Thursday, January 8, 2026

Summary of year 2025

 67 companies paying dividends in 2025.

 Sales:
  • First National Finances (FN.TO) was acquired and removed from exchange. Stocks sold 
  • Flowers Foods (FLO) dropped quite a bit, I made a move to sell and buy back later on to get some tax deductions
  • No other sales in DGI portfolio
Dividends:
  • 6 companies cut or decreased dividends during 2025
    • Kesko Oyj (HEL:KESKOB)
    • Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR)
    • Bayerische Motoren Werke (ETR:BMW)
    • Aspo Oyj (HEL:ASPO)
    • SFL Corporation (NYSE:SFL)
    • Gladstone Capital Corporation (NYSE:GLAD)
  • 40 companies increased dividend during 2025
  • 20 companies kept dividend intact during 2025

Total amount of dividends in 2025 was 10420.31€. This is a 6.4% increase in dividends when compared to previous year.

Summary Q4 / 2025

 During Q4 / 2025 this portfolio collected following dividends

  • Oct:  837.40€       (2024: 1089.29€ 2023: 760.25€ 2022: 729.68€)
  • Nov: 791.26€       (2024: 733.14€ 2023: 656.44€ 2022: 636.59€)
  • Dec: 757.24€       (2024: 914.53€ 2023: 939.86€ 2022: 600.93€)


Total of  2385.90€            (2024: 2736.96€ 2023: 2356.55€ 2022: 1967.20€ )

Quarterly target was 2250€ which was passed





Status update : December 2025

 Dividends received in December

- 23.88 from Canadian Utilities
- 52.16 from Enbridge Inc.
- 49.94 from Fortis Inc
- 22.95 from Coca-Cola 
- 18.41 from Southern Company
- 40.43 from Amgen Inc.
- 21.18 from AGNC Investment
- 7.16 from Emerson Electric
- 28.38 from Realty Income
- 39.60 from Pembina Pipeline
- 16.55 from EPR Properties
- 19.51 from Whitecap Resources
- 69.51 from Main Street
- 38.04 from Flowers Foods
- 13.58 from Kontoor Brands
- 10.37 from Prospect Capital
- 3.84 from VF Corporation
- 22.13 from Dominion Energy
- 12.16 from LTC Properties
- 64.75 from Ares Capital
- 49.69 from T.Rowe_Price_Group 
- 19.21 from Saratoga Investment
- 24.39 from Gladstone Investment_Corp
- 34.37 from SFL Corporation
- 10.78 from Gladstone Commercial_Corp
- 20.51 from Gladstone Capital_Corp

This makes a total of 757.24 in dividends received from 26 companies. Previous year I received 914.53 in December. This is a -17.2% change in dividends



Progress update : December 2025


Quote20222023202420251y chg2y chg3y chg
Canadian Utilities26.8625.7326.0323.88-8.26%-7.19%-11.0%
Enbridge Inc.30.3830.1431.0152.1668.20%73.06%71.69%
Fortis Inc22.5130.2552.7849.94-5.38%65.09%121.8%
Coca-Cola21.9722.2724.4922.95-6.29%3.05%4.46%
Southern Company18.8418.8319.7618.41-6.83%-2.23%-2.28%
Amgen Inc.14.7033.4942.5540.43-4.98%20.72%175.0%
AGNC Investment23.3222.8823.3321.18-9.22%-7.43%-9.18%
Emerson Electric7.407.327.527.16-4.79%-2.19%-3.24%
Stora Enso--21.00-
Realty Income15.8621.7523.3428.3821.59%30.48%78.94%
Pembina Pipeline13.5240.9941.3839.60-4.30%-3.39%192.9%
EPR Properties9.539.2213.5216.5522.41%79.50%73.66%
First_National Financial--23.63-
Whitecap Resources-5.0010.9519.5178.17%290.2%
Main Street28.8844.4160.4269.5115.04%56.52%140.6%
Flowers Foods19.5637.3440.9638.04-7.13%1.87%94.48%
Kontoor Brands13.5613.6815.0113.58-9.53%-0.73%0.15%
Prospect Capital15.2514.8011.6910.37-11.2%-29.9%-32.0%
Kesko Oyj-10.80--
VF Corporation21.604.104.333.84-11.3%-6.34%-82.2%
Dominion Energy24.8823.6924.9822.13-11.4%-6.59%-11.0%
LTC Properties13.3413.0113.8512.16-12.2%-6.53%-8.85%
Ares Capital75.7068.0172.6564.75-10.8%-4.79%-14.4%
T.Rowe_Price_Group-33.4135.6249.6939.50%48.73%
Saratoga Investment-58.6494.4219.21-79.6%-67.2%
Gladstone Investment_Corp49.10268.9227.5024.39-11.3%-90.9%-50.3%
SFL Corporation43.7145.7352.4734.37-34.5%-24.8%-21.3%
Gladstone Commercial_Corp14.9211.4412.1610.78-11.3%-5.77%-27.7%
Gladstone Capital_Corp-24.0187.1820.51-76.4%-14.5%
Total600.93939.86914.53757.24-17.2%-19.4%26.01%

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

New purchase : Kesko Oyj

Added 12 shares of Kesko Oyj (HEL:KESKOB) at 19.44€ per share. I now hold 77 shares of Kesko Oyj


Tuesday, December 30, 2025

New purchase : Realty Income Corporation

Added 10 shares of Realty Income Corporation (NYSE:O) at $56.87 per share. I now hold 134 shares of Realty Income Corporation


Friday, December 19, 2025

Trinity Capital will transition to Monthly dividends in 2026

Trinity Capital Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIN)  announced that it will transition from quarterly to monthly dividends, beginning in January 2026, and the Board of Directors approved monthly regular dividends of $0.17 per share for each of January, February, and March 2026.

Additionally, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.51 per share with respect to the quarter ending December 31, 2025. This is an equivalent dividend compared to the third quarter of 2025 and marks the 24th consecutive quarter of a consistent or increased dividend for Trinity shareholders. The three monthly dividends in the first quarter of 2026 total $0.51, which is consistent with prior quarterly dividends and will signal the 25th straight quarter of a consistent distribution for Trinity Capital stockholders.

Summary of the upcoming dividends for the Fourth Quarter 2025 and First Quarter 2026:

Period

Q4 2025

January 2026

February 2026

March 2026

Declaration Date

December 17, 2025

December 17, 2025

December 17, 2025

December 17, 2025

Record Date

December 31, 2025

January 15, 2026

February 13, 2026

March 13, 2026

Payment Date

January 15, 2026

January 30, 2026

February 27, 2026

March 31, 2026

Amount Per Share

$0.51

$0.17

$0.17

$0.17