Saturday, June 6, 2020

Monthly Dividend Update May 2020

Monthly Dividend Update May 2020

Hello everyone, today I am sharing my updated dividend growth portfolio at the end of May 2020. I always keep track of my investment portfolio in google sheet. It helps me to understand my portfolio performance so that I can make the right decision of my trades. Using the spreadsheet, I will always be updated on my investment's past performance. I am saving 10% of my monthly salary for investing. I invest 80% of that to only dividend growth stocks, 10% to only non-dividend paying stocks such as Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tesla, etc. The rest 10% I invest in cryptos mainly in Bitcoin and Etherreum. I also buy very small percentages of XTZ and CHAINLINK. I don't sell stocks that often. I am invested in the longer term. In May, I have received $91 in dividends. I do DRIP of my positions. My top two dividend-paying stocks pay dividends at this part of the quarter. I have received $29 from ABBV and $25 from T. Other stocks that paid me good amounts of dividends are from AAPL and BMY. Recently I have added Caterpillar (CAT) and Starbux (SBUX). So in the future, I will receive dividends from these two companies.


The following chart shows the dividends received monthly from my portfolio. The chart indicates the growth of my monthly dividends with time. If I keep investing to these stocks, my income will only grow with time.

The following chart compares my monthly dividends on a yearly basis. In the last month, I have received $91while in the same month in 2019 I received $73. My YOY growth is 24%. 


The next chart shows the total amount of dividends received on a quarterly basis. My previous two years had seen an increase in dividends every quarter. This year it may decrease because I have sold some stocks and holding cash because of the uncertainty going on in the world. In Q1, I have seen a 24$ YOY increase on a quarterly basis. However, in Q2 my income will drop because I have sold a good number of high dividend-paying stocks. 


On a yield basis, the current yield of my overall portfolio is 3.07% while my yield on cost (YOC) is 3.92%.  With time my YOC will only increase because most of the stocks that I own increase their dividends each year.


The chart below shows the YOC and current yield of my portfolio with time. You can see from the chart that my YOC is going up with time 


The chart below shows the average dividend income received monthly and the average amount of dividends received monthly. I am slowly increasing my passive income and if I continue to invest in the dividends paying stocks it will only grow with time.


The chart and table below summarize my dividend distribution in the portfolio. The most percentages of dividends I am receiving are from Abbvie (ABBV), At&t(T), and 3M (MMM). They are covering almost 30% of my total dividend source. So I have to diversify my positions that's why I will not add any more stocks from these 3 companies. I will look to add more stocks of Home Depot (HD) and Johnson and Johnson (JNJ).


NameTickerTop Div. SourceAnnual Income
AbbVie IncABBV10.88%$120.76
AT&T IncT9.18%$101.84
3M CorpMMM7.97%$88.42
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ5.46%$60.60
The Home Depot IncHD5.41%$60.00
Others61.10%$677.99
$1,109.62


Sunday, May 10, 2020

Portfolio Update - April 2020

Portfolio Update - April 2020

Today I am going to show my portfolio at the end of April 2020. My investment strategy is I monthly invest 10% of my salary and I invest 80% of that money in on ly dividend growth stocks, 10% non-dividend paying stocks, and 10% in cryptos. This month I did not invest to any stocks. I am holding cash right now to buy at a discount. In this month I have sold 5 JPM stocks @$91. The table below shows my current portfolio distribution

The following pie chart shows the same distribution and currently AAPL is my maximum holding followed by MMM, JNJ, and ABBV. In future I will slowly add JNJ, HD, and MSFT. 

The sector distribution of my portfolio is shown in the following pie chart. The sectors are based on Yahoo Finance. Currently, my highest position is in the health sector followed by technology and consumer cyclical. 


The following tree map shows the sector distributions and the stocks under each stocks. 


I always update my transaction in the tipranks website and the figure below compares my portfolio performance against the S&P 500. In most of the cases my portfolio beat the market.


The following table shows my growth of my portfolio since 2017 and the comparison with the Vanguard 500 Index. I plotted this figure from portfoliovisualizer. I am slightly beating the index. 

from portfoliovisualizer.

My performance as a portfolio manager is also not bad. At the end of April I was ranked 1658 out of 27341 investors in tipranks which is at the top 6%. My portfolio has gained 47% since I started to invest since August 2017. My sharpe ratio is 1.4 while the average ratio among the tipranks investors is 0.3. 



My 12 month returns (TTM) is 3.88% while the YTD return is -6.58% which is due to the volatility of the market. I am investing for longer term so I am not worried of this downturn. This is actually good time for me to invest.

The table below shows the dividends that I received in April 2020. I have done DRIP of all the dividends that I received. 


The following table shows the detailed performances of my portfolio. The current prices are based on April 30, 2020. In the chart, I have shared my current positions, annual income through dividends, total received dividends from each companies so far, cost basis, YOC, current yield, and finally the total gain or loss including the dividend income. My biggest gains so far is from MSFT then MA, V


The following treemap shows my gains in every sector under each stock. I have a huge gain in the tech sectors followed by financial and consumer defensive.







Monday, May 4, 2020

Monthly Dividend Update - April 2020

April 2020 - Monthly Dividend Update

Hello everyone, today I am sharing my updated dividend growth portfolio at the end of April. I always keep track of my investing portfolio in google sheet. It helps me to understand my portfolio performance so that I can make the right decision of my trades. Using the spreadsheets, I will always be updated of my investments past performance. I am saving 10% of my monthly salary for investing. I invest 80% of that salary to dividend growth stocks, 10% to non-dividend paying stocks such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tesla etc. The rest 10% I invest in cryptos mainly Bitcoin and Ethereum. This part of the quarter is the lowest income in dividends compared to the other months. I have trimmed my position in Jp Morgan Chase (JPM) in April. That is the reason my income in this part of the quarter dropped. 

 

The following chart shows the dividends receievd monthly from my portfolio. The chart indicates the growth of my monthly dividends with time. If I keep investing to these stocks, my income will only grow with time.

Monthly dividends received since June 2017


The following chart compares my monthly dividends on a yearly basis. In the last month, I have received $54.36 while in the same month in 2019 I received  $75 which is a sharp drop compared to the last year. I have sold some high yield dividend paying stocks that I was owning at this time last year. I have sold all of my positions in AGNC and NLY. They were paying high yields and I have decided to sell all of them.

Comparison of Monthly dividends received in each year


The next chart shows the total amount of dividends received on a quarterly basis. My previous two years had seen an increase in dividends every quarter. this year I am not so sure. Some of my holdings may cut their dividends partially and completely. So this year is going to show a lots of uncertainty. In Q1, I have seen a 24% YOY increase on a quarterly basis. However, in Q2 my income will drop because I have sold bank and energy stocks and also some of my holdings may cut dividends. 

Dividend Income on a Quarterly Basis

On a yield basis, the current yield of my overall portfolio is 3.11% while my yield on cost (YOC) is 3.82%. My YOC dropped a little because I have sold my entire position in BP and partially in JPM.

YOC vs. current yield with time

The chart below shows the average dividend income received monthly and the average amount of dividends received monthly. I am slowly increasing my passive income and if I continue to invest in the dividends-paying stocks it will only grow with time.



The chart and table below summarize my dividend distribution in the portfolio. The most percetages of dividends I am receiving are from Abbvie (ABBV), At&t(T), and 3M (MMM). They are covering almost 30% of my total dividend income. I have to diversify my positions that's why I will not add any more stocks from these 3 companies. I will look to add more stocks of Home Depot(HD) and Johnson & johnson (JNJ). 




The following tree map shows the dividends I am receiving from individual stocks and also compares between the sectors. I am getting the highest amount of dividends from the healthsector followed by the industrial sector and consumer cyclical.


The following table shows the dividends that I received from my positions in each month. This chart is very helpful to track my monthly income through dividends.


The next table shows the total amount of dividends received in 2020  from my stock positions. In April, I have received $54 and this chart will also help me to keep a record of my yearly income.

The next table shows my dividend growth performance in 2020. Out of my 36 stocks, 20 of them already increased their dividends this year while only 1 stocks (Volkswagen) suspended their dividends and The Kraft and Heinz (KHC) and Exxon Mobil (XOM) did not raise the dividends but maintaining the same amount of dividends. I cannot tell if all the companies will be able to keep their dividends safe. Last month Apple (AAPL) and Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) increased 6.5% and 6.3% dividends respectively.




Sunday, April 12, 2020

Portfolio Update - March 2020


Portfolio Update - March 2020

Today I am going to share my portfolio at the end of March 2020. This month we entered the bear market and my portfolio nose dived and I had to sell all of my remaining position of Delta Airlines (DAL) and also I have lowered my positions in the British Petroleum (BP) and Exxon Mobil (XOM) to raise some cash to buy some great stocks those I was waiting for an entry point for quite a long time. In February, I have sold all of my positions in Bank of America (BAC) at $34.5, 3/4 th of my JP Morgan (JPM) at $103, and Delta (DAL) at $46. I invested in DAL for a long time but I have decided to seel all because it will take them years to recover and the dividend is not going to come soon. because I am a dividend growth investor so I don't need to be invested for long in this stock. I was so lucky that I made a quick decision to sell most of my positions at $46. I sold my last few positions at $25. I raised a lot of cash in February by selling the stocks and I was holding around 10% cash in my brokerage account. I was so much active in the market around mid March and I think I made some great investment for the longer term. With those money I have opened my position in Starbux (SBUX) at $52, Disney (DIS) at $92, Cater Pillar (CAT) at $97, Realty Income (O) at $47, Store Capital (STOR), Duke Energy (DUK) at $74, and Southern Co (SO) at $44 in March. I have also added McDonald's (MCD) at $130, Cisco (CSCO) at $37, Leggett & Platt (LEG) at $23, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) at $123, Emerson (EMR) at $46, Honeywell at $117, 3M (MMM) at $138, PPL at $26, and At&t (T) at $27. At the end of this blog you will see my overall portfolio. Below is the table that shows my portfolio distribution:


The same table is shown as a pie chart. I have invested in Apple (AAPL) in 2018 December and since then it sky rocketed. I am adding any more AAPL as I am holding more than 10% in my portfolio. I am also not going to invest in MMM anymore. I will add more positions in JNJ, HD, and MCD if I get them cheap. Microsoft(MSFT) is looking expensive right now. I will also add more DIS, CAT, and HON. I am also keeping an eye on O, STOR, DUK, and SO stocks.


The sector distribution of my portfolio is shown in the following pie chart. The sectors are based on Yahoo Finance. Currently, my highest position is in the health sector with 20% of my portfolio. I just invested in JNJ this month but the increase is because I have lowered my positions significantly in the financial and the energy sector. My second highest sector is the technology sector with 18%. The technology performed better in March and I have added more CSCO stocks. 
I always update my transaction in the tipranks website and the figure below compares my portfolio performance against the S&P 500. In most of the cases my portfolio beat the market.




My performance as a portfolio manager is also not bad. At then end of March I was ranked 1530 out of 24989 managers which is at the top 6%. My portfolio has gained 26.05% since I started to invest since 2017 August. Last month my gain was 69%. Last months bear market brought my gain down to 26%. My sharpe ratio is 0.81 while the average tiprank managers is -0.27.


My 12 month returns (TTM) is -6.07% while the YTD return is -19.5%. There may be more down turn in my portfolio but I am investing for long term so I should not be worried about this roller-coaster type movement.


The meter below shows my projected income in terms of dividends. On 31st March 2020, my projected income through dividends were $1118.99. It dropped from my last month because I have sold some high yield oil shares and holding cash. This income may drop more because some of the companies may cut their dividends.


My current yield on cost (YOC) is 3.84% while my current portfolio yield 3.54%. Because I am investing in dividend growth stocks so my YOC will continue to grow with time while the current yield depends with the market volatility. The yield will go up when the market is down and the vice versa.


The following figure shows the comparison of my current yield and YOC with time. Because the market dropped a lot, that's why the current yield is going up. This signals a buying opportunity in the market. For the longer term, if I keep investing in dividend growth stocks, my YOC will keep growing with time.


The following chart shows my growth in projected annual income with time. It is slowly but steadily increasing and this month I have received my highest earning so far through dividends.


The table below summarizes the dividends that I received in March 2020. This month I have received $144.16. My highest paying dividend paying stock for this part of the quarter was BP. Then MMM, HD, JNJ, XOM, and PFE. 


The following table shows the detailed performances of my portfolio. The current prices are based on March 31st, 2020. In the chart, I have shared my current positions, annual income through dividends, total received dividends from each companies so far, cost basis, YOC, current yield, and finally the total gain or loss including the dividend income. The top 4 stocks that I gained the most so far is MSFT 91%, MA 64%, PG 55%, and AAPL 54%. Currently, I am in the downside in all the oil stocks. I am more than 30% down in XOM, BP, and CVX.




Saturday, April 4, 2020

Monthly dividend update - March 2020

March 2020 - Monthly Dividend Update

Hello everyone, I am updating my dividend portfolio in March. I always keep a record of my dividend investing in google sheet. It helps me to understand my portfolio performance so that I can make the right decision of my trades. This will also give me an idea about my future performance. I also love to share my portfolio with everyone. In March 2020, I have received a total of $144.46 in dividends. This month was the best month for me in terms of dividend-paying. Most of my dividend paid stocks actually pay dividends at this part of the quarter. I have received $18 from BP, $17.67 from MMM, $15 from HD, and $12.35 from JNJ. This month my YOY dividend growth is 37.7%. Last year this month I received $106 in dividends. I am expecting dividend cuts from some of the positions that I am holding especially from the oil stocks that I am holding. The Kraft and Heinz may also cut the dividend. Other than that I am not expecting any dividend cut from any of my stocks that I am holding.

Dividends Received in March 2020

The following chart shows the dividends received monthly from my portfolio. The chart clearly indicates the growth of my monthly dividends with time.

Monthly dividend received since June 2017

The following chart compares my monthly dividends on a yearly basis. In the last month, I have received $146 while in the same month in 2019 I received $106 which is 37.7% YOY growth in income through dividends.

Comparison of Monthly dividends received in each year


The next chart shows the total amount of dividends received on a quarterly basis. My previous two years had seen an increase in dividends every quarter. This year I am also expecting a similar increase in dividends. At the end of the first quarter, I have received a total of $292.84. Last year in quarter 1, I received $235.01. So its a 24% YOY increase on a quarterly basis.

Dividend Income on a Quarterly Basis

On a yield basis, the current yield of my overall portfolio is 3.54% while my yield on cost (YOC) is 3.84%. My current yield increased because of the market crash. The yield is dependent on market performance. In the bear market, the yield always goes up while the YOC increases on a yearly basis because of the dividend hike each year. 


YOC vs. current yield with time

The chart below shows the average dividend income received monthly and the average amount of dividends received monthly. I am slowly increasing my passive income and if I continue to invest in the dividend-paying stocks it will only grow with time. 


The following chart and table below summarize my dividend distribution in the portfolio. The most percentages of dividends I am receiving are from Abbvie (ABBV), At&t (T), and 3M (MMM) stocks. In the next few weeks, I will add some Home Depot (HD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Disney (DIS), Caterpillar (CAT), and Honeywell (HON) stocks. I will not add ABBV and T anymore because I am receiving 11 and 9% of my dividends from these two stocks respectively.



The following table shows the dividends that I received from my positions in each month. In March 2020, I have received dividends from mostly BP, HD, MMM, and JNJ.


The next table shows the total dividends received in 2020 from my positions. In March, I have received $146 and the chart will help me to keep a record of my yearly income.


The next table shows my dividend growth performance in 2020. Out of my 37 stocks, 17 of them already increased their dividends while no one cut their dividends yet. I am expecting that BP, XOM, and KHC may cut their dividends significantly. Mastercard (MA)  increased 21%, ABBV 10%, Home Depot (HD) 10%, Bristol-Myers (BMY) 10%, and Comcast (CMCSA) 10% in the current year which indicates a solid increase on my passive income.