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EW vs MA: Dividend Comparison 2026

EW yields 2.52% · MA yields 0.64%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 MA wins by $473.8K in total portfolio value· pulled ahead in Year 3
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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MA
MA
● Live price
0.64%
Share price
$494.00
Annual div
$3.15
5Y div CAGR
91.8%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$497.2K
Annual income
$341,049.48
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Portfolio growth — EW vs MA

📍 MA pulled ahead of the other in Year 3

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 PeriodEWMA
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 + MA cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

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EW pays
MA 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
MA
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$54.20/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$289,892.06/yr
At 15% tax rate, MA beats the other by $289,640.52/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 + MA for your $10,000?

EW: 50%MA: 50%
100% MA50/50100% EW
Portfolio after 10yr
$260.3K
Annual income
$170,672.70/yr
Blended yield
65.56%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on MA 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
MA
Analyst Ratings
1
Strong
51
Buy
12
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$667.33
+35.1% upside vs current
Range: $610.00 — $739.00
Altman Z
9.7
Piotroski
8/9
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
MA buys
8
PoliticianChamberTickerTypeAmountDate
Sheldon Whitehouse🏛 Senate$MA▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002026-02-23
Markwayne Mullin🏛 Senate$MA▲ Buy$50,001 - $100,0002025-12-29
Markwayne Mullin🏛 Senate$MA▲ Buy$50,001 - $100,0002025-12-29
Michael McCaul🏢 House$MA▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-10-27
Gilbert Cisneros🏢 House$MA▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-10-17
Val Hoyle🏢 House$MA▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-23
Ro Khanna🏢 House$MA▲ Buy$1,000 - $15,0002025-08-04
Lisa McClain🏢 House$MA▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-06-24
Lisa McClain🏢 House$MA▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-06-17
Michael McCaul🏢 House$MA▼ Sell$15,001 - $50,0002025-06-16
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MetricEWMA
Forward yield2.52%0.64%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$3.15
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR0%91.8%
Portfolio after 10y$23.4K$497.2K
Annual income after 10y$295.93$341,049.48
Total dividends collected$2.8K$463.2K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorHealthcareFinancials
Analyst consensusBuyBuy
Analyst price target$96.38$667.33

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

YearEW PortfolioEW Income/yrMA PortfolioMA Income/yrGap
1$10,952$251.57$10,822$122.30+$130.00EW
2$11,976$257.49$11,817$237.26+$159.00EW
3← crossover$13,077$263.14$13,109$464.38$32.00MA
4$14,261$268.55$14,950$923.39$689.00MA
5$15,533$273.70$17,884$1,887.66$2.4KMA
6$16,899$278.61$23,183$4,047.78$6.3KMA
7$18,365$283.28$34,212$9,405.89$15.8KMA
8$19,938$287.72$61,488$24,880.97$41.5KMA
9$21,626$291.93$145,949$80,157.01$124.3KMA
10$23,436$295.93$497,215$341,049.48$473.8KMA

EW vs MA: 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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MAFinancials

Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. It facilitates the processing of payment transactions, including authorization, clearing, and settlement, as well as delivers other payment-related products and services. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; prepaid programs and management services; commercial credit and debit payment products and solutions; and payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts. It also provides value-added products and services comprising cyber and intelligence solutions for parties to transact, as well as proprietary insights, drawing on principled use of consumer, and merchant data services. In addition, the company offers analytics, test and learn, consulting, managed services, loyalty, processing, and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce merchants. Further, it provides open banking and digital identity platforms services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

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