Not Much Love for This 6% Yielder

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Front and center on Dominion's website, it says, "You can depend on our team." But can investors depend on the company's 6% yield? Dominion provides power to 7 million customers in 15 states. What it doesn't provide is free cash flow. The company hasn't been free cash flow positive since 2018. And even then, it paid out significantly more in dividends than it generated in free cash flow. In 2023 and 2024, Dominion's free cash flow is expected to be -$1.4 billion and -$831 million, respectively. Meanwhile, it is forecast to pay out $2.2 billion in dividends each year. Where does it find the funds to do that when it is bleeding cash? At the end of its last quarter, the company had just $137 million in cash in the bank, so that's clearly not where the dividend is coming from. It's coming from debt. SPONSORED [The Ultimate Passive Income Investment]( [Relaxing with Passive Income]( It's not a stock, bond or private company... 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