AbbVie Should Consider a Dividend Cut — Here’s Why

Since its split from Abbott Laboratories in 2013, AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has been the third best-performing stock in terms of total returns on capital (assuming the dividend was reinvested) on the esteemed list of Dividend Kings. AbbVie's top-shelf performance has been due to two main factors. First up, the company successfully expanded Humira's label at a breakneck pace over this period, transforming it into the world's first pharma product to exceed $20 billion a year in sales.