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From a Dividend King to FinTech, These 3 Large Caps Just Reported
By Jordan Chussler. Article Published: 2/12/2026.
Key Points
- After mixed Q4 results, Coca-Cola maintained its 2026 guidance, including EPS growth of 7% to 8%.
- Robinhood has prioritized prediction markets, despite a short-term stock dip following a Q4 revenue miss.
- Duke Energy beat on the top and bottom lines, with the utility company extending its long-term growth projections, fueled by a massive five-year capital investment plan.
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With earnings season in full swing, investors are counting on companies' full-year and Q4 2025 financials to provide momentum for the S&P 500, which so far has gained just 1.22%.
More importantly, shareholders are watching guidance for clues about how their portfolios may perform for the remainder of the year.
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Several large-cap companies have already reported or will report earnings this week, including four household names on Feb. 9.
From a Dividend King to a fintech innovator and a 122-year-old electric utility provider, these companies' results offered insights into their stocks, sectors and industries.
Despite Coca-Cola's Mixed Results, Guidance Remains Steady
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) reported full-year and Q4 2025 results before the market opened on Feb. 10. By the close, the consumer staples giant had slipped 1.47% after posting mixed results.
The company beat analyst expectations for earnings per share (EPS) by $0.02 but missed the consensus revenue estimate by nearly 2%. Quarterly revenue rose 2.2% year over year.
The soft-drink maker has not missed an earnings estimate since Q1 2017, and its dividend—which Coca-Cola has increased for 64 consecutive years—has an annualized five-year growth rate of 3.93% and a dividend payout ratio near 66%.
For 2026, the company expects organic revenue growth of 4% to 5%—stronger than Q4's year-over-year growth—along with EPS growth of 7% to 8% and free cash flow of roughly $12.2 billion.
On the earnings call, management noted that over the past 50 years Coca-Cola's annual volume declined only once (during the pandemic), and investors have little reason to doubt the blue-chip's ability to deliver again in 2026.
The Market Overlooks Robinhood's Enormous Annual Revenue Growth
After an outsized gain of more than 185% in 2025, shares of mobile-first brokerage Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) fell more than 7% in after-hours trading on Feb. 10 after the company beat on earnings but missed on revenue.
Robinhood's Q4 2025 EPS came in at $0.66, topping analyst estimates of $0.58. Revenue of $1.28 billion fell short of estimates of $1.32 billion.
That negative market reaction looks shortsighted. While quarterly revenue missed, annual revenue of $4.47 billion represented a 52% year-over-year increase. And activity centered around this year's Super Bowl suggests prediction markets and related betting products are returning to the forefront of U.S. consumer attention.
Robinhood's push into prediction markets should be a significant revenue generator, positioning the firm to compete with Kalshi and Polymarket while continuing to serve equity and crypto customers.
Industry consultancy Grand View Research forecasts the global predictive analytics market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.3% from 2025 to 2030, expanding from $18.89 billion to $82.35 billion.
That tailwind should continue to benefit Robinhood's top line; the company listed prediction markets as its number-one priority in the earnings presentation.
Of the 24 analysts covering HOOD, 17 assign it a Buy rating, and the stock's average 12-month price target implies nearly 54% potential upside.
Duke Beats on Top and Bottom Lines, Extends Its Long-Term EPS Growth Projections
Over the past six months, the utilities sector has trailed all 11 S&P 500 sectors with a meager gain of 0.91%. But fueled by natural gas inflation and increased winter electricity demand, the sector's 1.85% gain over the past month has outperformed the broader market.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), which traces its roots to early 20th-century regional utilities, has grown through decades of mergers and acquisitions into one of the largest U.S. utilities. When it reported Q4 2025 financials on Feb. 10, it beat on both the top and bottom lines.
Duke's EPS was $1.50, and revenue of $7.94 billion comfortably surpassed analyst expectations of $7.57 billion. With a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.62, the company's earnings are projected to grow 6.32% this year (from $6.33 to $6.73 per share).
Notably, Duke's five-year capital plan increased by $16 billion to $103 billion, funding roughly 14 GW of incremental generation and supporting a projected 9.6% earnings-based growth rate. Management also said it is "extending our 5%–7% long-term EPS growth rate through 2030."
Eleven of the 18 analysts covering DUK assign it a Buy rating, and the stock's average 12-month price target implies about 8.69% upside. Meanwhile, Duke's dividend, yielding 3.44%, continues to reward patient shareholders with an annualized five-year growth rate of 2% and 20 consecutive years of increases.
Is LyondellBasell's Nearly 10% Dividend Safe, or a Warning Sign for Investors?
By Leo Miller. Article Published: 2/14/2026.
Key Points
- LyondellBasell’s nearly 10% dividend yield is attractive, but it’s elevated largely because the stock has fallen and the cycle is weak.
- Dividend coverage improved recently, yet full-year free cash flow lagged the dividend payout, keeping sustainability questions front and center.
- Leverage has risen versus historical norms, and management has signaled the dividend is under review—making policy decisions a near-term catalyst.
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When a stock's dividend yield is approaching or exceeding double-digits, it's natural for investors to be intrigued. With an indicated dividend yield of roughly 9.5%, chemical company LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB) is a name worth evaluating.
Although this high-yielding stock looks attractive, names offering such yields carry important risks. Very high yields often reflect a precipitous drop in a company's share price, which can signal underlying business weakness.
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That appears to be the case for LyondellBasell: its stock is down about 40% over the past three years. In a weak operating environment, a company's ability to maintain its dividend can come under significant pressure.
For example, basic materials and chemical company DOW (NYSE: DOW) carried a dividend yield near 10% from April to mid-July 2025, then cut its dividend in half. The DOW example highlights that investors in very high-yield stocks can't simply "set it and forget it."
So, is LyondellBasell's sky-high yield safe and sustainable? And what upside, if any, remains in the share price?
LYB: Chemical Giant Operating in a Historically Weak Environment
Lyondell's business converts hydrocarbon feedstocks — ethane, propane and butane — into plastic resins and other chemicals used in consumer products, packaging and automotive parts. Because Lyondell produces largely commodity products, global supply and demand drive the prices customers pay. Right now, the market is facing oversupply, which is pressuring prices. In 2025, margins across Lyondell's relevant businesses were approximately 45% below historical averages.
That gap leaves room for recovery, but it also underscores the sizable headwinds Lyondell is facing. Assessing when a cyclical recovery might occur is key to judging the dividend's sustainability. The company expects to see "modest improvements" next quarter, but management notes this is largely a seasonal effect rather than evidence of a broad market rebound.
Questions Around Dividend Sustainability Persist
In 2025, Lyondell paid $1.76 billion in dividends — roughly 2.4 times the free cash flow it generated that year. That picture improved in the latest quarter: free cash flow of $557 million fully covered the $443 million in dividends paid.
Still, the weak full-year cash generation relative to dividend payments is concerning. The company has about $3.4 billion in cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet, which it could draw on to continue dividend payments if cash flow remains soft.
At the same time, Lyondell emphasizes its intention to maintain an investment-grade credit rating. The firm's net debt to EBITDA ratio now stands at 3.7x, well above its roughly 2x average over the past decade.
Put simply, operating profits are weak relative to the company's debt load. Drawing down cash to sustain a very high dividend would further worsen the leverage picture and could jeopardize the credit rating.
Asked about a potential dividend cut, CEO Peter Vanacker called it "a very good question" and noted the board will discuss dividend policy at its February meeting — a juncture when a reduction could be decided.
LYB: Dividend at Risk as Recovery Timeline Remains Uncertain
Overall, Lyondell faces a meaningful risk of a dividend cut, though it is not inevitable. Analysts aren't optimistic about near-term share appreciation: the MarketBeat consensus price target of $51 implies roughly 12% downside from current levels, and the average of targets updated after the company's Jan. 30 earnings release is even more bearish at $47.80.
Those are 12-month targets, and a true recovery in Lyondell's business may take longer. If demand and margins do recover, however, the stock has room to climb — it traded above $85 in 2022 when demand was strong and EBITDA was near record levels.
For income-seeking investors, the tradeoff is clear: the current yield is attractive, but it comes with elevated risk to both the dividend and principal. Weigh the potential income against the possibility of a payout cut and of further downside to the share price before deciding to buy or hold LYB.
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