Wednesday, January 14, 2015

RECENT BUYS (NYSE: GE, BBL, and TD)


WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING








General Electric Company (GE)
Purchased 15 shares of GE on 1/13/2015 at $23.75
Total Spent: $356.25
$13.80 added to annual dividends


 BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton Plc (BBL)
Purchased 12 shares of BBL on 1/14/2015 at $38.75
Total Spent: $465.00
$29.04 added to annual dividends

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
Purchased 10 shares of TD on 1/14/2015 at $42.00
Total Spent: $420.00
$15.66 added to annual dividends

Our family was busy this week adding to our dividend stocks portfolio.  On 1/12/15, we picked up a few more shares of NOV to add to our portfolio.  We followed that up with another purchase of GE at $25.75 on 1/13/15.  And today, we picked up more shares in BBL at $38.75 and also initiated a position in TD at $42.00.  All but TD were companies we already owned.  TD, however, became the 33 stock/ETF we currently hold in our family's dividend stocks portfolio. With the purchases mentioned above, our estimated forward dividends grew another $58.50 and now stands at approximately $3,253/year in dividends.

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HERE IS A QUICK FACT SHEET FOR THE STOCKS WE RECENTLY PURCHASED:
 
General Electric Company (GE)

P/E: 18.17
Payout Ratio: 67%
Dividend Yield: 3.9%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 9.66%

4 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 12/18/2014
Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 3/18/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1899 (116 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 238.80 Billion
52-week high: $27.53
52-week low: $23.41


BHP Billiton Plc (BBL)

P/E: 7.65
Payout Ratio: N/A
Dividend Yield: 5.9%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 8.19%
12 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 9/3/14
Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 3/3/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 2002 (13 years)
Pays a dividend 2 times a year.
Market Cap: 105.52 Billion
52-week high: $71.44
52-week low: $38.54


Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)

P/E: 11.70
Payout Ratio: 51%
Dividend Yield: 3.7%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 9.14% 

4 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 1/2/2015
Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 4/2/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1857 (158 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 78.10 Billion
52-week high: $53.49
52-week low: $41.89

What are your thoughts about my recent purchase?

What are you buying?

6 comments:

  1. Great buys, and I am considering GE and BBL as well. 3200 in annual dividends is a great sum of money. IS it all reinvested into new shares or do you take it as cash?

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    1. Thanks RUE. We think both are great companies with good fundamentals with attractive dividends that appear to be stable. Would love to have you as a fellow shareholder if or when you decided to buy in.

      As for our annual dividends, we now receive them in cash and then reinvest them into a company (new or sometimes existing) that we feel is a good value at the time.

      Thanks for stopping by and for the comment. AFFJ

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  2. Great buys. I really want to buy BBL once I have some US fund in the RRSP. TD is looking very interesting right now, might add to some existing position. :)

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    1. Thanks Tawcan. We've been adding to our BBL holding lately. Hope to see you as a fellow shareholder soon. As for TD, it seems to be a popular stock lately. With the current prices, we could pass up initiating a position. :) AFFJ

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  3. hi affj ,

    ge has a debt/equity of 2.27 . is that safe ?

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    1. A debt to/equity ratio of 1 is preferred, but for a company like GE (with their credit rating and cash flow); personally, I am OK with their current debt/equity ratio. Especially, given that their debt/equity has been decreasing in recent years. It shows that management is conscious of the debt and trying to lower the ratio little by little. AFFJ

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