August 2021 Dividend Income

As I'm writing this blog post, Labor Day has now passed and the official start of fall is only two weeks away. Having only received 1 of my 10 expected dividend increases for this month to date, the last 3 weeks of September are going to be jam packed with dividend increases.

Now let's delve into the intent of this blog post, which is to outline the record amount (for the middle month of a quarter) of dividends that I received in August 2021.

Analysis:

During August 2021, I collected $129.94 in net dividends. This represents a 10.8% quarterly growth rate compared to the $116.98 in net dividends that I received in May 2021.

Furthermore, August 2021's dividend income is a 42.5% year-over-year growth rate against the $91.19 in net dividends that I collected in August 2020.

Digging into dividend income by account, I received $117.93 in net dividends from 20 companies in my Robinhood account, $11.66 in net dividends from 3 companies in my Webull account, and $0.35 from 15 companies in my M1 Finance account.

The net dividends that I collected from May 2021 to August 2021 increased by $12.96 as a result of the following activity within my portfolio:

I received an additional $1.07 in net dividends from British American Tobacco (BTI) within my Robinhood and Webull accounts, which is the result of my purchase of two extra shares of the stock within my Robinhood account in June.

My net dividends collected from National Retail Properties (NNN) were $0.11 higher in my Robinhood account due to the recent dividend increase.

I received $2.70 in net dividends from Abbott Laboratories (ABT) for the first time within my Robinhood account, which was because I opened a position in the stock back in May.

My net dividends collected from Clorox (CLX) were $2.32 higher in my Robinhood account from starting a position in July.

I also received an additional $0.94 in net dividends from Realty Income (O) within my Robinhood account due to the stock's recent dividend increase and my decision to add to my position in May.

My net dividends collected from General Dynamics (GD) increased by $1.19 in my Robinhood account, which was the result of my decision to add to my position in May.

I received an extra $1.60 in net dividends from Lowe's (LOW) within my Robinhood account, which was a combination of adding a share in May and the dividend increase that was announced in May.

I also received an extra $0.50 in net dividends from CVS Health (CVS) within my Robinhood account, which was also the result of my decision to add to my position in May.

My net dividends collected from Verizon (VZ) were $2.51 higher in my Robinhood account, which was due to my purchase of four additional shares in June.

I received an extra $0.02 in net dividends from my M1 Finance account, which was due to the aforementioned dividend increase from LOW (a $0.01 boost to dividends) and Norfolk Southern's (NSC) dividend increase (another $0.01 increase to dividends).

Concluding Thoughts:

I'm pleased with my capital deployment to my portfolio and dividend increases over these past few months, which led to the healthy quarterly growth rate in my net dividend income from May to August.

Based on my capital deployment, I believe that November 2021 will see a net dividend income right around $150 and that by next August, my net annual dividends will be close to $200.

Discussion:

How was your August for dividend income?

Did you receive any dividends for the first time as I did from whole shares of ABT and CLX?

As always, I thank you for your readership and look forward to your comments in the comment section below!