Recent Buy - Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD)

 

Monday, March 29th, I bought 10 shares of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) at $ 284.82 per share plus commission.

 

Air Products touches the lives of consumers around the globe in positive ways every day. Focused on serving energy, environment and emerging markets, we provide essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage. We are also the global leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. Air Products develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas projects, including gasification projects that sustainably convert abundant natural resources into syngas for the production of high-value power, fuels and chemicals.

Looking into the future, Air Products sees significant opportunities in gasification, carbon capture and hydrogen for energy to help solve the world’s urgent sustainability challenges. Gasification enables an environmentally friendly way to use plentiful, lower value feedstocks. We see significant opportunities to capture the concentrated CO2 stream from gasifiers and hydrogen plants. Air Products is a leader in hydrogen fueling systems and infrastructure, and the company sees great potential in the years ahead to extend its leadership.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Week in Review 12/21

 

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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.

Week in Review 11/21

 

 

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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.

Dividend Income - February 2021

 

 

The second month of 2021 is over and it is time to report my dividend income. In February 2021 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:

 

 

 

Dividend Increase #34 & #35 of 2021 - QCOM & WPC

 

 

Wednesday, March 10th the Board of Directors of Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.65 to $ 0.68 per share and will be effective for quarterly dividends payable after March 25, 2021. This represents a 4.62% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, said, "We are pleased to announce an increase in our quarterly dividend, reflecting our strong financial performance and continued commitment to returning capital to stockholders."

 

With current price $ 131.64 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.07%.

Week in Review 10/21

 

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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.

Dividend Increase #33 of 2021 - General Dynamics Corporation (GD)

 

Wednesday, March 3rd the Board of Directors of General Dynamics Corporation (GD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.10 to $ 1.19 per share that’s payable May 7, 2021 to holders of record April 9, 2021. This represents an 8.18% increase over the last quarterly dividend and this is the 24th consecutive annual dividend increase authorized by the General Dynamics board.

 

With current price $ 169.57 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.81%.

Week in Review 9/21

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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.

 

Dividend Increase #32 of 2021 - Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR)

 

 

Thursday, February 25th the Board of Directors of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.12 to $ 1.16 per share that’s payable March 31, 2021 to holders of record March 15, 2021. This represents a 3.57% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

"Our board of directors has approved a 4% increase in our quarterly common stock cash dividend to $1.16 per share, reflecting confidence in the underlying strength of our business as well as the strength of the recurring cash flows that support a steadily growing and well covered dividend, while retaining capital to fund future growth opportunities," commented Andrew P. Power, Chief Financial Officer.  "This marks the 16th consecutive year we have grown our dividend, and we are pleased to be among a select group of REITs to have raised the dividend each and every year since our initial public offering in 2004."

 

With current price $ 129.00 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.60%.

Dividend Increase #29 & #30 of 2021 - HD & ETN

 

Tuesday, February 23rd the Board of Directors of The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.50 to $ 1.65 per share that’s payable March 25, 2021 to holders of record March 11, 2021. This represents a 10% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

This is the 136th consecutive quarter the Company has paid a cash dividend.

 

With current price $ 261.68 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.52%.