Dividends

Upcoming ex-dividend dates, recent cuts and initiations across 10+ years of US dividend history.
Yield Trap Watch
Dividend stocks flagged by 2 or more of 5 trap signals. Higher counts = more reasons to be cautious, but none guarantees a cut. Use this list as a starting point for deeper research, not a sell signal.
The 5 signals (Benzinga framework):
  • Payout > 100% — paying more than it earns over the trailing 12 months.
  • FCF coverage < 1.0× — free cash flow doesn’t fully cover the dividend.
  • Yield > 2× sector median — yield far above peers often reflects a price collapse, not premium income.
  • Debt-to-equity > 2.0 — leverage limits flexibility if cash flow softens.
  • 6-month return < -25% — sharp drawdown often precedes a cut announcement.
250 tickers with 2+ trap signals
Sorted by signal count, then ticker. Click a ticker for full forensic breakdown.
TickerRiskSignalsPayoutFCFYieldLev6m Drop6m ReturnFCF CovPayout
ABRRed5/5-36.6%0.97×203%
ARIRed5/5-34.9%0.28×121%
BXMTRed4/5-28.1%296%
CHMIRed4/5+11.0%0.81×413%
EARNRed4/5-9.0%0.54×2438%
LFTRed4/5-47.2%257%
MTNRed4/5+6.5%0.54×128%
NXSTRed4/5-28.3%3.29×272%
OFLXRed4/5-25.4%0.79×105%
PZZARed4/5-25.9%0.40×190%
SAMGRed4/5-33.4%0.68×162%
TRTXRed4/5-8.5%0.58×244%
UWMCRed4/5-66.4%294%
WESRed4/5+15.0%0.83×121%
AESRed3/5-14.6%361%
ALXRed3/5+15.4%0.16×327%
AOMRRed3/5-2.3%175%
ARESRed3/5+27.1%0.32×241%
BCICRed3/5-31.8%132%
BFSRed3/5-1.8%0.46×201%
BGSRed3/5-34.6%
BSMRed3/5-1.1%0.65×105%
BURRed3/5-48.8%270%
BWLPRed3/5+33.9%0.36×104%
CIMRed3/5-15.4%372%
CLXRed3/5-18.5%0.67×78%
CNKRed3/5+29.6%0.28×482%
CRCTRed3/5+32.1%0.73×263%
DKLRed3/5+5.8%0.56×141%
DXRed3/5-8.1%127%
ENBRed3/5-6.0%0.18×116%
ETDRed3/5+2.8%0.97×115%
FBRTRed3/5-8.2%1.08×200%
FLNGRed3/5+14.6%0.87×217%
FLORed3/5-29.3%1.46×250%
FMCRed3/5-27.7%
GLPRed3/5+7.3%1.53×133%
HASIRed3/5+10.3%0.99×111%
ICMBRed3/5-70.9%127%
IIPRRed3/5+6.5%0.85×186%
IVRRed3/5-12.0%106%
KKRRed3/5+24.7%0.44×101%
LADRRed3/5-5.2%0.81×214%
LOANRed3/5-7.2%0.99×105%
MFARed3/5-12.4%1.34×107%
MNRORed3/5-43.1%0.29×
MSBRed3/5-22.3%0.15×505%
NKERed3/5-38.2%0.91×106%
NLYRed3/5-0.8%0.44×91%
NRGRed3/5-36.1%0.85×48%
NVECRed3/5+55.5%0.59×107%
ORCRed3/5-9.4%175%
PMTRed3/5-23.9%148%
RHIRed3/5+84.2%0.90×179%
RHPRed3/5+30.8%0.94×115%
SCMRed3/5-13.6%0.99×123%
SEVNRed3/5-11.2%0.80×130%
SKTRed3/5+1.6%0.04×119%
SOLSRed3/5-28.2%0.08×526%
SPOKRed3/5-14.7%0.93×215%
STWDRed3/5-10.5%151%
TROXRed3/5-26.6%
TURed3/5-29.0%1.44×210%
USACRed3/5-2.1%1.14×244%
WINARed3/5-26.5%0.88×121%
WURed3/5-25.1%1.69×69%
AAPYellow2/5-17.9%0.38×136%
AATYellow2/5+15.3%0.84×439%
ABYellow2/5-6.8%118%
ACIYellow2/5-31.7%1.69×38%
ACRYellow2/5-23.8%118%
ACREYellow2/5-7.8%
ADCYellow2/5-9.0%0.98×164%
AGNCYellow2/5-2.4%96%
AMBPYellow2/5+6.6%1.05×2382%
AMSFYellow2/5-19.6%0.39×106%
AMTYellow2/5-9.2%1.14×115%
APLEYellow2/5+34.0%0.80×137%
ARKOYellow2/5-30.6%1.90×85%
ARLPYellow2/5-0.6%1.00×140%
ARRYellow2/5-8.6%73%
AVNTYellow2/5+7.8%1.93×118%
AZNYellow2/5-21.1%0.97×168%
BALYYellow2/5-36.0%
BCSFYellow2/5-7.8%124%
BDNYellow2/5-2.8%
BENYellow2/5+31.2%0.34×104%
BHRYellow2/5-28.9%
BIPYellow2/5-0.4%104%
BIPCYellow2/5-21.1%0.00×86%
BRBIYellow2/5-33.8%
BRSLYellow2/5-16.5%355%
BRSPYellow2/5-17.7%
BSETYellow2/5+25.9%0.52×129%
BWMXYellow2/5-3.9%1.80×140%
BXYellow2/5+26.7%0.78×117%
CABOYellow2/5-76.6%
CAPLYellow2/5+15.3%1.12×192%
CGBDYellow2/5+4.9%133%
CHCTYellow2/5-11.7%1052%
CIONYellow2/5-7.1%779%
CIXYellow2/5+35.5%0.78×139%
CMCTYellow2/5-98.1%
CMTLYellow2/5-65.1%6%
COHNYellow2/5-23.7%8%
CPAYellow2/5-5.3%0.31×40%
CPTYellow2/5-2.4%0.69×116%
CSRYellow2/5-16.4%0.91×284%
CSWCYellow2/5+16.1%130%
CTOYellow2/5+10.1%0.70×407%
CURIYellow2/5-24.3%0.24×
CVIYellow2/5+64.6%4.86×203%
DINYellow2/5+7.7%0.05×181%
DKYellow2/5+84.4%4.56×1370%
DKSYellow2/5-35.3%0.97×49%
DLXYellow2/5-15.0%3.79×67%
DMLPYellow2/5+10.5%1.10×239%
EFCYellow2/5+9.3%124%
EGPYellow2/5+1.9%0.04×103%
EIGYellow2/5+18.6%0.69×277%
ELSYellow2/5-4.8%0.84×103%
EMBCYellow2/5-51.6%4.69×25%
ENRYellow2/5+2.4%1.74×41%
EPMYellow2/5-19.9%531%
ETYellow2/5+13.5%0.80×114%
FYellow2/5-1.0%
FIPYellow2/5-37.1%
FSKYellow2/5+13.2%283%
FTAIYellow2/5-34.8%29%
GECCYellow2/5-4.3%105%
GOODYellow2/5+3.9%353%
GPMTYellow2/5-37.9%
GRNTYellow2/5-0.4%237%
GROWYellow2/5+0.6%0.40×1198%
GTYellow2/5-25.4%
GTNYellow2/5-7.7%
HESMYellow2/5+3.0%2.27×51%
HRIYellow2/5+11.2%4.93×8700%
HVTYellow2/5+15.0%1.88×104%
ICLYellow2/5+18.1%0.30×71%
IEPYellow2/5-16.5%
IRDMYellow2/5+98.9%2.04×152%
IRTYellow2/5-1.0%0.74×330%
ITWYellow2/5-3.1%1.64×58%
JCSEYellow2/5+23.5%1.24×2009%
JEFYellow2/5+19.0%0.76×57%
JKSYellow2/5-46.6%
KENYellow2/5-11.6%0.62×181%
KGSYellow2/5+10.2%0.03×196%
KIMYellow2/5+1.1%0.95×115%
KMBYellow2/5-1.3%1.07×82%
KRYellow2/5-16.6%3.18×112%
KREFYellow2/5+9.5%
KRPYellow2/5+6.2%1.04×188%
KRTYellow2/5+102.0%1.42×111%
LAMRYellow2/5+9.3%1.08×112%
LMTYellow2/5-14.0%2.79×62%
LXYellow2/5-60.0%
LXFRYellow2/5+33.3%1.19×181%
LXPYellow2/5+23.2%0.79×168%
MAAYellow2/5-3.8%0.65×185%
MCHPYellow2/5+1.1%0.90×475%
MFICYellow2/5+0.2%2247%
MITTYellow2/5-17.7%94%
MNDOYellow2/5-15.8%0.88×173%
MNSOYellow2/5-40.0%
MPLXYellow2/5+1.0%0.82×82%
MPTYellow2/5-30.0%
MRTNYellow2/5+6.4%0.06×112%
MTRYellow2/5-55.5%
NATYellow2/5+18.0%1.43×188%
NEYellow2/5+2.9%0.88×141%
NHTCYellow2/5-46.6%
NMFCYellow2/5-0.4%100%
NREFYellow2/5+19.8%51%
NSPYellow2/5+133.3%
NUSYellow2/5-43.5%7%
NVSYellow2/5-8.3%1.50×133%
NWLYellow2/5+29.2%
OBDCYellow2/5-0.1%120%
OHIYellow2/5-4.1%0.58×128%
OIYellow2/5-46.2%
OLNYellow2/5-31.9%
OLPYellow2/5+2.7%0.87×144%
OTEXYellow2/5+1.7%1.69×109%
OUTYellow2/5+4.4%1.44×143%
OWLYellow2/5+13.9%0.85×448%
PAAYellow2/5+22.0%1.13×105%
PAGPYellow2/5+24.4%1.34×103%
PAHCYellow2/5-33.4%0.51×21%
PBAYellow2/5+10.0%1.42×105%
PFEYellow2/5+1.3%1.12×125%
PFLTYellow2/5-8.8%342%
PHIYellow2/5-25.3%
PINEYellow2/5-0.4%0.69×287%
PLAYYellow2/5-37.6%
PLDYellow2/5-0.5%0.59×105%
PLTKYellow2/5-25.6%
PNNTYellow2/5-24.9%245%
QFINYellow2/5-37.0%
QSRYellow2/5+8.9%1.45×103%
RAILYellow2/5-47.6%
RANDYellow2/5-7.8%277%
REFIYellow2/5-12.2%121%
RENXYellow2/5-26.4%
RLXYellow2/5-25.6%
RMRYellow2/5+18.9%1.52×119%
RWTYellow2/5-23.5%
SACHYellow2/5-11.8%222%
SARYellow2/5-20.8%
SBGIYellow2/5-14.2%1.38×
SFLYellow2/5+12.2%106%
SGAYellow2/5-24.2%2742%
SGCYellow2/5+22.6%3.52×127%
SITCYellow2/5-51.6%200%
SMGYellow2/5-13.6%1.72×171%
SPGYellow2/5+5.4%1.00×60%
SQFTYellow2/5-47.6%
SSTKYellow2/5-67.3%
SVCYellow2/5-33.6%
SWBIYellow2/5+9.8%3.90×213%
SWKSYellow2/5+13.1%1.02×108%
TDSYellow2/5-25.9%2178%
TLKYellow2/5-31.6%
TOURYellow2/5-30.3%
TPVGYellow2/5+2.9%1.11×127%
TRGPYellow2/5+22.5%0.87×44%
TRMDYellow2/5+5.5%0.95×70%
TRNYellow2/5-13.8%36%
TRPYellow2/5-3.6%0.45×111%
TSCOYellow2/5-33.1%0.63×44%
TTECYellow2/5-44.8%
UDRYellow2/5-1.1%0.65×117%
UGYellow2/5+7.1%1.23×131%
UHTYellow2/5-5.0%1.18×228%
UPBDYellow2/5-10.1%4.29×106%
VFCYellow2/5-29.8%4.47×63%
VINPYellow2/5-19.3%0.94×175%
VTSYellow2/5-10.9%364%
WBYellow2/5-29.7%
WENYellow2/5+2.0%2.04×79%
WHLRYellow2/5-99.8%1.22×51%
WHRYellow2/5-41.9%89%
WLFCYellow2/5-18.8%20.95×10%
WLKYellow2/5-29.8%
WLKPYellow2/5-1.3%1.25×108%
WMGYellow2/5-1.4%2.15×128%
XRXYellow2/5+65.0%
YBYellow2/5-29.8%
YRDYellow2/5-72.3%