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ES vs CAT: Dividend Comparison 2026

ES yields 4.45% · CAT yields 0.89%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 ES wins by $67.3K in total portfolio value
10 years
ES
ES
● Live price
4.45%
Share price
$68.41
Annual div
$3.05
5Y div CAGR
33.7%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$102.4K
Annual income
$29,915.45
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CAT
CAT
● Live price
0.89%
Share price
$667.43
Annual div
$5.94
5Y div CAGR
42.9%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$35.0K
Annual income
$4,847.85
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Portfolio growth — ES vs CAT

📍 ES 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 PeriodESCAT
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, ES + CAT cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
ES pays
CAT pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

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

ES
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$378.34/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$25,428.13/yr
CAT
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$75.65/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$4,120.67/yr
At 15% tax rate, ES beats the other by $21,307.46/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 ES + CAT for your $10,000?

ES: 50%CAT: 50%
100% CAT50/50100% ES
Portfolio after 10yr
$68.7K
Annual income
$17,381.65/yr
Blended yield
25.31%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on CAT right now

ES
Analyst Ratings
11
Buy
14
Hold
4
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$73.14
+6.9% upside vs current
Range: $60.00 — $80.00
Altman Z
0.7
Piotroski
5/9
CAT
Analyst Ratings
25
Buy
21
Hold
7
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$697.07
+4.4% upside vs current
Range: $425.00 — $825.00
Altman Z
4.7
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)

ES buys
0
CAT buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for ES or CAT in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricESCAT
Forward yield4.45%0.89%
Annual dividend / share$3.05$5.94
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR33.7%42.9%
Portfolio after 10y$102.4K$35.0K
Annual income after 10y$29,915.45$4,847.85
Total dividends collected$73.7K$13.5K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockIndustrials
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$73.14$697.07

Year-by-year: ES vs CAT ($10,000, DRIP)

YearES PortfolioES Income/yrCAT PortfolioCAT Income/yrGap
1← crossover$11,295$595.11$10,827$127.18+$468.00ES
2$12,926$839.92$11,769$183.90+$1.2KES
3$15,032$1,201.01$12,860$266.96+$2.2KES
4$17,829$1,745.20$14,150$389.58+$3.7KES
5$21,663$2,586.51$15,712$572.46+$6.0KES
6$27,107$3,927.03$17,661$848.98+$9.4KES
7$35,144$6,139.95$20,172$1,274.46+$15.0KES
8$47,551$9,946.91$23,528$1,944.03+$24.0KES
9$67,697$16,816.79$28,203$3,028.23+$39.5KES
10$102,351$29,915.45$35,025$4,847.85+$67.3KES

ES vs CAT: Complete Analysis 2026

ESStock

Eversource Energy, a public utility holding company, engages in the energy delivery business. The company operates through Electric Distribution, Electric Transmission, Natural Gas Distribution, and Water Distribution segments. It is involved in the transmission and distribution of electricity; solar power facilities; and distribution of natural gas. The company operates regulated water utilities that provide water services to approximately 226,000 customers. It serves residential, commercial, industrial, municipal and fire protection, and other customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The company was formerly known as Northeast Utilities and changed its name to Eversource Energy in April 2015. Eversource Energy is based in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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CATIndustrials

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, compactors, cold planers, compact track and multi-terrain loaders, excavators, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, site prep tractors, skid steer loaders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; mini, small, medium, and large excavators; compact, small, and medium wheel loaders; track-type tractors and loaders; and wheel excavators. The Resource Industries segment provides electric rope shovels, draglines, hydraulic shovels, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, fleet management, landfill compactors, soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, select work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions. The Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engines, generator sets, integrated systems and solutions, turbines and turbine-related services, remanufactured reciprocating engines and components, centrifugal gas compressors, diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products and services for marine, oil and gas, industrial, and electric power generation sectors. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing plans; and insurance and risk management products for vehicles, power generation facilities, and marine vessels. The All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, etc. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

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