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Here, so far, is the tally of dividend cutters and dividend raisers.
Figure 1: Dividend Scorecard, 1/1/2020 – 5/11/2020
Source: Bloomberg, ProShares.
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It's quite reasonable to consider that sector, which houses hotel chains, cruise lines, restaurants and many bricks-and-mortar retailers, would be a dividends-at-risk "hot-spot."
Companies in the highest quintile of dividend yield, those whose ability to pay may become stretched in challenging markets, account for more than double the number of dividend cuts and eliminations versus those in the bottom quintile with more modest dividend yields.
Far more dividend cutters came from lower-quality companies in the bottom quintile of credit ratings compared with those at the top, and there were many more dividend cutters from the top quintile of dividend yield companies compared with the bottom.
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