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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

April 2024 Dividend Stock Purchases

As I'm writing this blog post on Friday, April 26th, it is currently 60 degrees Fahrenheit and raining. After showers earlier in the week as well, this should help to green up that grass!

Now that April is nearly concluded, I will turn my attention to the dividend stock purchases that I executed during the month.

Dividend Stock Purchase #1: PepsiCo (PEP)

In alphabetical order, my first dividend stock purchase this month was an additional seven shares of PepsiCo (PEP) at an average cost of $168.47 a share. This was a $38.22 boost to my net annual forward dividends, which equates to a 3.24% net dividend yield.

As I noted in my April 2024 Dividend Stock Watch List blog post, interested readers can check out last September's Seeking Alpha article for my investment thesis.

Dividend Stock Purchase #2: Starbucks (SBUX)

My next dividend stock purchase for the month was 13 shares of Starbucks (SBUX) at an average price per share of $85.98. This purchase lifted my net annual forward dividends by $29.64, which works out to a 2.65% net yield.

Readers who want to learn more about my investment thesis for SBUX can check out the April 2024 Dividend Stock Watch List blog post that I linked to earlier.

Dividend Stock Purchase #3: UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

My final dividend stock purchase during April was two shares of UnitedHealth Group (UNH) at an average cost of $451.14 a share. This transaction increased my net annual forward dividends by $15.04, which is equivalent to a 1.67% net dividend yield.

For my investment thesis, readers can peruse my February Seeking Alpha article.

Concluding Thoughts:

I put $3,199.31 of capital to work in April. Against the $82.90 in net annual forward dividends, that is a 2.59% weighted average net dividend yield.

Combined with the $19.88 in dividend increases/initiated dividends for the month, my net annual forward dividends climbed from around $4,480 to approximately $4,580 to conclude April.

Discussion:

How was your capital deployment for April 2024?

Did you open any new positions?

I appreciate your readership and welcome your comments below!

2 comments:

  1. I opened a new position in American Water Works (AWK) and Genpact Limited (G) in April 2024. Both look attractive at today's prices with high single digit growth prospects ahead. I increased my position in Whirlpool (WHR) and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY). Both are in a recovery/transition phase. But, for now, their valuations look attractive with well above average dividend yields.

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  2. Congrats on the new positions and adds. With a 0.4% weighting in my position, AWK is a relatively small position in my portfolio. It's definitely on my radar to add more, though.

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