The Dividend Dirty Dogs
Risk Research Inc. publishes a list of one hundred dividend-paying stocks that don’t cover their payout with free cash flow, and must thus borrow or dilute shareholders, or draw down liquidity, to cover the shortfall. We report weekly on these companies. Almost all have deteriorating financial statement trends – declining margins and return on assets, increasing debt. Some also have declining liquidity, although this is rarer.
This report focuses on the companies of the group that yield 3% or more. There are 73 of those. They are companies best avoided by