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MDC vs KO: Dividend Comparison 2026

MDC yields 3.41% · KO yields 2.71%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 MDC wins by $791.85M in total portfolio value
10 years
MDC
MDC
● Live price
3.41%
Share price
$62.98
Annual div
$2.15
5Y div CAGR
100%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$791.88M
Annual income
$749,692,664.33
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KO
The Coca-Cola Company
● Live price
2.71%
Share price
$76.05
Annual div
$2.06
5Y div CAGR
24.3%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$34.1K
Annual income
$4,323.37
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Portfolio growth — MDC vs KO

📍 MDC 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 PeriodMDCKO
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, MDC + KO cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
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May
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Sep
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Dec
MDC 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.

MDC
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$290.17/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$637,238,764.68/yr
KO
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$230.24/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$3,674.86/yr
At 15% tax rate, MDC beats the other by $637,235,089.82/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 MDC + KO for your $10,000?

MDC: 50%KO: 50%
100% KO50/50100% MDC
Portfolio after 10yr
$395.96M
Annual income
$374,848,493.85/yr
Blended yield
94.67%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on KO right now

MDC
Analyst Ratings
5
Buy
12
Hold
3
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$36.83
-41.5% upside vs current
Range: $27.00 — $44.00
Altman Z
3.1
Piotroski
4/9
KO
Analyst Ratings
29
Buy
16
Hold
3
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$84.88
+11.6% 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)

MDC 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▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-09-05
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricMDCKO
Forward yield3.41%2.71%
Annual dividend / share$2.15$2.06
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR100%24.3%
Portfolio after 10y$791.88M$34.1K
Annual income after 10y$749,692,664.33$4,323.37
Total dividends collected$788.81M$15.6K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples
Analyst consensusHoldBuy
Analyst price target$36.83$84.88

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

YearMDC PortfolioMDC Income/yrKO PortfolioKO Income/yrGap
1← crossover$11,383$682.76$10,847$336.70+$536.00MDC
2$13,632$1,452.64$11,832$431.92+$1.8KMDC
3$17,838$3,251.80$12,992$557.22+$4.8KMDC
4$27,040$7,953.47$14,379$723.66+$12.7KMDC
5$51,469$22,535.32$16,059$947.18+$35.4KMDC
6$135,246$80,174.97$18,129$1,251.14+$117.1KMDC
7$538,507$393,793.49$20,724$1,670.45+$517.8KMDC
8$3,506,966$2,930,763.07$24,040$2,258.40+$3.48MMDC
9$39,427,705$35,675,251.97$28,364$3,098.25+$39.40MMDC
10$791,880,309$749,692,664.33$34,134$4,323.37+$791.85MMDC

MDC vs KO: Complete Analysis 2026

MDCStock

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the homebuilding and financial service businesses. Its homebuilding operations include purchasing finished lots or developing lots for the construction and sale primarily of single-family detached homes to first-time and first-time move-up homebuyers under the Richmond American Homes name. The company conducts its homebuilding operations in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, and Florida. Its financial services operations comprise originating mortgage loans primarily for homebuyers; providing insurance coverage primarily to its homebuilding subsidiaries and subcontractors for homes sold by its homebuilding subsidiaries, and for work performed in completed subdivisions; acting as a re-insurer on the claims; selling third-party personal property and casualty insurance products to homebuyers; and offering title agency services to homebuilding subsidiaries and customers in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Nevada, and Virginia. M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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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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