In terms of dividend growth, the company's current annualized dividend of $2.02 is up 6.3% from last year. Eversource Energy has increased its dividend 5 times on a year-over-year basis over the last 5 years for an average annual increase of 6.60%. Looking ahead, future dividend growth will be dependent on earnings growth and payout ratio, which is the proportion of a company's annual earnings per share that it pays out as a dividend. Eversource's current payout ratio is 64%, meaning it paid out 64% of its trailing 12-month EPS as dividend.