Welcome to the third edition of the The Fourth Quarter Dividend. Previous editions can be found here and here.
This month I will choose from the "2"s of my portfolio. (Meaning, each of these stocks are roughly target allocated for 2% of my total portfolio.) The candidate stocks are:
Activision Blizzard (ATVI)
BlackRock (BLK)
Chubb Limited (CB)
Comcast (CMCSA)
Costco Wholesale (COST)
Intel (INTC)
Nike (NKE)
Starbucks (SBUX)
UnitedHealth Group (UNH)
Visa (V)
Waste Management (WM)
ATVI: 0.68% dividend yield, 45% payout ratio, $7.2B revenue, -7% revenue growth, $2.0B operating cash flow, $2.1B free cash flow
BLK: 3.08% dividend yield, 33% payout ratio, $13.4B revenue, 2% revenue growth, $3.8B operating cash flow, $4.3B free cash flow
CB: 2.17% dividend yield, 26% payout ratio, $33.1B revenue, 1% revenue growth, $5.0B operating cash flow, $1.2B free cash flow
CMCSA: 1.97% dividend yield, 14% payout ratio, $88.2B revenue, 5% revenue growth, $24.1B operating cash flow, $8.7B free cash flow
COST: 0.99% dividend yield, 30% payout ratio, $141.6B revenue, 5% revenue growth, $5.8B operating cash flow, $2.6B free cash flow
INTC: 2.58% dividend yield, 36% payout ratio, $69.2B revenue, 19% revenue growth, $29.8B operating cash flow, $7.9B free cash flow
NKE: 1.23% dividend yield, 63% payout ratio, $37.3B revenue, 10% revenue growth, $5.7B operating cash flow, $3.1B free cash flow
SBUX: 2.11% dividend yield, 36% payout ratio, $24.7B revenue, 11% revenue growth, $11.9B operating cash flow, $2.0B free cash flow
UNH: 1.33% dividend yield, 26% payout ratio, $219.9B revenue, 12% revenue growth, $10.7B operating cash flow, $7.9B free cash flow
V: 0.75% dividend yield, 19% payout ratio, $20.6B revenue, 12% revenue growth, $12.7B operating cash flow, $10.5B free cash flow
WM: 2.01% dividend yield, 35% payout ratio, $14.7B revenue, 3% revenue growth, $3.5B operating cash flow, $1.1B free cash flow
While there are plenty of good candidates here, the standouts are Intel, UnitedHealth Group, and Visa. They happen to have the top 3 revenue growth rates in the bunch, and on large base revenues; UNH's 12% growth to nearly $220 billion is particularly impressive.
Here's my current portfolio (buy and hold). As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.
Tesla (TSLA) 15.92%
Amazon (AMZN) 14.85%
Apple (AAPL) 12.50%
NVIDIA (NVDA) 9.93%
Alphabet (GOOGL) 6.47%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 4.37%
Microsoft (MSFT) 4.32%
Facebook (FB) 3.68%
Adobe (ADBE) 2.76%
Nike (NKE) 2.34%
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) 2.28%
Salesforce (CRM) 2.28%
Visa (V) 2.24%
Intel (INTC) 2.24%
Starbucks (SBUX) 1.65%
Waste Management (WM) 1.61%
Costco Wholesale (COST) 1.38%
Chubb Limited (CB) 1.33%
Booking Holdings (BKNG) 1.31%
BlackRock (BLK) 1.24%
Autodesk (ADSK) 0.98%
Comcast (CMCSA) 0.65%
American Water Works (AWK) 0.58%
CSX (CSX) 0.51%
Norfolk Southern (NSC) 0.51%
Union Pacific (UNP) 0.47%
Canadian National Railway (CNI) 0.42%
Aqua America (WTR) 0.42%
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) 0.37%
Kansas City Southern (KSU) 0.33%
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Friday, November 2, 2018
Stock Of The Month: MSFT
Welcome to the second edition of the The Fourth Quarter Dividend. The first edition can be found here.
This month I will choose from the "5"s of my portfolio. (Meaning, each of these stocks are roughly target allocated for 5% of my total portfolio.) The candidate stocks are:
Alphabet (GOOGL)
Facebook (FB)
Microsoft (MSFT)
Of course, MSFT wins by default; the other two do not pay dividends. Just for fun though, let's compare all three by the same dividend-related metrics.
GOOGL: $123.9B revenue, 26% revenue growth, $41.9B operating cash flow, $21.7B free cash flow
MSFT: 1.7% dividend yield, 69% payout ratio, $110.4B revenue, 18% revenue growth, $43.9B operating cash flow, $25.1B free cash flow
FB: $48.5B revenue, 42% revenue growth, $28.0B operating cash flow, $11.3B free cash flow
Both GOOGL and FB could easily support dividends whenever they are ready. I expect GOOGL will declare a quarterly dividend in the next five years.
Here's my current portfolio (buy and hold). As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.
Tesla (TSLA) 14.74%
Amazon (AMZN) 14.25%
Apple (AAPL) 14.11%
NVIDIA (NVDA) 13.07%
Alphabet (GOOGL) 6.27%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 4.18%
Microsoft (MSFT) 4.06%
Facebook (FB) 3.86%
Adobe Systems (ADBE) 2.59%
Nike (NKE) 2.28%
Salesforce.com (CRM) 2.16%
Visa (V) 1.89%
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) 1.76%
Intel (INTC) 1.63%
Starbucks (SBUX) 1.54%
Waste Management (WM) 1.45%
Costco Wholesale (COST) 1.35%
Booking Holdings (BKNG) 1.27%
Chubb Limited (CB) 1.22%
BlackRock (BLK) 1.20%
Autodesk (ADSK) 0.91%
Comcast (CMCSA) 0.63%
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) 0.53%
American Water Works (AWK) 0.51%
Norfolk Southern (NSC) 0.49%
CSX (CSX) 0.48%
Union Pacific (UNP) 0.43%
Canadian National Railway (CNI) 0.42%
Aqua America (WTR) 0.39%
Kansas City Southern (KSU) 0.33%
This month I will choose from the "5"s of my portfolio. (Meaning, each of these stocks are roughly target allocated for 5% of my total portfolio.) The candidate stocks are:
Alphabet (GOOGL)
Facebook (FB)
Microsoft (MSFT)
Of course, MSFT wins by default; the other two do not pay dividends. Just for fun though, let's compare all three by the same dividend-related metrics.
GOOGL: $123.9B revenue, 26% revenue growth, $41.9B operating cash flow, $21.7B free cash flow
MSFT: 1.7% dividend yield, 69% payout ratio, $110.4B revenue, 18% revenue growth, $43.9B operating cash flow, $25.1B free cash flow
FB: $48.5B revenue, 42% revenue growth, $28.0B operating cash flow, $11.3B free cash flow
Both GOOGL and FB could easily support dividends whenever they are ready. I expect GOOGL will declare a quarterly dividend in the next five years.
Here's my current portfolio (buy and hold). As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.
Tesla (TSLA) 14.74%
Amazon (AMZN) 14.25%
Apple (AAPL) 14.11%
NVIDIA (NVDA) 13.07%
Alphabet (GOOGL) 6.27%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 4.18%
Microsoft (MSFT) 4.06%
Facebook (FB) 3.86%
Adobe Systems (ADBE) 2.59%
Nike (NKE) 2.28%
Salesforce.com (CRM) 2.16%
Visa (V) 1.89%
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) 1.76%
Intel (INTC) 1.63%
Starbucks (SBUX) 1.54%
Waste Management (WM) 1.45%
Costco Wholesale (COST) 1.35%
Booking Holdings (BKNG) 1.27%
Chubb Limited (CB) 1.22%
BlackRock (BLK) 1.20%
Autodesk (ADSK) 0.91%
Comcast (CMCSA) 0.63%
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) 0.53%
American Water Works (AWK) 0.51%
Norfolk Southern (NSC) 0.49%
CSX (CSX) 0.48%
Union Pacific (UNP) 0.43%
Canadian National Railway (CNI) 0.42%
Aqua America (WTR) 0.39%
Kansas City Southern (KSU) 0.33%
Friday, October 12, 2018
Stock Of The Month: AAPL (The Fourth Quarter Dividend Edition)
Historically, I've thought of the last quarter of the year as the time to buy my favorite dividend stocks...though having searched back, I cannot find much formal evidence of this (a recurring - and not-so-reassuring - theme). So let's fix that.
Welcome to the first edition of the The Fourth Quarter Dividend.
This month I will choose from the "16"s of my portfolio. (Meaning, each of these stocks are roughly target allocated for 16% of my total portfolio.) The candidate stocks are:
Amazon (AMZN)
Apple (AAPL)
NVIDIA (NVDA)
Tesla (TSLA)
AMZN and TSLA can be eliminated from consideration right away: neither pays a dividend.
Now let's compare the remaining two candidates.
AAPL: 1.3% dividend yield, 24% payout ratio, $255.3B revenue, 17% revenue growth, $73.0B operating cash flow, $41.4B free cash flow
NVDA: 0.2% dividend yield, 9% payout ratio, $11.9B revenue, 40% revenue growth, $4.9B operating cash flow, $2.5B free cash flow
As you can see, this is not a particularly close contest. Apple is one of the safest, most well-funded dividend stocks in the market, perhaps ever. It will almost certainly increase payouts year-over-year for the foreseeable future.
Here's my current portfolio (buy and hold). As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.
Amazon (AMZN) 15.22%
Apple (AAPL) 15.09%
NVIDIA (NVDA) 14.79%
Tesla (TSLA) 11.11%
Alphabet (GOOGL) 6.61%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 4.26%
Facebook (FB) 4.07%
Microsoft (MSFT) 3.04%
Adobe Systems (ADBE) 2.67%
Nike (NKE) 2.29%
Salesforce.com (CRM) 2.27%
Visa (V) 1.87%
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) 1.80%
Intel (INTC) 1.59%
Waste Management (WM) 1.52%
Starbucks (SBUX) 1.35%
Costco Wholesale (COST) 1.34%
Chubb Limited (CB) 1.27%
BlackRock (BLK) 1.27%
Booking Holdings (BKNG) 1.25%
Autodesk (ADSK) 0.91%
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) 0.59%
Comcast (CMCSA) 0.58%
American Water Works (AWK) 0.53%
Norfolk Southern (NSC) 0.51%
CSX (CSX) 0.50%
Union Pacific (UNP) 0.46%
Aqua America (WTR) 0.44%
Canadian National Railway (CNI) 0.43%
Kansas City Southern (KSU) 0.34%
Welcome to the first edition of the The Fourth Quarter Dividend.
This month I will choose from the "16"s of my portfolio. (Meaning, each of these stocks are roughly target allocated for 16% of my total portfolio.) The candidate stocks are:
Amazon (AMZN)
Apple (AAPL)
NVIDIA (NVDA)
Tesla (TSLA)
AMZN and TSLA can be eliminated from consideration right away: neither pays a dividend.
Now let's compare the remaining two candidates.
AAPL: 1.3% dividend yield, 24% payout ratio, $255.3B revenue, 17% revenue growth, $73.0B operating cash flow, $41.4B free cash flow
NVDA: 0.2% dividend yield, 9% payout ratio, $11.9B revenue, 40% revenue growth, $4.9B operating cash flow, $2.5B free cash flow
As you can see, this is not a particularly close contest. Apple is one of the safest, most well-funded dividend stocks in the market, perhaps ever. It will almost certainly increase payouts year-over-year for the foreseeable future.
Here's my current portfolio (buy and hold). As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.
Amazon (AMZN) 15.22%
Apple (AAPL) 15.09%
NVIDIA (NVDA) 14.79%
Tesla (TSLA) 11.11%
Alphabet (GOOGL) 6.61%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 4.26%
Facebook (FB) 4.07%
Microsoft (MSFT) 3.04%
Adobe Systems (ADBE) 2.67%
Nike (NKE) 2.29%
Salesforce.com (CRM) 2.27%
Visa (V) 1.87%
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) 1.80%
Intel (INTC) 1.59%
Waste Management (WM) 1.52%
Starbucks (SBUX) 1.35%
Costco Wholesale (COST) 1.34%
Chubb Limited (CB) 1.27%
BlackRock (BLK) 1.27%
Booking Holdings (BKNG) 1.25%
Autodesk (ADSK) 0.91%
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) 0.59%
Comcast (CMCSA) 0.58%
American Water Works (AWK) 0.53%
Norfolk Southern (NSC) 0.51%
CSX (CSX) 0.50%
Union Pacific (UNP) 0.46%
Aqua America (WTR) 0.44%
Canadian National Railway (CNI) 0.43%
Kansas City Southern (KSU) 0.34%
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