2020 PORTFOLIO STOCKS – DIVIDEND STATUS UPDATE

Below is a list of all the stocks in our portfolio and their respective increases and or decreases. Out of the 39 stocks currently in our portfolio: (5) stocks saw a dividend cuts; (1) stock completely suspended its dividend (7) stocks did not increase their dividends; (1) resumed payments after suspending them in 2019; and (25) stocks did increase their dividend. Please note the month of increase is based off the pay date not ex-div date or announcement of the increase.

As compared to 2019 there were more decreases and no changes, but during a global pandemic we feel the portfolio held up well. The resumption of the VALE dividend really helped exceed our goals. As VALE a significant percentage of our portfolio, both in dividend income and market value. Interestingly enough, VALE was weighted over 20% of our total portfolio in 2019. Part of our goal for 2020 was to decrease it to a range of 10%-15%. We were on track to hit this goal, but then VALE had a great run at the end of the year (nearly doubling). It now sits right back at 20% of our portfolio again. A problem we are not going to complain about!

MSM was another interesting player. It elected not to increase its $0.75/quarter payout during 2020, but instead pay out a whopping $5/share special dividend in Feb (announced in Dec before the pandemic) and then another $3.50/share special dividend in December. We’re curious to see if this will become a switch in policy – where instead of increases the dividend yearly, special dividends will be issued when management sees fit.

Lastly, the largest year over year increase (excluding VALE with resuming payments and MSM with the special payouts) was 18.4% and came from TROW. This was slightly lower than our largest % increase in 2019 which came at 22.62% from AVGO.

For 2021 we hope not to see any new decreases and if the pandemic eases in the second half of the year possibly some new increases.

2020 DIVIDEND INCREASES IN PORTFOLIO STOCKS

Below is a list of all stocks that are currently in the Divs4Jesus Portfolio. Please note some of these increases occurred prior to the purchase of the stock, however we still wanted to show the increases that happened in 2020.
TickerBeforeAfter%Month of Increase
ABBV1.071.1810.3%FEB
AEG0.33370.0107-96.6%YoY (Decrease)
AFL0.270.283.7%MAR
AOS0.240.268.8%NOV
AVGO 3.253.6010.8%DEC
CIM0.500.30-40%Decrease
CMCSA0.210.239.5%APR
EVC0.050.025-50%Decrease
EVR0.580.615.2%DEC
F0.1500%Suspended
FL0.380.15-60.52%OCT
GME000%No Change
GNTX0.1150.124.3%APR
HON0.900.933.3%DEC
INTC0.3150.334.8%MAR
JNJ0.951.016.3%JUN
LEA0.750.25-66.66%Decrease (Dec)
LECO0.470.494.3%JAN
LYB1.051.050%No Change
MET0.440.464.5%JUN
MO0.840.862.4%OCT
MSM0.750.750%No Change
NWL0.230.230%No Change
OHI0.670.670%No Change
PRU1.001.1010%MAR
PSX0.900.900%No Change
RHI0.310.349.7%MAR
SEIC.33.356.1%JAN
SNA1.081.2313.9%DEC
SPG2.101.30-38.1%Decrease
SWKS0.440.5013.60%SEPT
T0.510.522.00%FEB
TROW0.760.9018.4%MAR
TSN0.420.420%No Change
TXN0.901.0213.3%NOV
V0.300.326.7%DEC
VALE00.6876100%Resumed
WBA0.45750.46752.2%SEPT

DIVIDEND REPORT:: DECEMBER 2020

For December 2020, the Divs4Jesus Portfolio received dividend income from twenty-one different companies (V, INTC, HON, LYB, JNJ, SNA, SWKS, EVR, WBA, MET, RHI, MSM, NWL, TSN, PRU, LEA, TROW, EVC, AVGO). The total was $444.73. This was a 174% increase from December of 2019 where the total was $162.27. The increase was due to new payments from AFL, PSX, INTC, HON, JNJ, MET, MSM (Special Dividend). Increased payments from V, LYB, SNA, SWKS, EVR, WBA, RHI, NWL, TSN, PRU, TROW. Payments from AVGO and EVC paying out in December this year instead of Jan 2021. And finally, despite no payment from F, and a decreased payment from LEA.

This massive December payment put us well over the $3000.00 mark for the year, with the total dividends in 2020 coming in at $3,426.54.

A full recap of 2020 and comparison year over year will be posted in the coming weeks.

STOCK PURCHASES:: AFL, CSCO, INTC, MET, MO, ABBV, OHI, PRU, SEIC, TSN, WBA, T

On December 31, 2020, we purchased a number of shares in companies we currently own in our portfolio. The following were purchased: 1 share of ABBV for $106.44; 5 shares of INTC for $247.54; 5 shares of CSCO for $221.10; 5 shares of MET for $233,68; 5 shares of AFL for $220.50; 3 shares of MO for $121.08; 3 shares of T for $85.26; 2 shares of OHI for $73.40; 1 share of PRU for $77.77; 1 share of SEIC for $56.97; 2 shares of TSN for $125.79 and 2 shares of WBA for $78.34. In total we purchased $1,647.87 worth of stocks this month.