Week in Review 34/20

 

 

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

 

 

Received Dividends:

 

 

August 17, 2020

 

• € 36.91 – Kinder Morgan Inc.
• € 16.72 – Main Street Capital Corporation
  
• € 37.82 – Emera Incorporated
• € 6.17 – Inter Pipeline Ltd
• € 28.26 – Global X SuperDividend ETF

 

 

Dividend income is reported after the deduction of taxes. Check more at my Monthly Dividend sheet.

 

 

My Portfolio's Transactions:

 

 

August 17, 2020

 

• I purchased 75 shares of Aflac Incorporated (AFL)

 

 

Portfolio Holdings News:

 

 

August 17, 2020

 

• Kesko Corporation: Kesko’s sales grew in July

 

 

August 18, 2020

 

• The Home Depot (HD) Announces Second Quarter Results; HD beating analyst estimates by $0.34 and is up 26.8% versus the same quarter last year.  Revenue of $38.05 billion beats analyst estimates by $3.41 billion and is up 23.4% versus the same quarter last year.

 

 

August 19, 2020

 

• Fortum (FORTUM) Half-year 2020 Financial Report; FORTUM said its second-quarter operating profit fell from a year ago to 207 million euros ($247 million), missing the 301 million euros expected by analysts. The impact of the new coronavirus was limited in Nordics, FORTUM said, but noted the situation was different in Russia.

 

• Johnson & Johnson: JNJ will acquire Momenta Pharmaceuticals (MNTA) for $52.50/share which comes to a total purchase price of $6.5 billion.

 

• Target Corporation (TGT) Reports Second Quarter Earnings; TGT reports adjusted EPS of $3.38, beating analyst estimates by $1.74 and growing an incredible 85.7% versus the same quarter last year.  Revenue of $22.98 billion beats analyst estimates by $2.87 billion and surged 24.7% versus the same quarter last year.

 

 

 

 

Articles that caught my attention:

 

 

• Undervalued Dividend Growth Stock of the Week: AT&T (T) by Jason Fieber, Mr. Free at 33, Daily Trade Alert
• The Highest Quality Mid-Cap Dividend Growth Stocks by FerdiS at Seeking Alpha
• Does FIRE Mean A Lifetime of Deprivation? by Retire by 40
• How MuchMoney Do You Need to Be Happy? by Tom at Dividends Diversify
• Stocks with High Dividends to Invest In by Evan at My Journey to Millions
• Apple's Valuation Has Risen Too Far, Too Fast by Nicholas Ward at Seeking Alpha
• Huntington Ingalls: Too Much Optimism For This Company by Dividend Power at Seeking Alpha
• Retirement Strategy: I Am 'Forced' Into Writing About AT&T Once Again by Regarded Solutions at Seeking Alpha
• Intel: Buyback Isn't A Strong Enough Signal by Stone Fox Capital at Seeking Alpha
• Why I’m Investing $500 Weekly with Vanguard ETFs by Dividend Diplomats
• Time For Renewables by Real-Time Retired Guy at Seeking Alpha
• 3 Dividend Achievers To Hold For The Next Decade by The Dividend Guy at Seeking Alpha
• Warren Buffett’s Latest Trades: 5 Buys, 17 Sells by Jason Fieber, Mr. Free at 33, Daily Trade Alert
• 15 Wonderful Blue-Chip Buys I Just Made For My Retirement Portfolio by Dividend Sensei at Seeking Alpha
• Procter & Gamble (PG) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend Growth Stocks
• I Just Added More Shares of General Dynamics (GD) to My Dividend Growth Portfolio by David Van Knapp at Daily Trade Alert
  
• Dividend Income from YOU the Bloggers – July 2020 by Lanny and Bert, the Dividend Diplomats at Dividend Diplomats

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, have a nice next week!