Friday, June 12, 2015

CAT raises dividend 10% and TGT raises dividend 7.7%


It's been a few days since I checked my personal email and I just noticed that I have not been receiving Seeking Alpha updates. So when I logged into SA, I was pleasantly surprised to see a couple of recent dividend increase announcements.

CAT announced that it will be raising its quarterly dividend from $.70 to $.77. This represents a 10% increase over the last raise and the new yield 3.51%

The ex-dividend date is July 16th and the pay date is August 20th.

Since, I currently own 71.93 shares my yearly dividend will increase by $20.14.


Also TGT announced that is will be raising its quarterly dividend from $.52 to $.56. This represents a 7.7% increase and the new yield is 2.80%

The ex-dividend date is August 17th and the pay date is Sept 10th.

Since I currently own 145 shares, my yearly dividends will increase by $23.20.


In other words, I will receive an extra $43.36 each year for doing absolutely nothing. I'll take it! It would take approximately $1500 invested at 3% to generate that kind of incom.. The good news is I didn't have to do anything to receive the extra money.

DEFY MEDIOCRITY

10 comments:

  1. MDP,

    Have both of them and was equally excited. An extra $43 isn't too shabby, eh? Congrats to us, wish there was slightly more, but hey, the increases are great.

    -Lanny

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    1. Lanny,

      I think the increases are great! I will look to buy more CAT if it falls back into the low $80s.

      MDP

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  2. MDP,

    Congrats on getting two huge % raises last week. Sounds like you were hoping for more but we believe that any time you are getting above 7% increases, that you are doing great, especially in companies that are already close to or above 3% dividend yields. You are doing great, enjoy that easy money.

    Have a great weekend!

    FD

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    1. FD,

      Actually I thought the CAT raise was excellent. The Target raise was nice as well, but a little lower than recent years. Now it's back to buying more quality companies!

      MDP

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  3. Nice increases announced by TGT and CAT -- love it! Happy to be a shareholder of these companies...

    Cheers
    FerdiS

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    1. FerdiS,

      Congrats on your raises! Hopefully CAT drops back down as I would love to add my positions.

      MDP

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  4. Nice increases from both companies. Sadly I do not own either. Gotta love the extra cash without any additional work!!

    Have a good day!

    ADD

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  5. ADD,

    Well if CAT drops back into the 70s the yield will be close to 4% and would be a great opportunity!

    MDP

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  6. Yay CAT. I know many of the dividend bloggers like DE over CAT but I still like CAT long term. It's been in my portfolio for 8 years with no plans to sell. If anything, I might be adding to it based on it's current valuation and current yield. Yes, it's cyclical and goes from boom to bust over the years but long term they have delivered.

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    1. DivHut,

      I too like CAT over Deere. They are both great companies, but I think CAT has more opportunities than Deere which seems focused on agriculture. Right now at 3.5% CAT is on my radar as well.

      MDP

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