Safety changes
Dividend safety changes: August 2026
5 Tier A tickers moved by at least 0.1 points on the dividend safety scale this month. The top movers are below — biggest absolute changes first.
Got safer
| Ticker | Old score | New score | Δ | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT · Microsoft Corporation | 7.8/10 | 8.3/10 | +0.5 | safer: underlying fundamentals shifted enough to move the score by 0.5 points |
Got riskier
| Ticker | Old score | New score | Δ | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO · Altria Group, Inc. | 6.7/10 | 5.7/10 | -1.0 | riskier: yield moved from 5.66% to 6.21% (+0.55%) — higher yield is usually a sign of price weakness or distribution stress |
| VZ · Verizon Communications Inc. | 6.8/10 | 5.8/10 | -1.0 | riskier: underlying fundamentals shifted enough to move the score by 1.0 points |
| STAG · Stag Industrial Inc. | 5.7/10 | 5.2/10 | -0.5 | riskier: underlying fundamentals shifted enough to move the score by 0.5 points |
| ADC · Agree Realty Corporation | 5.7/10 | 5.2/10 | -0.5 | riskier: underlying fundamentals shifted enough to move the score by 0.5 points |
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