PK - Dividends By The Numbers In February 2019
For U.S. dividend-paying companies, February 2019 was a down month, with a lower number of firms increasing their dividends and a higher number of firms announcing dividend cuts than in the same month a year ago.
Here is the official tally for February 2019's dividend metadata from Standard & Poor's:
- In February 2019, 3,650 U.S. firms declared dividends, an increase of 1,174 over the 2,476 recorded in January 2019. That figure is also an increase of 157 over the number recorded in February 2018.
- 42 U.S. firms announced they would pay an extra, or