BorgWarner Inc. · Stock — Consumer Discretionary · graded on the House framework — is the payout covered, is the yield real or a trap, and does it compound or just pay? Snapshot · Week of October 19, 2026
BWABorgWarner Inc.Stock — Consumer Discretionary
Yield
1.24%
$0.68 indicated at $54.96
Dividend
$0.17/qtr
Paid Sep 15, 2026; raised from $0.11 in 2025
Payout ratio
34.7%
Trailing, per StockAnalysis
Pays
Quarterly
Growth record choppy: cut in 2023, restored in 2025
House verdict
Covered, but thin and choppy. A 34.7% trailing payout and about 8% of cash flow cover the $0.17 quarterly dividend several times over — but the record is choppy: the dividend was cut from $0.17 to $0.11 in 2023 and only restored to $0.17 in 2025, and 1.24% is thin income.
Key risk: Auto-supplier cyclicality — the 2023 cut shows the dividend follows the cycle down.
Changes if: The payout rises toward 60% or auto volumes roll over again.
✓Covered by earnings34.7% trailing payout, per StockAnalysis.
!Choppy historyCut in 2023 ($0.17 to $0.11), restored in 2025 — one year of growth per MarketBeat.
!Thin yield1.24% at the Oct 23 close.
What this grade doesn't say: It screens the dividend only — covered, real, compounding. It says nothing about valuation or price: a well-covered payer can still be overpriced, and its price can still fall.
BWA in the House
Room: Consumer Reliability. Not one of the House's current holdings — in Order a New House it takes a seat in this room and carries the room's 19% target. Target 19% — the House's biggest room. Broad, quality-screened dividend payers: the reliable base the income is built on.
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Figures are the snapshot from the week of October 19, 2026, checked against the company's SEC filings (EDGAR) and announcements — not a live feed, and not financial advice. Read the full disclaimers.
