New purchase : National Health Investors

Added 5 shares of National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) at $67.63 per share. This purchase was primarily due to reaching the targets in the amount of 100€ dividend payers. National Health Investors has not raised dividend in a while but it was an easy target to get raised to over 100€ annual payer. I now hold 34 shares of NHI.

Dividend increase #30 of 2024 : Chimera Investment Corp.

The Board of Directors of Chimera Investment Corporation announced the declaration of its second quarter cash dividend of $0.35 per common share, an increase from its first quarter cash dividend of $0.33 on a reverse-stock-split adjusted basis. The dividend is payable July 31, 2024 to common stockholders of record on June 28, 2024. The ex-dividend date is June 28, 2024. 

 

Dividend increase #29 of 2024 : W. P. Carey Inc.

W. P. Carey Inc. (W. P. Carey, NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.870 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.48 per share. The dividend is payable on July 15, 2024 to stockholders of record as of June 28, 2024.

 

New purchase : Sanoma Oyj

Added 50 shares of Sanoma Oyj at 6.67€ per share. I now hold 120 shares of Sanoma Oyj

Dividend increase #28 of 2024 : Realty Income Corporation

Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced it has declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2630 per share from $0.2625 per share. The dividend is payable on July 15, 2024, to stockholders of record as of July 1, 2024. This is the 126^th dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $3.156 per share as compared to the prior annualized dividend amount of $3.150 per share.

 

New purchase : DWS Group GmbH

Initiated new position in portfolio by purchasing 25 shares of DWS Group Gmbh (ETR:DWS).

The DWS Group (Formerly: Deutsche Asset Management) commonly referred to as DWS, is a German asset management company. It previously operated as part of Deutsche Bank until 2018 where it became a separate entity through an initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It is currently headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and is a constituent member of the SDAX index. 

DWS Group pays a huge special dividend this year which was the main reason for initiating this position. But it has also been growing dividend constantly since becoming public in 2018.

 

Status update : May 2024

 Dividends received in May

- 18.06 from National_Bank_of_Canada 
- 25.96 from AT&T 
- 12.24 from Lowes Companies
- 51.32 from Verizon Communications
- 73.80 from Sampo 
- 15.00 from Nokia 
- 29.15 from Huhtamaki Oyj
- 22.86 from AGNC Investment
- 24.24 from National_Health_Investors 
- 48.92 from Emera Inc.
-  4.63 from Procter_&_Gamble 
- 60.00 from Bayerische Motoren_Werke
- 62.91 from Omega Healthcare
- 59.93 from AbbVie Inc.
- 22.07 from Realty Income
- 13.11 from EPR Properties
- 11.08 from Whitecap Resources
- 21.27 from Main Street
- 14.91 from Prospect Capital
- 47.62 from Royal_Bank_of_Canada 
- 40.76 from Bank_of_Montreal 
- 13.13 from LTC Properties
- 55.88 from Arbor Realty_Trust
- 22.78 from Gladstone Investment_Corp
- 11.70 from Gladstone Commercial_Corp
- 24.48 from Gladstone Capital_Corp

This makes a total of 807.81 in dividends received from 26 companies. Previous year I received 633.53 in May. This is a 27.51% change in dividends