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HIE vs KO: Dividend Comparison 2026

HIE yields 4.86% · KO yields 2.70%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 KO wins by $13.5K in total portfolio value· pulled ahead in Year 3
10 years
HIE
HIE
● Live price
4.86%
Share price
$12.56
Annual div
$0.61
5Y div CAGR
-50%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$20.5K
Annual income
$0.49
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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 — HIE vs KO

📍 KO 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 PeriodHIEKO
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, HIE + KO cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

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HIE 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.

HIE
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$412.82/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$0.42/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, KO beats the other by $3,657.81/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 HIE + KO for your $10,000?

HIE: 50%KO: 50%
100% KO50/50100% HIE
Portfolio after 10yr
$27.3K
Annual income
$2,152.14/yr
Blended yield
7.89%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on KO right now

HIE
No analyst data
Altman Z
5.5
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)

HIE buys
0
KO buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for HIE or KO in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricHIEKO
Forward yield4.86%2.70%
Annual dividend / share$0.61$2.06
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR-50%24.3%
Portfolio after 10y$20.5K$34.1K
Annual income after 10y$0.49$4,303.79
Total dividends collected$492.00$15.5K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples

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

YearHIE PortfolioHIE Income/yrKO PortfolioKO Income/yrGap
1$10,943$242.83$10,846$335.73+$97.00HIE
2$11,833$124.17$11,829$430.64+$4.00HIE
3← crossover$12,724$62.74$12,988$555.50$264.00KO
4$13,646$31.53$14,372$721.34$726.00KO
5$14,617$15.80$16,049$944.01$1.4KKO
6$15,648$7.91$18,114$1,246.74$2.5KKO
7$16,748$3.96$20,702$1,664.24$4.0KKO
8$17,922$1.98$24,008$2,249.48$6.1KKO
9$19,178$0.99$28,317$3,085.19$9.1KKO
10$20,521$0.49$34,065$4,303.79$13.5KKO

HIE vs KO: Complete Analysis 2026

HIEStock

Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Miller Howard Investments, Inc. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in growth and high dividend paying stocks of companies. The fund employs fundamental and technical analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio while focusing on factors such as business models, balance sheet strength, industry conditions, reliability of cash flow, management quality, and monopolistic qualities. Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund was formed on November 24, 2014 and is domiciled in the United States.

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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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