Tim Hortons also offers a dividend yield of 1.8%, which is slightly higher than Dunkin' Brands at 1.7% and Starbucks at 1.2%. With a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.4, Tim Hortons' dividend appears to be safe. Tim Hortons has also recently reiterated its full-year earnings-per-share guidance of $2.87-$2.97, which would be an improvement over the $2.54 number seen last year.