Recent Buy - Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB)

While traveling with my son for baseball tournament this past Friday, I was surprised to open the Yahoo Finance app on my phone to see that KMB was trading around $106 and subsequently closed on Friday at 104.74.  I quickly put in a small limit order to pick 5 additional shares.

Purchased: 5 shares x $106.30 = $531.50 (+$0 commission)

Dividend Income: $20.00 ($4.00/sh annually; paid quarterly in Jan, Apr, Jul, and Oct)

Comments: I initiated a position in KMB earlier this month when the price was $111.50.  The purchase was made just before the ex-dividend date so I captured a $1 for each of the 25 shares I purchased at the time.  Other than the price, many of the metrics remain unchanged from earlier this month, which you can view here.  Forward dividend yield is 3.7% and my recent purchase price was nearly five percent cheaper than my entry point earlier this month.

Recent Buy - The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)

Made another purchase of PG that tacked on an additional 10 shares to the previous 32 I bought towards the end of February last month.

Purchased: 10 shares x $76.47 = $764.70 (+$4.95 commission)

Dividend Income: Increases forward annual dividend income by $27.60 ($2.76/sh annually; paid quarterly in Feb, May, Aug, and Nov)

Comments: Other than the purchase price, not much else has changed since my initial purchase last month.  As such, I'll refer you to that post here where additional metrics and the company profile can be found.  Current dividend yield is 3.58% and PG is expected to announce a dividend increase within the next few weeks.  If prices continue to hover below < $80 with all else remaining fairly constant, I will continue making purchases of PG.

2018 February Dividend Summary

The shortest month of the year is in the books for 2018.  Similar to January, I experienced some significant growth income, percentage wise, compared to the same period last year.  Take a look below for the details on what contributed to the growth in dividend income.

Recent Buy - Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB)

Today I initiated a new position in Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB).  I have been watching this stock in recent months and have had a specific price in mind and it has been hovering dang close so I decided not to quibble over the few extra cents and decided to raise my limit order to $111.50, which was executed this afternoon.  Below are the details of the purchase.