Endangered Dividends

Boom! Goes the Dividend

By Roger S. Conrad on Oct. 11, 2016

We weren't surprised when Ferrellgas Partners LP (NYSE: FGP) announced that the master limited partnership may need to cut its distribution by 50 percent.

Soft commodity prices, declining oil and gas production in some regions, counterparty risk and elevated costs of capital have threatened midstream master limited partnerships’ distributions over the past two years.

Narrow Escapes and Dividend Cuts

By Roger S. Conrad on Aug. 13, 2016

Four companies made strategic moves or posted second-quarter results that earned them an escape from the Endangered Dividends List. Within our coverage universe, three energy stocks we highlighted as being at risk of a dividend cut lived up to expectations.

Dividend Shrink Ray Targets Small-Cap Telecoms

By Roger S. Conrad on Jul. 10, 2016

Size isn’t everything in the telecom sector, but it is important.

Rally in Energy Prices Brings Relief

By Roger S. Conrad on Jun. 12, 2016

Sometimes a rising tide lifts all boats. The sharp recovery in oil and gas prices since mid-February has convinced all too many investors that the risk of further distribution cuts among energy-focused master limited partnerships (MLP) has declined. The immediate response to the indiscriminate selling of late 2015 and early 2016 has been a wave of indiscriminate buying. But selectivity will be critical going forward.

No Cuts, But Plenty of Risks

By Roger S. Conrad on May. 8, 2016

First-quarter earnings season has included a raft of weak results and guidance reductions from the more than 200 essential-service companies in our Utility Report Card.

Two Big Dividend Cuts and More on the Way

By Roger S. Conrad on Apr. 11, 2016

Two companies in our coverage universe cut their dividends last month. We look at what went wrong and add four names to our Endangered Dividends List.

A Wave of Dividend Cuts

By Roger S. Conrad on Mar. 10, 2016

Nine of the more than 200 companies covered in our Utility Report Card have slashed their dividends since we posted the February issue of Conrad’s Utility Investor.

Home for At-Risk Dividends

By Roger S. Conrad on Feb. 7, 2016

Our Endangered Dividends List has a new member, while one former resident returns to the general population after slashing its payout for a second time.

Misery Loves Company

By Roger S. Conrad on Jan. 11, 2016

Five new members joined the Endangered Dividends List this month.

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