Dividend Payers Underperform Non Payers In April

For the month of April 2008, the dividend paying stocks in the S&P 500 Index underperformed the non payers, 4.70% versus 7.12%, respectively. On a year to date basis though, the payers continue to maintain a performance edge over the non payers (-3.63% versus -4.92%).

Source: Standard & Poor's