Each day, companies across the globe announce new upcoming dividend payouts. Last week there were 70 securities that decreased dividends. You can find the complete list of dividend increases, decreases, initiations, suspensions, updates and regular dividend announcements for a given day in our Dividend Payout Changes and Announcements tool.
Check out last week’s dividend decreases here.
Following is a snapshot of six major securities that decreased dividends last week. The latest payout is compared to the most recent payout to determine if there is a dividend decrease.
Ticker | Security Type | Company | Previous Payout | New Payout | Change | Ex-Dividend Date |
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(DON ) | ETF | WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund | $0.33 | $0.08 | 77.04% | 1/23/2017 |
(PBSK) | U.S. Equity | Poage Bankshares Inc | $0.08 | $0.06 | 25.00% | 2/1/2017 |
(VOC ) | U.S. Equity | VOC Energy Trust | $0.10 | $0.08 | 20.00% | 1/26/2017 |
(PBT) | U.S. Equity | Permian Basin Royalty Trust Units Ben. Int. | $0.06 | $0.05 | 18.50% | 1/27/2017 |
(DMLP ) | U.S. Equity | Dorchester Minerals, L.P. | $0.25 | $0.24 | 4.24% | 1/26/2017 |
(RY ) | Foreign Equity | Royal Bank of Canada | $0.64 | $0.62 | 2.57% | 1/24/2017 |
Check out stocks that increased dividends last week here.
You can find the major securities going ex-dividend this week here.
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You can also find an updated list of companies that recently announced changes in their payout policies, along with their ex-dividend dates, in our Dividend Payout Changes and Announcements tool.
Stay up to date with the highest yielding stocks and their latest ex-dividend dates on our High Dividend Yield Stocks by Yield page.