Kody's Dividends
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
August 2025 Dividend Stock Watch List
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
June 2025 Dividend Income
Net Dividends Topped $600
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
June 2025 Stock Purchases/Sales
Stock Purchase #1: Energy Transfer (ET)
Stock Purchase #2: Alphabet (GOOGL)
Stock Purchase #3: Merck (MRK)
Bonus Stock Purchase #1: UnitedHealth Group (UNH)
Bonus Stock Purchase #2: Brookfield Asset Management (BAM)
Stock Sales: Clorox (CLX) and General Mills (GIS)
Stock Purchase: PepsiCo (PEP)
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Expected Dividend Increases For July 2025
As I'm writing this blog post, it's currently Friday, June 13th. The temperature here in Central Wisconsin is predicted to reach a high of just 58 degrees Fahrenheit today (with rain in the forecast). That's well below the average for this time of the year. The good news is that high temperatures are expected to climb into the low to mid-70 degrees range for tomorrow and Sunday. It would still be below the average for this time of year, but that's ideal weather, especially with a partly sunny forecast.
With that out of the way, I thought now would be a good time to go over the dividend raises that I received in June. I'll also look ahead to the dividend increases that I'm predicting for July 2025.
Actual Dividend Increases For June 2025
Dividend Increase #1: UnitedHealth Group (UNH)
UNH upped its quarterly dividend per share by 5.2% to $2.21. This missed my expectations of a 7.1% increase to $2.25. All things considered, I'll take this raise. As I believe new (and past) CEO Stephen Hemsley works to right the ship and near-term headwinds eventually fade, I believe dividend growth can return to the low-double-digits.
In the meantime, this dividend announcement increased my net annual forward dividends by $3.52 across my eight shares of UNH.
Dividend Increase #2: FedEx (FDX)
FedEx declared a 5.1% increase in its quarterly dividend per share to $1.45. This was slightly below the 7.2% raise to $1.48 that I was expecting.
My net annual forward dividends grew by $1.12 across my four shares of FDX due to this dividend declaration.
Dividend Increase #3: Realty Income (O)
As expected, Realty Income announced a 0.2% increase in its monthly dividend per share to $0.2690.
Across my 139 shares of O, my net annual forward dividends increased by $0.834 from this dividend announcement.