dividend safety ratings

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Workinhard
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SA currently has the following 'DIVIDEND SAFETY" ratings listed.

KIM  - B+ 

T      - B

JNJ  - C-

CLX - D+

PEP - D+

KO  - F


Not sure how to make sense of these or use this feature of SA if this is what it spits out.

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Satisfaction mark by Workinhard 3 years ago

Thanks for the reply but my point was that if you are rating JNJ, CLX, PEP AND KO dividends as SIGNIFICANTLY more risky than KIM ( a shopping center reit that eliminated its dividend earlier this year and T (heavily in debt) then i can't take your dividend safety rankings seriously.I think a little common sense needs to be used here , because something is wrong with your #'s. It's obvious this is driven by "quants" , and not investment professionals.

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SA Admin Kushal Mehrotra
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Hi,

The dividend safety rating is a relative measure of 'The company's ability to continue paying current dividend amount'
On a rating scale of 'A+ to F', 'A' is the highest (best) rating a security can have while 'F' being the worst.

I Hope this helps, Feel free to reach out in case further assistance is required.

Regards,
Kushal Mehrotra
Data QA Analyst, Seeking Alpha

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SA Admin Kushal Mehrotra
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Hi,

The dividend safety rating is a relative measure of 'The company's ability to continue paying current dividend amount'
On a rating scale of 'A+ to F', 'A' is the highest (best) rating a security can have while 'F' being the worst.

I Hope this helps, Feel free to reach out in case further assistance is required.

Regards,
Kushal Mehrotra
Data QA Analyst, Seeking Alpha