September 2020 Dividends

Hello everyone, thanks for stopping by.

These months seem to go by quicker and quicker. Unfortunately, I have been occupied by some things, so I have been delayed in writing this. I am overdue for a monthly dividend update, but better late than never, so I'll be looking at the dividends that were paid out in September 2020 (only a quarter left to go to finish out this "unique" year!)

The October report will be coming soon.

With these pleasantries out of the way, let's get to it.

September 2020 Dividend Summary
Taxable Accounts
Company	Symbol	Date	Amount
Enterprise Bancorp Inc	EBTC	9/1/2020	$5.95
WW Grainger	GWW	9/1/2020	$16.83
Kroger	KR	9/1/2020	$6.12
Aflac Inc.	AFL	9/1/2020	$28.56
Cummins	CMI	9/3/2020	$38.02
Emerson Electric	EMR	9/10/2020	$3.00
International Business Machines Corp	IBM	9/10/2020	$3.26
Snap On	SNA	9/10/2020	$41.04
Target	TGT	9/10/2020	$21.76
Flower Foods, Inc	FLO	9/11/2020	$13.80
Walgreens Boots Alliance	WBA	9/11/2020	$56.57
3M Corp.	MMM	9/14/2020	$47.04
VF Corp	VFC	9/21/2020	$10.08
Qualcomm	QCOM	9/24/2020	$39.61
Vanguard High Yield Dividend	VYM	9/24/2020	$2.54
iShares Large Cap S&P 500	IVV	9/29/2020	$61.74
PepsiCorp	PEP	9/30/2020	$37.83
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF	NOBL	9/30/2020	$73.05
Taxable Accounts Total	$506.80
Roth IRA Account
Company	Symbol	Date	Amount
Aflac Inc.	AFL	9/1/20	$1.40
Vanguard High Yield Dividend	VYM	9/24/20	$28.14
iShares Large Cap S&P 500	IVV	9/29/20	$22.43
T Rowe Price	TROW	9/29/20	$13.54
iShares Small Cap S&P 500	IJR	9/29/20	$4.26
Vanguard Growth ETF	VUG	9/30/20	$3.37
Roth IRA Account Total	$73.14
Overall Dividend Income Total	$579.94
Forward 12-month Projected Dividend Income Total			$3,886.46

This marks an all-time high dividend month, you love to see it.

September Transactions

This all-time high is a function of steady buys made over time, and so we'll now take a look at the buys for September:

Buys	Qty
AFL	22
AMP	2
UGI	20

• Aflac (AFL): 22 shares purchased, adding to my existing position. These 22 shares add $24.64 to my forward 12-month dividend income. 

• Ameriprise (AMP): 2 shares purchased, adding to my existing position. These 2 shares add $8.32 to my forward 12-month dividend income.

• UGI Corp. (UGI): 20 shares purchased, adding to my existing position. These 20 shares add $26.40 to my forward 12-month dividend income.

All totaled, my September purchases will add $59.36 to my forward 12-month dividend income. 

There were no sells for September

Dividend Income History

Now let's take a look at September in relation to my dividend income history, both in tabular and graphical form:

Month	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Jan	0	$14.38	$14.42	$70.45	$72.34	$97.11	$237.62
Feb	0	$49.07	$50.38	$112.01	$190.55	$178.07	$204.19
Mar	0	$50.22	$52.16	$182.28	$232.83	$231.81	$422.58
Apr	0	$10.83	$27.91	$64.56	$78.40	$70.34	$204.78
May	0	$46.52	$59.42	$132.14	$162.41	$187.18	$220.09
Jun	$6.69	$47.51	$90.97	$198.86	$259.18	$195.35	$473.99
Jul	0	$18.99	$51.37	$168.64	$102.00	$80.81	$219.55
Aug	$33.96	$50.11	$86.07	$156.46	$183.50	$192.45	$220.94
Sep	$54.75	$55.61	$101.70	$226.17	$192.40	$211.61	$579.94
Oct	$10.94	$14.42	$72.53	$79.06	$133.64	$78.18
Nov	$48.79	$50.11	$103.31	$158.18	$184.42	$167.86
Dec	$63.55	$49.89	$168.03	$234.71	$255.99	$315.70

September gave me an all time high for monthly income, though the payment for NOBL usually happens in the next month, but it came a bit early. So when payments come around for December, I would expect the tally to come in lower then. No complaints, I'll take the payments as they come.

Comparisons to Previous Quarter and Year

Let's now take a look at comparisons with the previous quarter and the previous year:

	%Chg Qtr	%Chg Year
Sep 2020	22.35%	174.06%

As shown on the table above, in relation to the last quarter (June 2020), dividend income increased by 22.35%. It is a substantial increase over a quarter, but a good piece of that is likely due to the NOBL payout.

Also, as shown in the table above, dividend income increased in the past year by a whopping 174.06%, as the total more than doubled from the September 2019 total. Now that I have a more regular contribution schedule for investments, I expect this to continue.

Conclusion

So that is a wrap for September. Although coming late, how was your September? Let me know below in the comments!