January 2021 Dividend Report
Let’s look at my results for the first month of 2021.
In January I was paid by the following companies:
| MRK | Merck & Co., Inc. | $13.65 |
| CAH | Cardinal Health Inc | $7.65 |
| AVB | AvalonBay Communities Inc | $16.69 |
| EQR | Equity Residential | $9.04 |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust Inc | $7.79 |
| DLR | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | $6.72 |
| WPC | WP Carey Inc | $23.53 |
| PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | $24.30 |
| EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | $8.80 |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc. | $19.50 |
| AQN | Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp | $8.49 |
| VIAC | CBS Corporation Common Stock | $7.02 |
| MO | Altria Group Inc | $33.54 |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | $13.77 |
| INGR | Ingredion Inc | $7.20 |
| PEP | Pepsico Inc | $5.37 |
| FRT | Federal Realty Investment Trust | $23.85 |
In total, then, I was paid $243.66 (804.14 ILS)
Dividend Changes
I realized six dividend increases from the following companies:
L3Harris Technologies: 20% (!)
Kimberly-Clark: 6.5%
Intel Corportaoin: 5.3%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co: 2.8%
Consolidated Edison: 1.3%
STAG Industrial: 0.7%;
There were no dividend cuts this month.
Transactions
I added to my existing positions as follows:
Existing Positions:
Added 7 shares to my LHX position at $172.81 per share
Added 6 shares to my LMT position at $335.81 per share
Added 10 shares to my KMB position at $131.30 per share
Added 20 shares to my GIS position at $56.1 per share
Added 7 shares to my ABBV position at $109.13 per share
Added 25 shares to my MO position at $42.16 per share
Added 15 shares to my ED position at $69 per share
Added 20 shares to my VZ position at $56.89 per share
New Positions:
Started new position into Northrop Grumman (NOC) and purchased 10 shares at an average cost of $291.31 per share
These purchases have increased my PADI to $4,168.
My portfolio as of January 31st, 2020:
[…] Dividends From Scratch – $243.66 – Holy dividends. Dividends from Scratch is just crusing along here. The dividend stocks that paid you were great. However, what really caught my eye during your summary were the dividend increases received. That’s how you keep pushing the dividend snowball downhill! […]