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Dividend Income Summary: Bert's September 2020 Summary
Published Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:01:21 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
Seeking AlphaDividend StrategyDividend Income Summary: Bert's September 2020 SummaryOct. 19, 2020 10:01 AM ET|| Includes: BP, CSCO, D, O, PBCT, PFE, PM, SBUX, SMG, T, TGT, TROW, VINIX, WBA, XOMby: Dividend DiplomatsDividend Diplomats Large-cap, Dividend Investing, Dividend Growth Investing, ValueDividend Diplomats .cls-1{fill:#024999;}SummaryIn September, we received $1,941.89 in dividend income, a 15.7% increase compared to last year.
Our growth rate slowed compared to previous months.
The largest dividend increase was Starbucks.
Another month is in the books. We are officially rounding third and heading home in 2020. It is crazy that is the fourth quarter. September was another interesting month in the market. Finally, after months of a rising stock market, there were plenty of down-days to take advantage of. Whether it was a good day or a bad day, there was one thing that remained consistent: dividend payments. We received a boatload of dividend payments in September. We were VERY close to crossing a nice milestone figure for the month. Let's review our dividend income summary for the month of September!
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| Stock name | Last trade | P/E | Earnings/Share | Dividend/Share | Dividend yield | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP | 37.67 | 14.3 | 2.64 | 2.44 | 6.45 | |||||||
| PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL | 74.90 | 14.9 | 5.03 | 4.68 | 6.12 | |||||||
| AT&T | 38.38 | 16.1 | 2.38 | 2.04 | 5.43 | |||||||
| EXXON MOBIL | 71.98 | 17.3 | 4.15 | 3.48 | 4.83 | |||||||
| DOMINION RESOURCES | 78.54 | 53.8 | 1.46 | 3.67 | 4.77 | |||||||
| PEOPLE'S UNITED FINANCIAL | 16.06 | 12.3 | 1.31 | 0.71 | 4.52 | |||||||
| PFIZER | 37.28 | 17.0 | 2.19 | 1.44 | 3.85 | |||||||
| REALTY INCOME | 74.49 | 56.9 | 1.31 | 2.72 | 3.69 | |||||||
| WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE | 55.56 | 10.9 | 5.10 | 1.83 | 3.22 | |||||||
| CISCO SYSTEMS | 49.93 | 19.2 | 2.60 | 1.40 | 2.85 | |||||||
| T. ROWE PRICE GROUP | 118.12 | 14.9 | 7.95 | 3.04 | 2.58 | |||||||
| TARGET | 108.94 | 18.0 | 6.04 | 2.64 | 2.43 | |||||||
| SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO | 101.60 | 15.5 | 6.56 | 2.32 | 2.17 | |||||||
| STARBUCKS | 92.06 | 32.6 | 2.82 | 1.44 | 1.59 |