First Trust
Factoid of the Day
Monday, April 4, 2022
In March, the dividend-payers (394) in the S&P 500 Index (equal weight) posted a total return of 3.02% vs. 1.29% for the non-payers (111), according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Year-to-date, payers were down 1.06%, vs. a loss of 9.50% for the non-payers. For the 12-month period ended March 2022, payers were up 15.80%, vs. a gain of 1.09% for the non-payers. The number of dividends increased in March totaled 25, up from 12 a year ago. Year-to-date, dividend increases totaled 129, up from 117 over the same period a year ago. Four dividends were decreased over the first three months of 2022, up from one cut a year ago.
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