FTSE Major's Dividend Cover Hits 'Seven-Year Low' But Should Investors Be Alarmed? |
| July 04, 2017 | July 2017 Bond Updates |
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The dividend cover for Britain’s largest quoted companies, a measure of how sustainable dividends are, has declined to its lowest level since 2009, with the dividend cover ratio among the UK’s top 350 companies - in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 - falling to below 0.8 times and down 18% year on year. |
| View more at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogeraitken/2017/07/03/ftse-majors-dividend-cover-hits-seven-year-low-but-should-investors-be-alarmed/ |
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