SDR - Dividends By The Numbers For July 2018
July 2018 was a good month for the owners of dividend-paying stocks. Compared to June 2018, the number of dividend increases was up and the number of dividend cuts announced was down. And as long as we're looking backwards, things are better than they were last year.
Let's get to this month's dose of dividend metadata! Here are the numbers....
- Following an elevated number for the month ending 2018-Q2, there were 3,253 firms that issued some kind of declaration about their dividend policies in July 2018, which was down by 826 from the previous