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
CompanySymbolDateAmount
UGI CorpUGI10/1/2020$5.61
Cardinal HealthCAH10/15/2020$13.12
Bank OZKOZK10/19/2020$62.98
Cisco SystemsCSCO10/21/2020$10.08
Taxable Accounts Total$91.79
Roth IRA Account
CompanySymbolDateAmount
Kimberly-ClarkKMB10/2/20$10.29
Cardinal HealthCAH10/15/20$13.71
WP CareyWPC10/15/20$11.67
Powershares QQQ TrustQQQ10/30/20$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

BuysQty
UGI73


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

Month2014201520162017201820192020
Jan0$14.38$14.42$70.45$72.34$97.11$237.62
Feb0$49.07$50.38$112.01$190.55$178.07$204.19
Mar0$50.22$52.16$182.28$232.83$231.81$422.58
Apr0$10.83$27.91$64.56$78.40$70.34$204.78
May0$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
Jul0$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!






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