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ES vs CI: Dividend Comparison 2026

ES yields 4.45% · CI yields 2.36%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 CI wins by $133.38M in total portfolio value· pulled ahead in Year 2
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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CI
CI
● Live price
2.36%
Share price
$258.08
Annual div
$6.09
5Y div CAGR
100%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$133.48M
Annual income
$123,432,595.24
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Portfolio growth — ES vs CI

📍 CI 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 PeriodESCI
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 + CI cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
ES pays
CI 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
CI
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$200.58/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$104,917,705.95/yr
At 15% tax rate, CI beats the other by $104,892,277.82/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 + CI for your $10,000?

ES: 50%CI: 50%
100% CI50/50100% ES
Portfolio after 10yr
$66.79M
Annual income
$61,731,255.34/yr
Blended yield
92.42%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on CI 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
CI
Analyst Ratings
1
Strong
31
Buy
7
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$325.83
+26.3% upside vs current
Range: $300.00 — $375.00
Altman Z
2.7
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)

ES buys
0
CI buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for ES or CI in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricESCI
Forward yield4.45%2.36%
Annual dividend / share$3.05$6.09
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR33.7%100%
Portfolio after 10y$102.4K$133.48M
Annual income after 10y$29,915.45$123,432,595.24
Total dividends collected$73.7K$132.70M
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockHealthcare
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$73.14$325.83

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

YearES PortfolioES Income/yrCI PortfolioCI Income/yrGap
1$11,295$595.11$11,172$471.95+$123.00ES
2← crossover$12,926$839.92$12,940$985.53$14.00CI
3$15,032$1,201.01$15,979$2,133.55$947.00CI
4$17,829$1,745.20$22,022$4,924.66$4.2KCI
5$21,663$2,586.51$36,250$12,686.29$14.6KCI
6$27,107$3,927.03$77,820$39,032.84$50.7KCI
7$35,144$6,139.95$239,893$156,625.47$204.7KCI
8$47,551$9,946.91$1,159,158$902,472.79$1.11MCI
9$67,697$16,816.79$9,391,197$8,150,897.78$9.32MCI
10$102,351$29,915.45$133,481,176$123,432,595.24$133.38MCI

ES vs CI: 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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CIHealthcare

The Cigna Group provides insurance and related products and services in the United States. Its Evernorth segment provides a range of coordinated and point solution health services, including pharmacy, benefits management, care delivery and management, and intelligence solutions to health plans, employers, government organizations, and health care providers. The company's Cigna Healthcare segment offers medical, pharmacy, behavioral health, dental, vision, health advocacy programs, and other products and services for insured and self-insured customers; Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and Medicare Part D plans for seniors, as well as individual health insurance plans to on and off the public exchanges; and health care coverage in its international markets, as well as health care benefits for mobile individuals and employees of multinational organizations. The company also offers permanent insurance contracts sold to corporations to provide coverage on the lives of certain employees for financing employer-paid future benefit obligations. It distributes its products and services through insurance brokers and consultants; directly to employers, unions and other groups, or individuals; and private and public exchanges. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

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