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Dividend Increase – Becton Dickinson (BDX)

November 25, 2014 by All About Interest 7 Comments

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BDX announced 11/25 a quarterly dividend increase from 0.545 to 0.60.   The dividend is payable Dec. 31, 2014 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 10, 2014.

This is an increase of 10.1%!  Any double-digit increase is solid in my book.  BDX keeps a fairly low payout ratio so has plenty of room for some great raises going forward.

This will mark the 43rd consecutive increase for BDX.

Since I own 53.33 shares, this will increase my yearly dividends by $11.73.  I’ve had 33 stocks in my portfolio  increase their dividend already this year.

I love reporting these raises and seeing my forward dividend automatically go up each time!

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  1. Irwin says

    November 26, 2014 at 4:13 pm

    Same here.. happy about Div increase.

    BTW, ESV is now looking like a value trap. Keeps dropping. As I mentioned earlier we would see $30s and we did. Now looks like we will see lower 30s or even higher 20s. That would be really bad for ESV investors.

    One major concern is Dividend cut. Just look at SDRL. They totally eliminated it although they could support it until end 2015 or even 2016 (look at that stock price drop today). Whats going to happen with ESV?

    Reply
    • All About Interest says

      November 28, 2014 at 9:24 am

      Hi Irwin,

      ESV and SDRL are quite a bit different. SDRL is heavily leveraged and has a much higher debt load. It was only a matter of time before a reduction in dividend happened. I didn’t expect an elminination though. ESV’s payout ratio is near 50% which is very manageable right now. SDRL was issuing debt to pay theirs. I’m also a big fan of ESV’s management. If ESV does drop to the low 30’s, I’ll probably back up the truck. They have one one of the youngest fleet’s and the top satisfaction rating from their customers. That’s why they receive a little bit of a premium for their ships. Only time will tell but I think these prices will look good in 5-7 years.

      Thanks for stopping by!

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      • Irwin says

        November 30, 2014 at 1:24 pm

        Agree on the payout ratio.

        I think then now is your time to load up. 🙂

        Reply
        • All About Interest says

          December 1, 2014 at 9:58 am

          Yep, I bought 100 shares this morning at 33.56/share.

          Reply
  2. Asset-Grinder says

    November 26, 2014 at 6:33 pm

    Always good to see thats for sure.

    Just read your LED light thread post last week and finally started experimenting with the lights.

    I have lots of recessed halogen bulbs that keep fizzling out that its driving me mad. So I bought 4 LED but I am not liking the color. Its labeled 3000k but the light is not warm at all and it looks much more like a daylight bulb to me. Think Imma go for a 2700k different bulb brand I am thinking. Any probs so far with your set up? How many bulbs you change overall? How much did your energy bill go down a month on avg?
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    • Irwin says

      November 26, 2014 at 7:48 pm

      Those 3000k are actually day light ones. I wish they had something in between 2700 and 3000. I find 2700 to be too yellowish and 3000 too white.

      Reply
    • All About Interest says

      November 28, 2014 at 9:32 am

      Hi A-G,

      It’s good to see you are making the switch to LED’s. I’ve had no lights burn out so far that I’ve changed. My biggest energy savers are the bulbs I put into my lamps by my door and near the garage. There’s a total of 6 of the candelabra bulbs and 2 regular size ones. I leave them running all night so I’m probably saving $10/month. I’d need to tally it up. I haven’t yet replaced my recessed cans in my kitchen. Those LED bulbs were really expensive last I looked and I don’t use the kitchen lights as much. I’ve replaced several fan lights though that use the candelabra bulbs and even put in some medium-to-candelabra converters to use additional candelabra led’s in one of the fans. So far I’m happy with the switch and like the colors I’m getting.

      Cheers!

      Reply

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