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PEP vs CME: Dividend Comparison 2026

PEP yields 3.63% · CME yields 1.75%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 CME wins by $3.91M in total portfolio value
10 years
PEP
PepsiCo Inc.
● Live price
3.63%
Share price
$156.82
Annual div
$5.69
5Y div CAGR
40.4%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$141.9K
Annual income
$61,875.67
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CME
CME
● Live price
1.75%
Share price
$297.58
Annual div
$5.20
5Y div CAGR
85.4%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$4.05M
Annual income
$3,278,693.93
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Portfolio growth — PEP vs CME

📍 CME 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 PeriodPEPCME
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, PEP + CME cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

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PEP pays
CME pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

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

PEP
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$308.41/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$52,594.32/yr
CME
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$148.53/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$2,786,889.84/yr
At 15% tax rate, CME beats the other by $2,734,295.52/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 PEP + CME for your $10,000?

PEP: 50%CME: 50%
100% CME50/50100% PEP
Portfolio after 10yr
$2.09M
Annual income
$1,670,284.81/yr
Blended yield
79.73%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on PEP right now

PEP
Analyst Ratings
1
Strong
15
Buy
27
Hold
1
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$172.43
+10.0% upside vs current
Range: $156.00 — $191.00
Altman Z
3.6
Piotroski
7/9
CME
Analyst Ratings
13
Buy
17
Hold
5
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$311.83
+4.8% upside vs current
Range: $300.00 — $340.00
Altman Z
0.6
Piotroski
5/9
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)

PEP buys
6
CME buys
0
PoliticianChamberTickerTypeAmountDate
Sheldon Whitehouse🏛 Senate$PEP▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002026-02-23
Sheldon Whitehouse🏛 Senate$PEP▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002026-02-23
Julia Letlow🏢 House$PEP▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002026-02-05
Julie Johnson🏢 House$PEP▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-12-18
Jared Moskowitz🏢 House$PEP▼ Sell$15,001 - $50,0002025-12-02
Jared Moskowitz🏢 House$PEP▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-12-02
Jared Moskowitz🏢 House$PEP▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-12-02
Julie Johnson🏢 House$PEP▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-11-13
Rich McCormick🏢 House$PEP▲ Buy$1,001 - $15,0002025-11-05
Scott DesJarlais🏢 House$PEP▼ Sell$1,001 - $15,0002025-10-28
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MetricPEPCME
Forward yield3.63%1.75%
Annual dividend / share$5.69$5.20
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR40.4%85.4%
Portfolio after 10y$141.9K$4.05M
Annual income after 10y$61,875.67$3,278,693.93
Total dividends collected$123.0K$3.96M
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorConsumer StaplesFinancials
Analyst consensusHoldHold
Analyst price target$172.43$311.83

Year-by-year: PEP vs CME ($10,000, DRIP)

YearPEP PortfolioPEP Income/yrCME PortfolioCME Income/yrGap
1← crossover$10,849$509.42$11,024$323.97$175.00CME
2$11,969$750.47$12,414$618.83$445.00CME
3$13,500$1,124.14$14,491$1,207.51$991.00CME
4$15,680$1,721.66$17,948$2,442.23$2.3KCME
5$18,929$2,715.34$24,445$5,241.07$5.5KCME
6$24,023$4,450.80$38,525$12,368.84$14.5KCME
7$32,510$7,669.92$74,998$33,775.95$42.5KCME
8$47,709$14,093.60$194,178$113,930.22$146.5KCME
9$77,415$28,083.48$718,883$511,112.41$641.5KCME
10$141,922$61,875.67$4,047,898$3,278,693.93$3.91MCME

PEP vs CME: Complete Analysis 2026

PEPConsumer Staples

PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region. It provides dips, cheese-flavored snacks, and spreads, as well as corn, potato, and tortilla chips; cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups, granola bars, grits, oatmeal, rice cakes, simply granola, and side dishes; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods; ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and juices; dairy products; and sparkling water makers and related products. It serves wholesale and other distributors, foodservice customers, grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores, discount/dollar stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, hard discounters, e-commerce retailers and authorized independent bottlers, and others through a network of direct-store-delivery, customer warehouse, and distributor networks, as well as directly to consumers through e-commerce platforms and retailers. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

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CMEFinancials

CME Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals, as well as fixed income products. The company also provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its exchanges; and trade processing and risk mitigation services. In addition, the company offers a range of market data services, including real-time and historical data services. It serves professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. The company was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and changed its name to CME Group Inc. in July 2007. CME Group Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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