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HES vs KO: Dividend Comparison 2026

HES yields 1.34% · KO yields 2.70%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 HES wins by $842.2K in total portfolio value
10 years
HES
HES
● Live price
1.34%
Share price
$148.97
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
79.8%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$876.2K
Annual income
$619,272.65
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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 — HES vs KO

📍 HES 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 PeriodHESKO
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, HES + KO cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec
HES 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.

HES
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$114.12/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$526,381.75/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, HES beats the other by $522,723.53/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 HES + KO for your $10,000?

HES: 50%KO: 50%
100% KO50/50100% HES
Portfolio after 10yr
$455.2K
Annual income
$311,788.21/yr
Blended yield
68.50%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on KO right now

HES
Analyst Ratings
18
Buy
30
Hold
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$148.19
-0.5% upside vs current
Range: $86.00 — $199.00
Altman Z
3.1
Piotroski
4/9
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)

HES buys
0
KO buys
13
PoliticianChamberTickerTypeAmountDate
Markwayne Mullin🏛 Senate$KO▲ Buy$15,001 - $50,0002025-12-29
Markwayne Mullin🏛 Senate$KO▲ Buy$15,001 - $50,0002025-12-29
Lloyd Doggett🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-12-15
Sheldon Whitehouse🏛 Senate$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-11-21
Sheldon Whitehouse🏛 Senate$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-11-21
Julia Letlow🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-11-03
Lisa McClain🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-25
Lisa McClain🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-25
Val Hoyle🏢 House$KO▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-23
Ro Khanna🏢 House$KO▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-05
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricHESKO
Forward yield1.34%2.70%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$2.06
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR79.8%24.3%
Portfolio after 10y$876.2K$34.1K
Annual income after 10y$619,272.65$4,303.79
Total dividends collected$831.8K$15.5K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$148.19$84.88

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

YearHES PortfolioHES Income/yrKO PortfolioKO Income/yrGap
1← crossover$10,941$241.39$10,846$335.73+$95.00HES
2$12,151$443.81$11,829$430.64+$322.00HES
3$13,830$828.22$12,988$555.50+$842.00HES
4$16,382$1,584.01$14,372$721.34+$2.0KHES
5$20,682$3,152.91$16,049$944.01+$4.6KHES
6$28,818$6,688.61$18,114$1,246.74+$10.7KHES
7$46,496$15,661.01$20,702$1,664.24+$25.8KHES
8$92,211$42,460.02$24,008$2,249.48+$68.2KHES
9$240,164$141,498.19$28,317$3,085.19+$211.8KHES
10$876,248$619,272.65$34,065$4,303.79+$842.2KHES

HES vs KO: Complete Analysis 2026

HESStock

Hess Corporation, an exploration and production company, explores, develops, produces, purchases, transports, and sells crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and natural gas. The company operates in two segments, Exploration and Production, and Midstream. It conducts production operations primarily in the United States, Guyana, the Malaysia/Thailand Joint Development Area, and Malaysia; and exploration activities principally offshore Guyana, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and offshore Suriname and Canada. The company is also involved in gathering, compressing, and processing natural gas; fractionating NGLs; gathering, terminaling, loading, and transporting crude oil and NGL through rail car; and storing and terminaling propane, as well as providing water handling services primarily in the Bakken Shale plays in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota. As of December 31, 2021, it had total proved reserves of 1,309 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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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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