Safe dividends vs dividend traps
Which fat yields look unsafe — and which are actually covered? Trap = high measured cut-risk with thin free-cash-flow cover; covered = low cut-risk with 1.5x+ cover, backed by realized cut base rates per cohort. Current US-listed payers with a fresh filing only — no dividend on file, no verdict.
| Symbol | Company | Why it's here |
|---|---|---|
| SO | not on file | Yield 3.3% · Cut-risk 78 · FCF cover -1.1 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
| LUV | not on file | Yield 1.7% · Cut-risk 77 · FCF cover -0.3 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
| EIX | not on file | Yield 6.6% · Cut-risk 76 · FCF cover -0.3 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
| XEL | not on file | Yield 2.9% · Cut-risk 76 · FCF cover -5.4 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
| CMS | not on file | Yield 3.5% · Cut-risk 76 · FCF cover -3.0 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
| WMB | not on file | Yield 2.8% · Cut-risk 75 · FCF cover -0.6 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
| MTN | not on file | Yield 6.5% · Cut-risk 75 · FCF cover 0.5 · cohort cut rate 30% (n=290) |
| DUK | not on file | Yield 3.5% · Cut-risk 74 · FCF cover -1.3 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
| ETR | not on file | Yield 2.4% · Cut-risk 74 · FCF cover -2.5 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
| EXC | not on file | Yield 3.6% · Cut-risk 74 · FCF cover -1.5 · cohort cut rate 18% (n=513) |
QTick publishes measured descriptors and base rates. No number here is a recommendation. Publisher, not adviser.