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EW vs AR: Dividend Comparison 2026

EW yields 2.52% · AR yields 4.52%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 AR wins by $3.5K in total portfolio value
10 years
EW
EW
● Live price
2.52%
Share price
$79.50
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
0%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$23.4K
Annual income
$295.93
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AR
AR
● Live price
4.52%
Share price
$44.23
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
0%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$26.9K
Annual income
$604.16
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Portfolio growth — EW vs AR

📍 AR 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 PeriodEWAR
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, EW + AR cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

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EW pays
AR pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

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

EW
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$213.84/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$251.54/yr
AR
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$384.35/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$513.54/yr
At 15% tax rate, AR beats the other by $262.00/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 EW + AR for your $10,000?

EW: 50%AR: 50%
100% AR50/50100% EW
Portfolio after 10yr
$25.2K
Annual income
$450.04/yr
Blended yield
1.79%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on AR right now

EW
Analyst Ratings
32
Buy
16
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$96.38
+21.2% upside vs current
Range: $87.00 — $110.00
Altman Z
10.9
Piotroski
5/9
AR
Analyst Ratings
1
Strong
33
Buy
16
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$44.25
+0.0% upside vs current
Range: $36.00 — $50.00
Altman Z
1.9
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)

EW buys
0
AR buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for EW or AR in the last 90 days.
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MetricEWAR
Forward yield2.52%4.52%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$2.00
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR0%0%
Portfolio after 10y$23.4K$26.9K
Annual income after 10y$295.93$604.16
Total dividends collected$2.8K$5.3K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorHealthcareEnergy
Analyst consensusBuyBuy
Analyst price target$96.38$44.25

Year-by-year: EW vs AR ($10,000, DRIP)

YearEW PortfolioEW Income/yrAR PortfolioAR Income/yrGap
1← crossover$10,952$251.57$11,152$452.18$200.00AR
2$11,976$257.49$12,404$471.29$428.00AR
3$13,077$263.14$13,762$489.90$685.00AR
4$14,261$268.55$15,234$507.99$973.00AR
5$15,533$273.70$16,826$525.51$1.3KAR
6$16,899$278.61$18,546$542.45$1.6KAR
7$18,365$283.28$20,403$558.80$2.0KAR
8$19,938$287.72$22,406$574.53$2.5KAR
9$21,626$291.93$24,564$589.65$2.9KAR
10$23,436$295.93$26,887$604.16$3.5KAR

EW vs AR: Complete Analysis 2026

EWHealthcare

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies for structural heart disease, and critical care and surgical monitoring in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally. It offers transcatheter heart valve replacement products for the minimally invasive replacement of heart valves; and transcatheter heart valve repair and replacement products to treat mitral and tricuspid valve diseases. The company also provides the PASCAL and Cardioband transcatheter valve repair systems for minimally-invasive therapy. In addition, it offers surgical structural heart solutions, such as aortic surgical valve under the INSPIRIS name; KONECT RESILIA, a pre-assembled aortic tissue valved conduit for patients who require replacement of the valve, root, and ascending aorta; and HARPOON Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair System for patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation. Further, the company provides critical care solutions, including advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems to measure a patient's heart function and fluid status in surgical and intensive care settings; and Acumen Hypotension Prediction Index software that alerts clinicians in advance of a patient developing dangerously low blood pressure. The company distributes its products through a direct sales force and independent distributors. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

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AREnergy

Antero Resources Corporation, an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil properties in the United States. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 502,000 net acres in the Appalachian Basin; and 174,000 net acres in the Upper Devonian Shale. The company also owned and operated 494 miles of gas gathering pipelines in the Appalachian Basin; and 21 compressor stations. It had estimated proved reserves of 17.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent, including 10.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas; 718 million barrels of assumed recovered ethane; 501 million barrels of primarily propane, isobutane, normal butane, and natural gasoline; and 36 million barrels of oil. The company was formerly known as Antero Resources Appalachian Corporation and changed its name to Antero Resources Corporation in June 2013. Antero Resources Corporation was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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