Oil company Petrobras from Brazil is reducing its dividend forecast because it expects lower crude oil prices in the coming years.
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General Electric cuts dividend by 91.8%
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General Electric Company (GE) will cuts its dividend by another 91.8 percent to $0.01 quarterly per share in the fourth quarter of 2018. This follows a 50.0 percent dividend cut last year by the industrial giant.
By reducing the dividend the company expects to retain $3.9 billion of cash per year compared tot he prior payout level. GE expects to announce the fourth quarter dividend in December 2018.
A new $0.04 per share annualized dividend for General Electric would yield 0.4% at Tuesday’s closing price of $11.16.
Dividend cuts can signal a company's financial difficulties or a strategic shift in resource allocation. Here, we highlight the 10 companies in the USA with the largest dividend cuts in 2024 so far. Included are their dividend cuts, yields, year-to-date (YTD) stock performance, and latest stock prices, along with a brief description of their business activities. The two biggest cuts include two former dividend aristocrats : 3M (MMM) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA).
On August 22, 2024, Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW) announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share of common stock to be paid on October 10, 2024, to stockholders of record on September 9, 2024.
Intel (INTC) announced a big dividend cut in 2023. As of July 10, 2023, a total of 15 US listed stocks have announced a dividend cut so far. This however compares to more than 500 dividend hikes YTD. The most shocking dividend cuts in 2023 came from Intel (INTC) and VF Corporation (VFC).