August 2025 Dividend Income Report

September is already nearly halfway over, which means it’s time for one of my favorite updates: reviewing the dividend income my portfolio delivered in August.

In August 2025, I received a total of €1,834.72 ($2,135.06) in dividend income. After taxes, my net dividend income amounted to €1,357.55 ($1,579.76).

This marks an improvement compared to August 2024, when my net dividend income totaled €1,312.26 ($1,407.48). On a year-over-year basis, this represents an increase of €45.29, or 3.5%.

Breaking it down, my August net dividends equal:

• €43.79 per day
• €1.82 per hour

That’s money earned passively, regardless of what I was doing.

Looking at the bigger picture, for the first eight months of 2025, my net dividend income reached €16,191.05. On average, that’s:

• €66.63 per day
• €2.78 per hour

Compared to last year, there have been some changes in both my dividend income and portfolio structure:

• New positions: I added two new dividend-paying ETFs—JEPI and JEPQ—along with a new individual position in NNN.
• Position growth: I increased my holdings in JGPI to further strengthen my passive income stream.
• Dividend increases: Several of my existing holdings, including NN.AS, ETN, and UNM, delivered solid dividend increases compared to a year ago.

This month’s dividend payments have brought my cumulative net dividend income to a total of €197,307.27.

Dividend Income 2025

With August’s dividends, I’ve now collected 64.8% of my 2025 net passive income target of €25,000.00. At this stage, it seems unlikely that I’ll fully reach my goal by year-end.

Two main factors are behind this shortfall:

• Unfavorable exchange rate fluctuations, which reduced the euro value of foreign dividends.
• The dividend cut by Neste Corporation, which had a significant impact on my overall income stream.

Both challenges have weighed on my results and made it more difficult to stay on track toward my annual goal.

You can follow the development of my dividends here.

Disclosure: I hold long positions in all of the above-mentioned stocks.

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