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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.
Received Dividends:
January 15, 2024
- €23.87– Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH)
- €19.57– Nutrien Ltd. (NTR)
- €25.29– Main Street Capital (MAIN)
- €33.20– Realty Income Corporation (O)
January 16, 2024
- €41.22– W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC)
- €56.39– BCE Inc. (BCE)
- €48.18– Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN)
January 19, 2024
- €99.96– Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR)
Week 3: Total net dividends €347.68
Dividend income is reported after the deduction of taxes. Check more at my Monthly Dividend sheet.
Portfolio Holdings News:
January 15, 2024
- Kesko Corporation’s (KESKO) sales in December; KESKO’s sales in December decreased by 6.4%, or by 7.3% in comparable terms. The number of delivery days was down by one year-on-year in grocery trade and by two in building and technical trade. One delivery day has an approximately 2-4 percentage point impact on Kesko’s wholesale. In car trade, sales decreased as new car sales declined. Sales of used cars and services continued to grow,” says Mikko Helander, Kesko’s President and CEO.
- NCC AB (NCC) contracted by Ørsted to participate in construction of carbon capture plant in Denmark; NCC has signed an agreement, worth about SEK 300 million in total, with the energy company Ørsted to construct a carbon capture and storage plant in Denmark. The project is expected to be completed in late 2025.
- NCC AB (NCC) to build Ångermanland District Court; NCC has been commissioned by Härnösand Seminariet, a subsidiary of Smedjan Samhällsfastigheter AB, to carry out a refurbishment and extension project for Ångermanland District Court in Härnösand. The project is a turnkey contract with an order value of approximately SEK 180 million.
- NCC AB (NCC) to build new retirement home in Västerås; NCC has been commissioned by Hemsö to construct the new Stenkumla retirement home in Västerås. The project is a turnkey contract in partnering form with an order value of approximately SEK 150 million.
- Lockheed Martin Corporation's (LMT) Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded a $271.29 million modification to a previously awarded contract, under Foreign Military Sales Case JA-P-NCO.
January 16, 2024
- LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) Enters into Agreement to Acquire 35% of Saudi Arabia-based NATPET; LYB announced it entered into an agreement to acquire a 35% interest in Saudi Arabia–based National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) from Alujain Corporation (Alujain) for approximately $500 million, positioning it to grow and upgrade its core polypropylene business through access to advantaged feedstocks in a strategic region.
- Main Street Capital (MAIN) Announces Fourth Quarter 2023 Private Loan Portfolio Activity; MAIN is pleased to announce the following recent activity in its private loan portfolio. During the fourth quarter of 2023, Main Street originated new or increased commitments in its private loan portfolio of $136.8 million and funded total investments across its private loan portfolio with a cost basis totaling $160.4 million.
January 17, 2024
- NCC AB (NCC) to refurbish Ågården in Copenhagen; NCC is to refurbish the Ågården neighborhood in Copenhagen’s Nörrebro district and work will now begin. The assignment is the first project to be carried out within the framework of the fsb HJEM partnership, which includes NCC. The order value of the project is approximately SEK 225 million.
- Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) Reports Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Results; KMI reports fourth quarter Non-GAAP EPS of $0.28, missing analyst estimates by $0.01 and decreasing 9.7% year-over-year. Revenue of $4.04 billion misses analyst estimates by $360 million and decreased 11.8% versus the same quarter last year. Management is updating its budget to incorporate the acquisition of the STX Midstream assets, which results in a final 2024 budgeted EPS of $1.22, up 15% versus 2023, DCF per share of $2.26, and Adjusted EBITDA of $8.16 billion, both up 8% versus 2023.
- ONEOK, Inc. (OKE) Increases Quarterly Dividend and Announces Share Repurchase Program; OKE increased its quarterly dividend to 99 cents per share, an increase of 3.7%. The dividend is payable Feb. 14, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business Jan. 30, 2024. OKE's board has also authorized a $2 billion share repurchase program and targets it to be largely utilized over the next four years.
- Main Street Capital (MAIN) Announces Preliminary Estimate of Fourth Quarter 2023 Operating Results; MAIN's preliminary estimate for Q4 net investment income is $1.06-$1.08 per share and for distributable net investment income is $1.11-$1.13 per share. MAIN's preliminary estimate of net asset value ("NAV") per share as of December 31, 2023 is $29.17 to $29.23, representing an increase of $0.84 to $0.90 per share, or 3.0% to 3.2%, from the NAV per share of $28.33 as of September 30, 2023, with this increase after the impact of the supplemental dividend paid in December 2023 of $0.275 per share.
January 19, 2024
- Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY) reports fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results; ALLY reports fourth quarter Non-GAAP EPS of $0.45, 58% below last year's result and in line with estimates. Revenue of $2.0 billion was in line with analysts' expectations but decreased by 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Provision for credit losses increased $97 million to $587 million compared to the prior-year quarter due to continued normalization in credit, partially offset by a release due to the pending sale of Ally Lending.
- Spirit Realty Capital Shareholders Approve Realty Income Corporation (O) Merger; O and Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. today announced that Spirit stockholders approved all of the proposals necessary for the closing of the previously announced merger pursuant to which Realty Income will acquire Spirit. No approval of Realty Income shareholders is required in connection with the merger.
Articles that caught my attention:
- Undervalued Dividend Growth Stock of the Week: PepsiCo (PEP) by Jason Fieber at Daily Trade Alert
- Will the U.S. and U.S. stocks save 2024? Plus, the Sunday Reads by Dale Roberts at Cut the Crap Investing
- Why we don’t invest in GICs by Bob at Tawcan
- The Top 40 High-Yield Blue-Chip U.K. Stocks For 2024 by John Kingham at Seeking Alpha
- Meet Amphenol, The New Super Compounder On My Watchlist by Leo Nelissen at Seeking Alpha
- Mortgage free!!! Now what??? by Mark at My Own Advisor
- 3 'Boring' Utilities I'm Buying Hand Over Fist by Brad Thomas at Seeking Alpha
- Top 3 US Stocks for 2024 [Podcast] by Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog
- 25 Stocks With Double Digit Dividend Growth Potential In 2024 by Nicholas Ward at Seeking Alpha
- General Dynamics: A Dividend Aristocrat Flying Too High (Rating Downgrade) by Kody's Dividends at Seeking Alpha
- How To Build Your Dividend Growth Portfolio From Scratch by Sure Dividend
- Top 5 Dividend Stocks to Buy Now — January 2024 Edition by Jason Fieber at Daily Trade Alert
- Sysco Corporation (SYY) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend Growth Stocks
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce by SPBrunner at Investment Talk
- Enbridge: 7.58% Yield For A Rich Retirement by Millennial Dividends at Seeking Alpha
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