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VBCD vs KO: Dividend Comparison 2026

VBCD yields 2.66% · KO yields 2.70%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 KO wins by $10.4K in total portfolio value· pulled ahead in Year 4
10 years
VBCD
VBCD
● Live price
2.66%
Share price
$75.08
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
0%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$23.7K
Annual income
$316.34
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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 — VBCD vs KO

📍 KO pulled ahead of the other in Year 4

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 PeriodVBCDKO
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, VBCD + KO cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
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May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
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Dec
VBCD 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.

VBCD
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$226.43/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$268.89/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 $3,389.33/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 VBCD + KO for your $10,000?

VBCD: 50%KO: 50%
100% KO50/50100% VBCD
Portfolio after 10yr
$28.9K
Annual income
$2,310.06/yr
Blended yield
8.00%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on KO right now

VBCD
No analyst data
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)

VBCD buys
0
KO buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for VBCD or KO in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricVBCDKO
Forward yield2.66%2.70%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$2.06
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR0%24.3%
Portfolio after 10y$23.7K$34.1K
Annual income after 10y$316.34$4,303.79
Total dividends collected$2.9K$15.5K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples

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

YearVBCD PortfolioVBCD Income/yrKO PortfolioKO Income/yrGap
1$10,966$266.39$10,846$335.73+$120.00VBCD
2$12,007$273.02$11,829$430.64+$178.00VBCD
3$13,127$279.37$12,988$555.50+$139.00VBCD
4← crossover$14,331$285.45$14,372$721.34$41.00KO
5$15,626$291.25$16,049$944.01$423.00KO
6$17,016$296.78$18,114$1,246.74$1.1KKO
7$18,509$302.05$20,702$1,664.24$2.2KKO
8$20,112$307.06$24,008$2,249.48$3.9KKO
9$21,832$311.82$28,317$3,085.19$6.5KKO
10$23,676$316.34$34,065$4,303.79$10.4KKO

VBCD vs KO: Complete Analysis 2026

VBCDStock

VBCD is part of the Vanguard Target Maturity Corporate Bond suite. The fund behaves more like a bond than a typical bond fund. The fund provides bullet maturity, in this case, December 15, 2030, instead of perpetual exposure to a maturity pocket of the US corporate investment-grade bond market. As the fund matures, its maturity, duration, and YTM will continue to decline. On its target date, VBCD will unwind and return all capital to investors. This structure allows VBCD to serve as a building block for a bond ladder. In all, the fund provides a viable means to access a diverse pool of US investment grade bonds while mimicking the life cycle of an individual bond.

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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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