Category: Dividend Income

Here is the dividend report for November, 2013.

The total income for the month was $252.75. The income for the year up through the end of the month was $2,811.61.

The income for November, 2012 was $247.99, and the income for 2012 up through the end of November was $2898.91.

So the monthly income went up over last year, but the yearly income is still under last year’s total. I made more this month even though I sold some stocks over the past year. CAT was one of the companies that I sold and paid out in November. I think I will make more in December, 2013 than I did in December, 2012, but the total income for the year will be lower. The reasons are that I sold some stocks, and some companies pushed up their dividends due to the fake uncertainty we had last year. I think the idea that a company that increased its dividend for decades would cut its dividend because taxes went up a few percentage points is stupid.

Here are the stocks and the income amounts for November, 2013:

• AT&T: $25.77
• WGL Holdings Inc: $13.23
• ABM Industries Inc: $8.10
• Lowe’s Cos Inc: $9.44
• Air Products & Chemicals Inc: $10.79
• Abbott Laboratories: $7.35
• Colgate-Palmolive: $35.81
• Clorox Co: $37.98
• Hormel Foods Corp: $7.92
• Northwest Natural Gas Co: $25.50
• Procter & Gamble: $33.09
• Texas Instruments: $15.86
• Eaton Corporation: $21.91

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Here is the dividend income report for October, 2013.

The total income for the month was $184.81. The yearly income through the end of October is $2,558.86.

The income for October, 2012 was $225.14, and the yearly income for 2012 through the end of October was $2,650.92.

The income stream is pretty lean. I have not bought any more stocks recently. I still think many stocks are pretty expensive. Many of the stocks that I own and/or am looking at have P/E ratios above 20.

Here are the stocks and the income amounts for October, 2013:

• Automatic Data Processing: $24.50
• Coca-Cola Co: $29.63
• MDU Resources Group Inc.: $9.38
• Kimberly-Clark: $43.73
• Chubb Corp: $9.46
• Illinois Tool Works: $22.06
• Piedmont Natural Gas Inc: $17.84
• Sysco Corp: $15.13
• RPM International Inc.: $13.08

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It is time for the dividend income report for August, 2013.

The dividend income for the month was $305.11. The income for 2013 up through the end of August was $1978.40. There was a semi-annual dividend from Vodafone this month. Without Vodafone, the income was $249.23. In May, 2013, the income was $242.65.

In 2012, the income for August was $316.04 with Vodafone, and $262.87 without Vodafone. The income for 2012 up through the end of August was $2110.57.

It looks like Verizon will be buying the 45% of Verizon Wireless that Vodafone owns from Vodafone. So far I do not know what Vodaphone will do with the money that it will get from the deal (if it happens). The choices are a special dividend, or to reinvest in the company.

Here are the stocks:

• AT&T: $25.45
• WGL Holdings Inc: $13.12
• ABM Industries Inc: $8.05
• Lowe’s Cos Inc: $9.40
• Vodafone: $55.88
• Clorox Co: $37.66
• Air Products & Chemicals Inc: $10.72
• Abbott Laboratories: $7.35
• Colgate-Palmolive: $35.61
• Hormel Foods Corp: $7.89
• Northwest Natural Gas Co: $24.67
• Procter & Gamble: $32.84
• Texas Instruments: $14.70
• Eaton Corporation: $21.77

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It is time for the dividend income report for July, 2013.

The dividend income for the month was $180.57. The dividend income for the year through the end of July was $1673.29.

The dividend income for July, 2012 was $219.72, and the income for 2012 through July was $1794.53. Perhaps selling the stocks that I sold was not a good idea. I have more cash, but I have less income, and a lot of stocks have pretty high PE ratios.

Here are the stocks:

• Automatic Data Processing: $24.35
• Coca-Cola Co: $29.42
• MDU Resources Group Inc.: $9.31
• Kimberly-Clark: $43.37
• Chubb Corp: $9.41
• Illinois Tool Works: $19.85
• Piedmont Natural Gas Inc: $17.67
• Sysco Corp: $15.01
• RPM International Inc.: $12.18

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It is time for the dividend income report for June, 2013.

The total for June, 2013 was $351.48. The year-to-date total through the end of June was $1492.72.

For June, 2012, the income was $305.84. The year-to-date total through the end of June, 2012 was $1574.81.

Here are the stocks:

• American States Water Co: $18.72
• Black Hills Corp: $12.76
• Intel: $10.96
• AFLAC Inc: $18.14
• Bemis Co Inc: $16.32
• ConocoPhillips: $34.16
• Vectren Corp: $19.11
• Archer-Daniels-Midland Co: $11.88
• Chevron: $21.73
• Emerson Electric Co: $21.26
• Sonoco Products Co: $19.81
• Questar Corp: $9.46
• Exxon Mobil Corp: $36.00
• Johnson & Johnson: $21.62
• 3M Co: $8.12
• Walgreen Co: $15.18
• Valspar Corp: $13.11
• Dover Corp: $7.74
• Consolidated Edison Inc: $17.21
• RLI Corp: $18.19

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Here is the dividend income report for May, 2013.

The monthly dividend income came out to $242.65. The yearly income so far is $1,141.24.

The income for May, 2012 was $258.15, and the yearly income up through that month was $1,268.97.

It looks like it might be a while until my dividend income for a month is greater than the same month a year ago. Given the decline in the market that we are starting to see, I might buy something soon.

Here are the stocks:

• AT&T: $25.15
• WGL Holdings Inc: $12.99
• ABM Industries Inc: $8.00
• Lowe’s Cos Inc: $8.32
• Clorox Co: $33.70
• Air Products & Chemicals Inc: $10.64
• Abbott Laboratories: $7.35
• Colgate-Palmolive: $35.41
• Hormel Foods Corp: $7.85
• Northwest Natural Gas Co: $24.42
• Procter & Gamble: $32.59
• Texas Instruments: $14.59
• Eaton Corporation: $21.64

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It is time for the April, 2013 dividend income report.

The total income for April, 2013 was $179.23. The income for 2013 through the end of April was $898.59.

The income for April, 2012 was $218.56, and the income for 2012 through the end of April was $1010.82.

I sold a few stocks that I thought were not growing their dividend quickly enough, or had gone up in price a lot. (Granted, in the past few months a lot of stocks have gone up in price.) So I have fewer stocks, but the income from the stocks I have kept has increased.

There was an interesting milestone: I got $43.01 from Kimberly-Clark. That is the most I have gotten for a regular dividend.

Here are the stocks:

• Automatic Data Processing: $24.18
• Coca-Cola Co: $29.22
• MDU Resources Group Inc: $9.25
• Chubb Corp: $9.36
• Kimberly-Clark: $43.01
• Illinois Tool Works: $19.73
• Piedmont Natural Gas Inc: $17.50
• Sysco Corp: $14.89
• RPM International Inc: $12.09

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Here is the dividend income report for March, 2013.

The dividend income for March, 2013 was $360.85. The income for 2013 through the end of March was $719.36.

The income for March, 2012 was $294.68, and the income for 2012 through the end of March was $792.26.

A lot of companies brought January and in some cases February dividends forward in December, so I think that the yearly comparisons will not be too good for a while. I also sold some stocks. Most of the stocks I sold pay out in April, so the April totals will be lower than last year.

Here are the stocks:

• AFLAC Inc: $18.01
• American States Water Co: $18.60
• Black Hills Corp: $12.64
• Bemis Co Inc: $16.21
• ConocoPhillips: $33.78
• Intel: $10.84
• Vectren Corp: $18.90
• Sonoco Products Co: $18.99
• Chevron: $19.41
• Emerson Electric Co: $21.11
• Questar Corp: $8.87
• Exxon Mobil Corp: $32.36
• Johnson & Johnson: $19.83
• 3M Co: $8.07
• Walgreen Co: $15.08
• Archer-Daniels-Midland Co: $11.82
• Dover Corp: $7.70
• Consolidated Edison Inc: $17.03
• Valspar Corp: $13.07
• RLI Corp: $17.04
• Eaton Corporation: $21.49

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Here is the dividend income report for February, 2013.

The monthly dividend income came out to $248.39. The yearly income so far is $358.51. Vodafone paid a dividend in February. Without Vodafone, the income was $221.67.

The income for February, 2012 was $308.90, and the yearly income up through that month was $497.58.

There were a couple of stocks that usually pay in February that pulled them forward to December. I think that from now on we will go back to our regular dividend schedule. But I think that the income will be less than last year, at least for a while. I have sold a few stocks. But I plan on buying more soon.

Here are the stocks:

• AT&T: $24.82
• WGL Holdings Inc: $12.26
• Lowe’s Cos Inc: $8.29
• Vodafone: $26.72
• Air Products & Chemicals Inc: $9.52
• Texas Instruments: $10.87
• Abbvie: $20.80
• Abbott Laboratories: $7.35
• Colgate-Palmolive: $32.10
• Clorox Co: $33.43
• Hormel Foods Corp: $7.82
• Northwest Natural Gas Co: $24.18
• Procter & Gamble: $30.23

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