Owen Baptiste writes StockVane's dividend and income coverage — payout safety, aristocrat-style compounders, and building a portfolio that pays you to hold it. He manages his own dividend portfolio and writes from that experience, not from a model. His articles are analysis and opinion, not personalized advice — see StockVane's Editorial Standards and Disclaimer.
Honeywell paid $1.19 for three quarters, then $0.70 in August, a 41% cut before its three-way separation. Cash covered last year’s dividend 1.8 times; here is what the new rate costs and what the split…
Comcast’s dividend was raised twice, then held at $0.33 for six payments. Free cash flow covers it 3.9 times, but $7.1 billion of the 2025 jump was working capital. We check what the payout can…
Verizon yields 5.8% and pays out about 69% of earnings, a cushion that looks safe on paper. Yet net profit is still 19% below 2022 and the stock trades above its own P/E average. Here…
Enbridge revenue fell 18% in 2023 while operating income rose 11%, and the stock now pays a 5.5% yield at 26 times earnings. Here is what that gap says about the dividend, what the multiple…
Enterprise Products’ revenue swung by $8.5 billion in four years while net income moved $0.35 billion. That stability funds a 5.6% yield, but at 13.5 times earnings the units are priced for it. Here is…
Altria’s operating income rose 3.5% in 2025 while EPS fell 37%, and the board still raised the dividend to $1.11. At about 6.2% yield, the payout runs 78% to 108% depending on which earnings number…
Twelve stocks are down 38% to 59% from their highs while at least 70% of analysts still say buy. Their targets recover anywhere from 22% to 96% of the lost ground. Here is how to…
Danaher’s EPS fell from $9.66 to $5.05 in three years, yet its P/E is 37.6 against a 36.3 average. After an 11% drop on the July report, a look at the margin, the multiple, and…
Pfizer pays $0.43 every quarter, but net income over the last four reported quarters was $4.37 billion against a $9.8 billion dividend bill. Why the 6.2% yield is a bet on 2027 cost cuts, with…
Energy Transfer yields 6.32%, but a K-1 costs the same for a $5,000 holder as for a $50,000 one. The bigger issue is cash cover: free cash flow paid only 0.81x of the distribution in…