04-18-2015, 05:38 PM
The 3 percent dividend raise is better than nothing, I guess. And we should not have expected much, I suppose, given that PG's metrics are not looking good. Earnings have gone nowhere since the great recession, and the continued raises has pushed the payout ratio to nearly 80 percent. I'm not sure if they have any tricks up their sleeve, but unless they can get earnings moving again, dividend raises are going to be paltry at best, if not discontinued. Am I overreacting?