Every day, companies across the globe announce upcoming dividend payouts. 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 which companies decreased dividends on Aug 8 here.
The following is a snapshot of four U.S. funds and two U.S. equities that saw a decrease in dividend last week. The latest regular payout is compared to the most recent regular payout to determine if there is a dividend decrease.
| Ticker | Security Type | Company | Previous Payout | Next Payout | Change | Ex-Dividend Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (FELP ) | U.S. Equity | Foresight Energy LP | $0.170 | $0.066 | -61.94% | 08/17/2017 |
| (OCIP) | U.S. Equity | OCI Partners LP | $0.230 | $0.120 | -47.83% | 08/16/2017 |
| Liquid error: internal | Fund | Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust | $0.101 | $0.095 | -5.94% | 08/17/2017 |
| (FLC ) | Fund | Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fd Inc. | $0.133 | $0.126 | -5.26% | 08/22/2017 |
| (AIF ) | Fund | Apollo Tactical Income Fund Inc. | $0.110 | $0.100 | -4.76% | 09/18/2017 |
| (DFP) | Fund | Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred & Income Fund Inc. | $0.160 | $0.155 | -3.13% | 08/22/2017 |
Disclaimer: Dividends declared by ETFs/ETNs depend on the distribution made by the underlying securities. As a result, there can be significant fluctuation in the payout figures. It is advisable that investors should investigate the actual composition of these securities to get a better picture of the overall dividend distribution. You can browse ETFdb.com to get the relevant details about ETFs/ETNs.
Check out stocks that increased dividends last week here.
You can also find the major securities going ex-dividend this week here.
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You also can 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 Stocks by Yield page.
