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Novo Nordisk Decreases Dividend by 43%

Shauvik Haldar Aug 15, 2018

Every day, companies and funds across the globe announce upcoming dividend payouts. You can find the complete list of dividend increases, decreases, initiations, suspensions, updates and regular dividend announcements for a given day in our Dividend Payout Changes and Announcements tool.

The following is a snapshot of six equities, four funds and three ETNs that saw a decrease in dividend and are going ex-dividend this week. The latest regular payout is compared to the most recent regular payout to determine if there is a dividend decrease.

Note: Market cap figures are as of market close on Monday, August 13.

Security Type	Ticker	Name	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Ex-Dividend Date	Previous Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Change *
Equity	(NVO )	Novo Nordisk (NVO)	114.70	8/17/2018	0.58	0.33	-42.81%
Equity	(LYG )	Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LYG)	55.95	8/17/2018	0.11	0.06	-48.85%
Equity	(PSO )	Pearson Plc (PSO)	9.07	8/16/2018	0.16	0.07	-55.51%
Equity	(DNB )	Dun & Bradstreet Corporation	5.25	8/21/2018	1.62	0.52	-67.90%
Equity	Liquid error: internal	PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (PFLT)	0.53	8/21/2018	0.08	0.02	-76.62%
Fund	(KTF )	DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF)	0.43	8/17/2018	0.05	0.05	-10.00%
Equity	(HWKN )	Hawkins, Inc. (HWKN)	0.42	8/16/2018	0.44	0.23	-48.86%
Fund	Liquid error: internal	Clough Global Opportunities Fund (GLO)	0.36	8/20/2018	0.10	0.10	-0.89%
Fund	Liquid error: internal	Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend & Income Fund (DEX)	0.18	8/16/2018	0.10	0.10	-1.46%
Fund	(GLV )	Clough Global Allocation Fund (GLV)	0.09	8/20/2018	0.11	0.11	-0.97%
ETN	Liquid error: internal	Credit Suisse Gold Shrs Cov Call Exc ETN (GLDI)	0.04	8/21/2018	0.04	0.02	-50.42%
ETN	Liquid error: internal	Credit Suisse Silver Shares Covered Call ETN (SLVO)	0.03	8/21/2018	0.06	0.01	-80.38%
ETN	Liquid error: internal	Credit Suisse X-Links Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETN (USOI)	0.01	8/21/2018	0.40	0.14	-64.87%

*Numbers under the “Previous Payout” and “Next Payout” columns are rounded off. The % change is calculated from the actual dividend payout announced, which may have decimal points.

Disclaimer: Dividends declared by ETFs/ETNs depend on the distribution made by the underlying. As a result, there can be significant fluctuation in the payout figures. It is advisable that investors should investigate the actual composition of these securities to get a better picture of the overall dividend distribution. You can browse ETFdb.com to get the relevant details about ETFs/ETNs.

Check out stocks that increased dividends and are going ex-dividend this week here.

You can also find the major securities going ex-dividend this week here.

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You also can find an updated list of companies and funds that recently announced changes in their payout policies, along with their ex-dividend dates, in our Dividend Payout Changes and Announcements tool.

Stay up to date with the highest-yielding stocks and funds and their latest ex-dividend dates on our High Dividend Stocks by Yield.