2008 Dividend Cuts

The following dividend stocks lowered their annual dividend payouts between 2007 and 2008, meaning that they paid out less money to shareholders in 2008 than they did in 2007. This sort of downtrend is generally a negative sign for any dividend stock, since dividend reductions usually point to cash problems and/or eroding fundamentals.

How We Calculated this List
To compile this list, we compared the total dividend payouts, including special one-time cash dividends that each company in our database made in 2007 to those in 2008. As such, some stocks on this list may have actually raised their annual payouts from 2007 to 2008, but as a result of paying a special one-time dividend in 2007, the total amount paid out would be higher in 2007 vs. 2008.

Stocks That Reduced Their Dividend Payouts in 2008 (vs. 2007)

  145 dividend stocks found. Listing results 1-20.

Order results by:
Dividend Yield | Stock Symbol | Company Name


Stock
Symbol
Company Name Dividend.com
Overall Rating
Previous Day's
Closing Price
Current
Dividend Yield
AB AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. Login/Signup for Ratings 17 8.23
ABBC Abington Bancorp Login/Signup for Ratings 7 3.33
ABC AmerisourceBergen Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 39 1.33
ACE Ace Limited Login/Signup for Ratings 74 1.89
AEA Advance America Login/Signup for Ratings 9 2.92
AGN Allergan Login/Signup for Ratings 86 0.23
ALCO Alico Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 25 0.65
APU Amerigas Partners L.P. Login/Signup for Ratings 43 7.08
ASCA Ameristar Casino Login/Signup for Ratings 20 2.44
ASH Ashland Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 66 1.06
AU AngloGold Login/Signup for Ratings 47 0.51
AYI Acuity Brands Login/Signup for Ratings 60 0.86
AYR Aircastle Ltd. Login/Signup for Ratings 14 4.20
BAC Bank of America Login/Signup for Ratings 8 0.51
BAMM Books-A-Million Login/Signup for Ratings 2 8.44
BANR Banner Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 20 0.20
BC Brunswick Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 23 0.21
BCE BCE Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 41 5.34
BF-B Brown-Forman Login/Signup for Ratings 84 1.66
BNS Bank of Nova Scotia Login/Signup for Ratings 52 4.00
Please note: This list is current through the end-of-year 2008. This list should not be considered complete or official. For information purposes only.