After The BG Group Plc Deal, Is Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Dividend At Risk?

After The BG Group Plc Deal, Is Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Dividend At Risk?

Apr 16th, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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By Rupert Hargreaves – Wednesday, 15 April, 2015

Shell’s (LSE: RDSB) merger with BG Group will create a Footsie titan. The enlarged group will make up around 10% of the index, and provide 10% of the index’s dividends.

And at present levels the company supports a dividend yield of 6.2%, a yield that’s hard to turn down. 

However, some analysts have begun to voice their concerns about the sustainability of Shell’s dividend payout after it acquires BG. Should dividend investors be worried?

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Posted in: BG Group, Brazil, Gas, LNG, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
Tagged: BG Group · Gas · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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