Collection of RECENT BUYS (Summary) - July 2015

Since I began investing in dividend stocks approximately two years ago I've been keeping a personal log of what other dividend bloggers and dividend investors are buying.  Until now, I've just done it for my own personal knowledge and it has proven to be a great resource I use when I have no idea what I should buy. 

The collection essentially highlights the Recent Buys I have discovered throughout the dividend blog community. I always like to see what others are buying.  And with this collection, one can easily see all the buys in one centralized source. I Hope everyone has found it to be a great resource!

In case you just want a quick summary of what everyone has been buying this past month, below is a chart that depicts just that! :) 

(The chart and table above only includes companies with more than 3 buys)

The buying activity around the DGI community continued its momentum throughout the month of July. Although I believe the growing number of buys is somewhat related to my continued efforts to provide a more complete list, another record was set this past month for the highest number of buys logged by the DGI community in a single month. In all, a total of 94 buys were found throughout the month of July. 

Once again, since there were so many buys logged, we have only charted those companies with 3 or more buys (we originally charted companies with 2 or more buys).  

To summarize, out of a total of 94 buys found around the DGI community, a total of 53 companies were purchased, with 23 companies bought more than once.  

1. The most popular company this past month was Emerson Electric (EMR), which was purchased by 6 different investors throughout the DGI community.  
2. In second place was Chevron Corp (CVX), which was purchased by 5 different investors throughout the DGI community. 
3. Third place was a tie between Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Caterpiller Inc (CAT), Wal-Mart Stares (WMT) and Omega Health Care Investor Inc (OHI) with a total of 4 buys.  

The following companies each had 3 buys (3 total): 

• Union Pacific (UNP), 3M (MMM), Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI). 

And although not included in the chart, the following companies each had 2 buys (14 total): 

• T.Rowe Price (TROW), Qualcomm Inc (QCOM),  Oneok Inc (OKE), National Oilwell Varco (NOV), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Realty Income Corp (O), Dover Corp (DOV), Ventas, Inc (VTR), Inter Pipeline Ltd (IPL), Royal Bank of Canda (RY), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Bank of Montreal (BMC), International Business Machine (IBM), Target Corp (TGT).

I am happy and thankful to report that our family remained active during the continued buying frenzy this past month.  During the month of July, we picked up shares in CVX, EMR, UNP, MMM, and TD for our family's dividend stocks portfolio.  Can't wait til the forward dividends from our recent buys show up in future dividend income reports!!

What have you been buying?  Please feel free to share in the comments or send me a link to your Recent Buy post in case I happened to have missed it.

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 COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

If you have a chance, make sure you also take a look at my Collection of Stock Analyses!! As with my collection of recent buys, my goal is to make this collection also become a centralized source for everyone. It could become a place where one can get ideas on what to invest in next, to establish a desired stock purchase price, or simply to see what your favorite bloggers are buying.  Whatever your reason, my hope is that this collection proves to be a great reference tool and helps provide you that little extra advantage that you are looking for in order to succeed with your investing.

RECENT BUY - (NYSE : OHI)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING


OMEGA HEALTHCARE REIT INVESTORS INC (OHI)
Purchased 10 shares of OHIon 6/25/2015 at $34.75
Total Spent: $347.50
$21.60 added to annual dividends

Our purchase of Omega Healthcare REIT Investors, Inc (OHI) was based on the results from our recent ASK THE READERS post. This morning, with OHI seemingly this month's reader's pick, we decided to set a limit order to buy the stock at $38.75.  And on the same day that our limit order was placed, the market provided us with an opportunity to add another company to our family's dividend stocks portfolio. With the recent pull back, we were certainly happy grabbing a few shares at our limit price.  

However, since we feel that real estate stocks may continue to fall further as the FEDS inevitably raise rates later this year, we decided not to spend a huge amount of capital on this initial purchase.  If OHI continues to dip and fall into the $20s, we wouldn't have any problems grabbing few more shares to average down our cost basis. 

With the recent purchase Omega Healthcare REIT Investors, Inc (OHI), our family's dividend stocks portfolio now holds a total of 40 different dividend paying stocks/ETFs in the portfolio. Our estimated forward dividends grew another $21.60, putting our yearly dividends at approximately $2,893/year (excluding our Edwards Jones account) and $3,275/year (including our Edward Jones account).

Our family's dividend stocks portfolio may be found

by clicking on the link below:

DIVIDEND STOCKS PORTFOLIO

We also maintain an extensive list of stock analysis

that can be access through the link below:

COLLECTION OF STOCK ANALYSES

We also just started a list of Recent Buys by other bloggers

that can be access through the link below:

COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

HERE IS A QUICK FACT SHEET FOR THE STOCK I JUST PURCHASED:

OMEGA HEALTHCARE REIT INVESTORS INC (OHI)

P/E: 21.59
Payout Ratio: 130%
Dividend Yield: 6.2%
5 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 4/28/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. - 7/28/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1992 23 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 6.3 Billion
52-week high: $45.46
52-week low: $33.69
Purchased Price: $38.75

What are your thoughts about my recent purchase?

What are you buying?

ASK THE READERS - Should I buy XOM, OHI, WMT?

We started this series back in November as a way to add some fun to our buying process. We plan to continue doing these Ask the Reader post once a month (except when funds are limited) and will be maintaining the stocks purchased in a separate portfolio just to see how they perform. 

The three stocks we have chosen are stocks that are currently at the top of our watch list and thus stocks we would be comfortable buying regardless of the outcome.  But we thought it would be fun to get our readers input and see if collectively, we can all beat the market with this interactive portfolio. :) 

Below is a chart below of our ASK THE READER purchases to date: 



For each ASK THE READER post, we will select 3-4 current stocks on our watch list that we feel are worth buying.  But to add some fun into our buying process, we have decided to put our faith in our fellow bloggers and readers once a month. 

Please spend a few minutes to vote for ONE stock from the companies listed below.  Tell us why you like the stock that you picked. 

Thanks in advance for your STOCK PICK!

STOCK #1 Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)

• Sector: Energy - Oil & Gas
• Market Cap: 355.7 Billion
• Dividend Yield: 3.43% 
• Consecutive years of dividend increase: 32 Years
• Paying Dividends Since: 1882
• Payout Ratio: 69.5%
• P/E Ratio: 12.76

STOCK #2  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (OHI)

• Sector: Financials - Real Estate
• Market Cap: 6.46 Billion
• Dividend Yield: 2.04% 
• Consecutive years of dividend increase: 5 Years
• Paying Dividends Since: 1992
• Payout Ratio: 24.2%
• P/E Ratio: 22.02



STOCK #3 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT)

• Sector: Services - Retail
• Market Cap: 233.7 Billion
• Dividend Yield: 2.65% 
• Consecutive years of dividend increase: 40 Years
• Paying Dividends Since: 1973
• Payout Ratio: 40.3%
• P/E Ratio: 14.58

**LET US KNOW WHICH STOCK YOU WOULD PICK AND WHY**

Collection of RECENT BUYS (Summary) - May 2015

 

Since I began investing in dividend stocks approximately a year and a half ago I've been keeping a personal log of what other dividend bloggers and dividend investors are buying.  Until now, I've just done it for my own personal knowledge and it has proven to be a great resource I use when I have no idea what I should buy. 

The collection essentially highlights the Recent Buys I have discovered throughout the dividend blog community. I always like to see what others are buying.  And with this collection, one can easily see all the buys in one centralized source.  In November of 2014, I started making my collection of Recent Buys available on my blog for everyone. I Hope everyone has found it to be a great resource!
 

In case you just want a quick summary of what everyone has been buying this past month, below is a chart that depicts just that! :) 

(The chart and table above only includes companies with more than 1 buy)

The buying activity picked up once again around the DGI community. In May, our Collection of Recent Buys logged in a total of 56 buys throughout the month (compared to 47 in April and 62 in March). 

Out of a total of 56 buys found around the DGI community, a total of 38 companies were purchased, with 10 companies bought more than once.  There was a tie for 1st between two great companies: Union Pacific Corp (UNP) and Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) were both purchased by 5 different investors throughout the DGI community.  There was also a tie for 2nd place between Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) and W.P. Carey Inc (WPC).  And rounding off 3rd (in no particular order), we saw a 6-way tie between HCP Inc (HCP),  Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC), Disney Corp (DIS), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Chevron Corp (CVX), Apple Inc (APPL). 

 

Once again, our family was less active adding capital to our family's dividend stocks portfolio this past month.  We did, however, still managed to purchase a few shares in one of the 3rd most popular stock HCP Inc (HCP) on May 29th.  Once again, work and life got the best of us this past month.  Hopefully, June provides our family with more free time as well as buying opportunities!  The good news is we have a nice little pile of cash sitting around since we've been last active for two consecutive months now.   

 

What have you been buying?  Please feel free to share in the comments or send me a link to your Recent Buy post in case I've missed it.

 

Don't forget to bookmark or add this page to your favorites!!

 COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

As with my collection of stock analyses, my goal is to make this collection also become a centralized source for everyone. It could become a place where one can get ideas on what to invest in next, to establish a desired stock purchase price, or simply to see what your favorite bloggers are buying.  Whatever your reason, my hope is that this collection proves to be a great reference tool and helps provide you that little extra advantage that you are looking for in order to succeed with your investing.