October 2020 Dividends

 Hello everyone,

Thanks again for stopping by. The time has come once again (actually it's long overdue) for a monthly dividend update, and we'll be looking at dividends paid out in October 2020.

First, let's take a look at these dividends:

Taxable Accounts
Company	Symbol	Date	Amount
UGI Corp	UGI	10/1/2020	$5.61
Cardinal Health	CAH	10/15/2020	$13.12
Bank OZK	OZK	10/19/2020	$62.98
Cisco Systems	CSCO	10/21/2020	$10.08
Taxable Accounts Total	$91.79
Roth IRA Account
Company	Symbol	Date	Amount
Kimberly-Clark	KMB	10/2/20	$10.29
Cardinal Health	CAH	10/15/20	$13.71
WP Carey	WPC	10/15/20	$11.67
Powershares QQQ Trust	QQQ	10/30/20	$4.73
Roth IRA Account Total	$40.40
Overall Dividend Income Total	$132.19
Forward 12-month Projected Dividend Income Total			$4,041.35

Let's now take a look at October 2020 transactions:

October 2020 Transactions

Buys	Qty
UGI	73

In terms of buys, I only made purchases for 1 stock

UGI Corporation (UGI): 73 shares were purchased to add to my current position. This equates to $96.36 in additional forward yearly income.

There were no sells for October 2020

Let's now take a look at dividend history in tabular and graphical form:

Dividend History

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	$132.19
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

Comparisons with the Previous Quarter and Year

Looking back at the previous quarter (July 2020) and year (October 2019) the difference is shown in the below table:

	%Chg Qtr	%Chg Year
Oct 2020	-39.79%	69.08%

The sharp decrease for a comparison with the last quarter was a little concerning. In looking at it more closely, much of this is due to NOBL (ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF) paying out earlier than normal (end of September instead of early October). This was also due to TD (Toronto-Dominion Bank) paying out later than normal (early November instead of late October). Both of these payments could have added $88.02 to the October total which would have brought it to $220.21, which would have been +0.3% higher than the July total ($219.55).

On the other side of the spectrum, there was a substantial increase from October 2019, which is a sign that things continue to move in the right direction. I intend to keep it going.

So there is my summary for October 2020. How was your October? Let me know below in the comments!