8← crossover$23,957$21.94$24,008$2,249.48$51.00KO
9$25,644$10.98$28,317$3,085.19$2.7KKO
10$27,445$5.49$34,065$4,303.79$6.6KKO

DM vs KO: Complete Analysis 2026

DMStock

Desktop Metal, Inc. engages in manufacture and sale of additive manufacturing technologies for engineers, designers, and manufacturers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia- Pacific. The company offers Production System, an industrial manufacturing solution; Shop System, a mid-volume binder jetting platform; X-series platform for serial production binder jet 3D printed metal, ceramic, or composite parts, balancing speed, and quality; and Studio System, an office metal 3D printing system; and Fiber platform that offers a desktop 3D printer. In addition, it provides Xtreme 8K platform, designed for industrial, high-temperature production of end-use photopolymer parts, and uses high-powered light sources with a water-cooled DLP chip; Einstein series, designed for dental professionals which offers 3D printing; P4K platform offers series of advanced DLP printer models designed for volume production in precision applications; Envision One platform; which leverages patented CDLM technology for high-volume production of end-use photopolymer parts; D4K Pro platform, designed for jewelry and chairside settings; S-Max platform, which provides digital casting solution; and Robotic Additive Manufacturing, or RAM, platform that offers robotic 3D printing solutions. Further, the company offers S-Print, an entry-level solution for prototypes and small series production in digital casting applications; and 3D-Bioplotter platform which offers biofabrication solution. Additionally, the company provides binder jetting materials, DLP and CDLM photopolymer resins, BMD materials, micro-AFP materials, and bioprinting materials. It serves automotive, aerospace, healthcare and dental, consumer products, heavy industry, machine design, and research and development industries. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

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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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