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SRE vs CE: Dividend Comparison 2026

SRE yields 2.68% · CE yields 0.19%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 SRE wins by $7.1K in total portfolio value
10 years
SRE
SRE
● Live price
2.68%
Share price
$96.58
Annual div
$2.59
5Y div CAGR
10.1%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$26.8K
Annual income
$925.13
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CE
CE
● Live price
0.19%
Share price
$64.25
Annual div
$0.12
5Y div CAGR
-50%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$19.7K
Annual income
$0.02
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Portfolio growth — SRE vs CE

📍 SRE 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 PeriodSRECE
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, SRE + CE cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
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SRE pays
CE pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

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

SRE
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$228.17/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$786.36/yr
CE
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$15.88/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$0.02/yr
At 15% tax rate, SRE beats the other by $786.34/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 SRE + CE for your $10,000?

SRE: 50%CE: 50%
100% CE50/50100% SRE
Portfolio after 10yr
$23.3K
Annual income
$462.58/yr
Blended yield
1.99%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on SRE right now

SRE
Analyst Ratings
1
Strong
19
Buy
5
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$100.88
+4.5% upside vs current
Range: $89.00 — $112.00
Altman Z
1.1
Piotroski
7/9
CE
Analyst Ratings
10
Buy
23
Hold
4
Sell
Consensus: Hold
Price Target
$62.22
-3.2% upside vs current
Range: $50.00 — $86.00
Altman Z
1.4
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)

SRE buys
0
CE buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for SRE or CE in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricSRECE
Forward yield2.68%0.19%
Annual dividend / share$2.59$0.12
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR10.1%-50%
Portfolio after 10y$26.8K$19.7K
Annual income after 10y$925.13$0.02
Total dividends collected$5.6K$19.00
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorUtilitiesMaterials
Analyst consensusBuyHold
Analyst price target$100.88$62.22

Year-by-year: SRE vs CE ($10,000, DRIP)

YearSRE PortfolioSRE Income/yrCE PortfolioCE Income/yrGap
1← crossover$10,996$295.54$10,709$9.34+$287.00SRE
2$12,100$334.38$11,464$4.67+$636.00SRE
3$13,325$378.61$12,268$2.34+$1.1KSRE
4$14,687$429.05$13,128$1.17+$1.6KSRE
5$16,202$486.59$14,048$0.58+$2.2KSRE
6$17,888$552.33$15,032$0.29+$2.9KSRE
7$19,768$627.49$16,084$0.15+$3.7KSRE
8$21,865$713.51$17,210$0.07+$4.7KSRE
9$24,208$812.08$18,415$0.04+$5.8KSRE
10$26,827$925.13$19,704$0.02+$7.1KSRE

SRE vs CE: Complete Analysis 2026

SREUtilities

Sempra operates as an energy-services holding company in the United States and internationally. The company's San Diego Gas & Electric Company segment provides electric services; and supplies natural gas. It offers electric services to approximately 3.6 million population and natural gas services to approximately 3.3 million population that covers 4,100 square miles. Its Southern California Gas Company segment owns and operates a natural gas distribution, transmission, and storage system that supplies natural gas to a population of approximately 22 million covering an area of 24,000 square miles. The company's Sempra Texas Utilities segment engages in the regulated transmission and distribution of electricity serving 3.8 million homes and businesses, and operation of 140,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines. Its transmission system includes 18,249 circuit miles of transmission lines, a total of 1,174 transmission and distribution substations, and interconnection to 130 third-party generation facilities totaling 45,403 megawatts. The company was formerly known as Sempra Energy and changed its name to Sempra in July 2021. Sempra was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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CEMaterials

Celanese Corporation, a technology and specialty materials company, manufactures and sells high performance engineered polymers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Engineered Materials, Acetate Tow, and Acetyl Chain. The Engineered Materials segment develops, produces, and supplies specialty polymers for automotive and medical applications, as well as for use in industrial products and consumer electronics. It also offers acesulfame potassium, a sweetener for use in various beverages, confections, and dairy products; and food protection ingredients, such as potassium sorbate and sorbic acid for use in foods, beverages, and personal care products. The Acetate Tow segment provides acetate tows and flakes for use in filter products applications. The Acetyl Chain segment produces and supplies acetyl products, including acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomers, acetic anhydride, and acetate esters that are used as starting materials for colorants, paints, adhesives, coatings, and pharmaceuticals; and organic solvents and intermediates for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and chemical products. It also offers vinyl acetate-based emulsions for use in paints and coatings, adhesives, construction, glass fiber, textiles, and paper applications; and ethylene vinyl acetate resins and compounds, as well as low-density polyethylene for use in flexible packaging films, lamination film products, hot melt adhesives, automotive parts, and carpeting applications. In addition, it manufactures ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. Celanese Corporation was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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