OEC Stock — Orion Engineered Carbons SA

Orion Engineered Carbons SA (OEC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

OEC is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.57%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.55%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 34/100 (Elevated risk). Total return is -57.5% over the past 12.2 years, 430.8 points behind SPY at 373.3%.

Orion S.A. manufactures and sells carbon black products for industrial applications, operating through two segments: Specialty Carbon Black for coatings, printing, and fiber applications, and Rubber Carbon Black for tires and mechanical rubber goods across markets in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company offers a modest current distribution rate paid quarterly. This business appeals to income investors seeking exposure to industrial chemicals and materials with regular dividend payments.

OEC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -57.5% over the past 12.2 years, 430.8 points behind SPY at 373.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -12.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 37.9%.

OEC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

34 · Elevated risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.53%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/25/2014

Distribution rate

1.57%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.55%

5-year average yield

0.42

Last close

$5.34 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$301,115,386

Average volume

374400.0

Dividend

$0.021

Ex-dividend date

12/11/2026

Beta

1.05

Payout ratio

30.7%

Forward P/E

4.1356

EPS

$-1.71

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.57%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.55%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

OEC risks and drawbacks

OEC's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 37.9%.

Who may consider OEC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (OEC pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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