The Dutch insurance and asset-management company AEGON NV reported on Thursday that it will cut its dividend by more than half as it reported a 67% fall in net profit for H1-2020. AEGON will pay a dividend of €0.06 for the half-year (interim dividend 2020), compared with 15 € cents for the period last year.…
European Dividend Aristocrat Legal & General paid a cash dividend of £0.049 per share with an ex-dividend date of August 13th and a payable date of September 24th. The current annual dividend is £0.1757 per share, representing a dividend yield of 8.2%. The current payout-ratio is 55.17% and the 5-year average dividend growth rate is…
European Dividend Aristocrat Ashtead Group (aht.lse) pays a cash dividend of £0.335 per share with an ex-dividend date of August 13th and a payable date of September 11th. Ashtead is a “fast dividend growth” stock, the average 5 years growth rate is above 25%, which is exceptional for UK dividend stocks.Year-to-date the stock is up…
European Dividend Aristocrat Diageo pays a cash dividend of £0.425 per share with an ex-dividend date of August 13th and a payable date of October 8th. The average 5 years growth rate is now close to 5%. The diagram below displays Diageo’s Dividend history. Diageo plc’s current dividend yield of 2.72% is 8% just above…