Cumulative Dividend Cuts At The Midpoint Of Q2 2019
Published May 24, 2019 on Seeking Alpha

We're just past the midpoint of the second quarter of 2019, where the pace of dividend cuts that have been announced to date in our near real-time sampling of these declarations is well ahead of the same point of time a year earlier in the second quarter of 2018. The following chart illustrates the cumulative number of dividend cuts by day of quarter for both 2018-Q2 and 2019-Q2, where we find that the cumulative number in 2019-Q2 is running near the threshold that would indicate recessionary conditions are present within the U.S. economy:

Here's the working list-to-date of our sampling through the midpoint of 2019-Q2, where the first part of our list focuses on firms that pay variable dividends to their shareholders, where changes in dividend payments automatically follow from changes in their revenues and earnings:
Sachem Capital (SACH) MV Oil Trust (MVO) BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) Mesabi Trust (MSB) Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR) Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT) Blackstone Group (BX) San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT) Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL) CVR Partners (UAN) SandRidge Permian Trust (PER) SandRidge Mississippian Trust I (SDT) SandRidge Mississippian Trust II (SDR) AllianceBernstein (AB) Viper Energy (VNOM) AllianceBernstein (AB) Carlyle Group (CG) Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR) Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (CHKR) Apollo Global Management (APO) ECA Marcellus Trust I (ECT) Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR) Marine Petroleum Trust (MARPS)... Read more