A high yield is worthless if the dividend gets cut.
For every dividend stock we put the yield next to a transparent dividend-safety score (payout ratio, cash-flow coverage, balance sheet), then rank by safety-weighted yield, the yield scaled by the safety score (a ranking, not a predicted return). A separate income-growth axis, validated out-of-sample, shows whether the dividend is rising or frozen. Fundamentals refresh daily from public filings. Every number links to its source. Not advice.
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✓ The cut signal sits on the fundamentals side, where it stays separated. why? →
- Safety score.
- How safe a dividend looks, 0-100 (higher = safer). About the odds it lasts, not the share price.
- Dividend yield.
- The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price.
- Safety-weighted yield.
- The yield scaled by the 0-100 safety score, one number that ranks safe income above risky income. A ranking index, not a predicted return (the score is ordinal, not the literal odds).
- Confidence.
- How much of the score is backed by real, sourced fundamentals. Low confidence = we couldn't verify much.
- Payout ratio.
- How much of earnings is paid out as dividends (REITs measured on AFFO, drug makers on cash-adjusted earnings). Above 100% means paying more than it earns, the #1 cut predictor.
- Cash-flow coverage.
- Whether free cash flow actually covers the dividend (and capex).
- Balance sheet.
- Altman-Z (distance from distress) + Piotroski F-score + net debt / EBITDA, computed from the filed statements. A weak balance sheet forces cuts.
Yield × Safety
12 of 12 dividend payersBubble size = safety-weighted yield. Colour = income growth (green = a fast-growing dividend, red = frozen or shrinking). Top-right corner = high yield on a safe dividend. 22 names have no yield data (they stay in the table below).
Dividends ranked by safety-weighted yield
34 of 34The coloured dots are the 5 dividend-safety signals (green = strong → red = weak, grey = no data). Safety-weighted yield = dividend yield × safety/100. A fundamentals signal, not a guarantee against a cut, and not investment advice.
Run on 0 companies that actually cut their dividend, on their pre-cut fundamentals. All 0 chronic-erosion cuts ranked in the bottom 0% of the 34-name universe (AUC 0.00); sudden cliffs and strategic resets are shown as honest misses.
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