To add some perspective on this month's dividend increases, the $ 97.06 in my expected annual dividend income that came about totally organically,
via those dividend raises, was the equivalent of investing $ 2,773 in fresh capital at a 3.5 % yield (approximately my portfolio's average yield).
It seems these companies are able to return cash to shareholders (
via dividend raises) on average in the 8 - 12 % range without share buybacks and in 11 - 15 % range with (total shareholder yield) outside of any additional increase in the actual price per share.
Not exact matches
They're making up for lost time
via big
dividend raises.
They're making up for lost time
via big
dividend raises.
Investors hunting for income can use covered call ETFs to boost their income - this is ideal for passive income investors who rely on either
dividends or income
raised via premiums from writing options.
You can find more than 800 US - listed stocks that have
raised their
dividends each year for at least the last five consecutive years
via David Fish's
Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers list.
As you mentioned, the bar keeps getting
raised because you either re-invest your
dividends or put your recently received
dividends to work
via new investments.
Alternatively, we urge you to craft and implement a share buy - back program, which would also have the effect of
raising the share price and allowing stockholders the opportunity to salvage some of the value of their investment, possibly more tax efficiently than
via a
dividend.