Dividend Dolphin

It's been quiet here on the blog for a while now. Nothing's wrong but I was very busy at work and at home and didn't feel the energy to write some blogs. But now that everything is calming down a bit, it is time to pick up where I left off. I've been investing a bit in the last month. I bought 10 extra UNA shares and also 11 shares of OHI. Both when they were dipping after their reported Q3 results. Also I started investing in a new Mutual fund, which invests mainly in bonds. In total I invested just short of 900 Euros for an expected anual dividend increase of €33. I also collected dividends in september and october. In september I received €58.82 an increase of 270% compared to last year. In november I received €15.58, an increase of 80% compared to last year.

Yesterday Unilever NV (AMS:UNA)  presented their first Quarter results and presented their new quarterly dividend. They have raised their quarterly dividend from €0.3201 to €0.3585. That's a raise of 12%. At the current share price UNA yields exactly 3%. The dividend raise increases my expected annual dividend income by 6 euros after taxes tot €406. My cost basis for the UNA shares is €38.56, so the new YOC is 3.7%.

After the 2016 report of Unilever (AMS: UNA) this morning, the stock price of UNA fell with almost 2 Euros. This gave me the green light to add to my holdings. I made a purchase order for 13 shares at a limit price of €37.65. This afternoon the shareprice dropped (shortly) under this limit, so the purchase was made. Including transaction fees the cost basis was €491.55 in total or €37.81 per share. With their quarterly dividend of €0.3201 per share, this purchase will yield almost 3.4% before taxes. This purchase will increases my expected yearly dividend €14.14 after taxes to €320. I now own 45 shares of UNA with a cost base of €38.56. The yield on costs is 3.3%.

This moring I made another purchase of Unilever (AMS.UNA). After the rate hike by the Fed, US stocks were getting much more expensive due to the increasing dollar/euro exchange rate. I didn't think I would be able to do another purchase this year, but paying off a debt on my previous home earlier this month (and saving up the dividends I received) made it possible to do this purchase. That is why I decided to add to one of my Euro positions. Since RDSA is already the largest position I have and has increased in value a lot since the OPEC deal, I decided tot buy some more Unilever stock. I bought 9 shares at a price of €37,75 per share. Including transaction fees this totalled €341.82 and a cost basis of €37.98. The puchase will add €11,52 before taxes or €9,80 after taxes to my annual dividend income. The yield on this purchase is 3,37% and I am expecting a dividend increase announcement before the next dividend payout in march, so it might get a bit higher. However, this i...

After Donald Trump was voted the next president of the USA, the general idea was that stock markets would take a dive. It looked like that was going to happen at the opening of the Amsterdam stock market, but with predictions of a 20 point drop (5%) the AEX is now only 1% negative. However one of my favourite Dutch dividend stocks, Unilever (AEX: UNA) has dropped within 1 euro of its 52 week low. So I bought another 8 shares of UNA at €37,25. Including transaction fees I paid €300,05 in total, making it €37,51 per share. I no own 23 shares of UNA which I bought at average costs of €39,21. This purchase will increase my annual dividend by €10,24 before taxes bringing it to €260 per year before taxes. I hope there will be a dip at the start of the markets in the USA as well. Than I will try to make another purchase on a new position.

Today I made another purchase on the Amsterdam stock market. After the presentations of their quarterly figures the Unilever stock took quite a hit yesterday. This morning it even dropped a little further, going below the price I set for myself to buy some more of their stock. So today I tripled my number of UNA stocks. I bought 10 shares at a price of €39,15 per share. Including transaction fees I payed €393,58. The costs per shares were €39,36. At this price the forward P/E is 19,2. Unilever pays a quarterly dividend of 0,3201 per share, adding another €12,80 to my 12 month forward dividend, giving it a 3,25% YOC. I already owned 5 UNA shares, which I bought much more expensive. Due to this purchase the average share cost is €40,12 bringing the YOC to 3.19%. With this buy the total amount of money invested in Unilever is just over €600 bringing it more in balance with most of the other investments I made so far. I am still a bit overweight in RDSA though. Bringing the inves...