August 2016 Dividend Income – $114.59

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Another month of 2016 is in the books and it is time once again to post our dividend income results. August was good month (which most usually are) for our portfolio.

We didn’t set any new records. But we did take another small step towards building our portfolio by earning the most dividend income ever for the month of August. Compared to last year, we saw a huge percentage gain in our income which is detailed more below.

Each month I take the time to post our dividend income results. I find this to be helpful as it shows the small steps we are taking in building this income stream. Since we are not loaded with unlimited cash to invest, my wife and I simply invest what we can one month at a time.

As you can see below, consistently investing and growing your portfolio will bear nice returns over the course of several years.

So … here is our dividend income portfolio results for August, 2016 –

2016 August Dividend Income Results

How We Earned $114.59 in Dividends in August 2016
August 2016 Dividend Income
Even though we did not set any new all time dividend records last month, it was still our best August on record. Our dividend income grew by over 25% from the same month last year. That is the kind of growth that I like to see as we are working to build our dividend income portfolio.

Only 7 of our stocks paid out a dividend in August, but that doesn’t mean it was a weak month. With great companies like Caterpillar, Clorox, Lowe’s, and Procter & Gamble – we know that August will always be a solid month for dividend income.

I love reporting back on past results to see how much we have actually grown. Take a look at the growth we have seen over the past 4 years based on August dividend income results –

August 2016 Dividend Income – $114.59

August Dividends

We saw an increase of over 26% last month compared to August 2015! Months and months of investing new money has helped to increase our dividend income.

Here is the breakdown of dividend income (by stock) in August –

  • Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) – $15.40
  • The Clorox Company (CLX) – $26.60
  • Lowe’s Companies Inc (LOW) – $8.73
  • Realty Income Corporation (O) – $7.98
  • Omega Healthcare Investors Inc (OHI) – $27.60
  • The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) – $12.25
  • Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) – $16.03
Dividend Income by Stock in August
Dividend Income by Stock – August 2016

Note – All of the dividends we currently receive are reinvested into new shares of the same stock using DRiP – except those purchased through our LOYAL3 and Robinhood accounts.

New Capital Invested in August

For the first time in as long as I can remember – we did not invest any new money into the stock market last month. It is not that we didn’t want to.

Over the summer, we took on a little more debt than I would have liked. Summer vacations and unexpected auto and home repairs depleated a lot of our extra cash.

So while we try and invest as much new money as we can each month, the priority is to first not take on any long term debt. The money normally used to invest was instead used to pay off our bills.

The total amount of new capital invested in August was – $0

Here are the new investment totals for the year –

  • January Investments – $518.30
  • February Investments – $527.49
  • March Investments – $584.08
  • April Investments – $500.00
  • May Investments – $2,441.26
  • June Investments – $1,142.25
  • July Investments – $970.08
  • August Investments – $0

New 2016 Investments – $6,683.46

Conclusion

The dividend income earned in August ($114.59) was up over 25% from the same time last year. Despite not investing any new money into stocks last month – we still saw this increase.

That is the beauty of investing in quality dividend stocks. They continue to work hard for you day and night – even when you are not around.

Our goal for 2016 is to earn $2,250 in dividend income. To date, we have earned $1,136.24 in dividends for the year.

At this point, we are on pace to earn a little over $1,700 in dividends for the year. It doesn’t look like we will hit our goal of $2,250 – so we are going to try and break the $2K mark at a minimum.

How was your dividend income in August?

Full Disclosure – At the time of this writing, we owned shares in the following stocks noted in this post – CAT, CLX, LOW, O, OHI, PG, and VZ. The material above is not a recommendation to buy. Please do your own research on a company before deciding to invest.

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