Welcome and thanks for reading!
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:
August 10, 2026
€17.46 – Air
Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD)€48.88 – JPM
Global Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF (JGPI.DE)€18.46 – JPM
US Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF (JEIP.DE)€80.31 – JPM
Nasdaq Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF (JEQP.DE)
August 11, 2026
€18.29 – Texas
Instruments Incorporated (TXN)
August 12, 2026
€21.78 –
Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV)
August 13, 2026
€115.76 –
Nordea Bank Abp (NDA)
August 14, 2026
€75.86 –
ONEOK, Inc. (OKE)€89.20 –
AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)€19.30 – Ally
Financial Inc. (ALLY)€65.10 – Unum
Group (UNM)€34.16– Main
Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)€81.08 – Omega
Healthcare Investors, Inc. (OHI)€33.97– NNN
REIT, Inc. (NNN)€33.19 –
Realty Income Corporation (O)
Week 33: Total net
dividends €752.79
Dividend
income is reported after the deduction of taxes. Check more at my
Monthly
Dividend
sheet.
My Portfolio’s
Transactions:
August 12, 2026
I purchased 50
shares of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (AMS:AD) at €31.87 per
share, plus commission.
This purchase is expected to increase
my annual net dividend income by approximately €43.58. Following
the acquisition, my portfolio now holds a total of 150 AD shares,
with an average purchase price of €26.62 per share and a yield on
cost of 4.66%.
After the transaction, AD represents
approximately 0.52% of my portfolio by weight and contributes around
0.52% to my projected annual dividend income.
Portfolio Holdings
News:
August 10, 2026
NCC
AB (NCC) to construct junior high school in Turku; NCC has been
commissioned by the municipal property company KOy Turun
monitoimitilat to construct the new St Olof’s School in Turku. The
project is a partnering contract, and the order value is
approximately SEK 300 million.
August 11, 2026
Cardinal
Health, Inc. (CAH) Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026
Results and Provides Fiscal Year 2027 Guidance; CAH reported
fourth-quarter non-GAAP diluted EPS of $2.91, up 40% year over year
and $0.49 above analyst expectations. Excluding a one-time positive
impact of $0.31 from the recognition of an IEEPA tariff refund,
non-GAAP diluted EPS increased 25% to $2.60. Revenue rose 5.8% year
over year to $63.67 billion but missed estimates by $1.44 billion.
For fiscal 2027, management expects EPS of $12.40–$12.60 and
reaffirmed its long-term EPS growth target of 12%–14% annually,
while guiding for EPS growth of 13%–15% from the fiscal 2027
baseline.
August 12, 2026
Sampo’s
plc (SAMPO) Reports Results for January-June 2026; SAMPO reported
quarterly operating earnings per share of €0.17, up 6.3% year over
year but €0.02 below analyst expectations. The underwriting result
increased to €418 million from €393 million a year earlier,
exceeding estimates by €9 million. Premium income for April–June
totaled €2.44 billion, up from €2.26 billion in the prior-year
period and above the €2.40 billion analyst consensus. Management
raised its 2026 underwriting result guidance to €1.55–€1.625
billion from the previous range of €1.525–€1.625 billion.
Cisco
Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings; CSCO
reported fourth-quarter non-GAAP EPS of $1.22, marking a 23% increase
year over year and beating analyst expectations by $0.05. Revenue
rose 17.6% to $17.25 billion, surpassing estimates by $420 million.
Looking ahead, management issued first-quarter 2027 guidance
projecting revenue between $18.0 billion and $18.2 billion alongside
non-GAAP EPS of $1.32 to $1.34. For the full 2027 fiscal year, the
company anticipates total revenue of $72.2 billion to $73.2 billion
and a non-GAAP EPS ranging from $5.05 to $5.11.
Lockheed Martin
Corporation (LMT) was awarded
a $211.4 million contract modification under a Foreign Military Sales
(FMS) agreement with the United Arab Emirates. The modification
brings the total contract value to $1.05 billion and covers the
manufacture and production of new Configuration 3 THAAD launchers.
T.
Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW) Reports Month-End Assets Under
Management For July 2026; TROW reported month-end assets under
management (AUM) of $1.87 trillion for July 2026, down 1.37% from the
previous month. The company recorded net outflows of $8.2 billion
during July.
Metro
Inc. (TSE:MRU) Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results; MRU reported
third-quarter non-GAAP EPS of C$1.24, down 18.4% year over year and
in line with analyst expectations. Revenue increased 1.5% to C$6.97
billion, slightly exceeding the consensus estimate of C$6.91 billion.
The ongoing labour dispute at the company’s produce distribution
centre in Laval resulted in an estimated $66 million after-tax
impact, or C$0.32 per share, from lost profit and direct costs. The
strike remains ongoing, and after four weeks of the fourth quarter,
food same-store sales were down 1.5%. As there is no clear timeline
for resolving the dispute, management expects fourth-quarter results
to remain significantly affected.
August 13, 2026
Mandatum
plc (MANTA) Q2 2026 Interim Report; MANTA reported second-quarter
2026 EPS of €0.13, up from €0.06 in the prior-year period and
€0.04 above analyst expectations. Fee and commission income
increased 21% year over year to €22.4 million, exceeding the €22.0
million consensus estimate. Client assets under management (AUM) rose
16% year over year to €16.7 billion, compared with €14.4 billion
a year earlier.
Mandatum
plc (MANTA) acquires Swedish asset manager Cliens and strengthens its
position in Nordic asset management; MANTA has entered into an
agreement to acquire 78.4% of the shares in Cliens Holding AB, the
parent company of Swedish asset manager Cliens Kapitalförvaltning
AB, headquartered in Stockholm. The purchase price is SEK 705
million, equivalent to approximately €64 million, subject to
customary locked-box interest and other agreed adjustments. The
transaction will be paid in cash at closing and financed from
Mandatum’s existing liquidity reserves and capital.
Golar
LNG Limited (GLNG) Interim results for the period ended June 30,
2026; GLNG reported second-quarter adjusted EPS of $0.68, up from
$0.26 in the prior-year quarter and $0.19 above analyst expectations.
Revenue increased 72.4% year over year to $130.48 million, but fell
$10.17 million short of consensus estimates. Management expects an
annualized EBITDA run rate of approximately $800 million by 2028,
once the Gimi, Hilli, and Esperanza projects are fully operational.
Emerson
Electric Co. (EMR) to Automate BP-Operated Shah Deniz Compression
Project; EMR announced that it was awarded a multi-million-dollar
contract by BP (BP) to provide automation systems for the $2.9
billion Shah Deniz compression project offshore Azerbaijan. The
project is designed to support increased gas recovery from the Shah
Deniz field in the Caspian Sea.
August 14, 2026
Kesko
Corporation’s (KESKO) sales in July; KESKO’s sales continued to
grow in July, in total by 5.9%. Sales grew in all three divisions.
Sales for the grocery trade division increased by 3.9%. Sales for the
building and technical trade division increased by 6.2% in comparable
terms. Sales for car trade increased by 11.0% and sales for sports
trade by 6.9%.
Articles that
caught my attention:
Undervalued
Dividend Growth Stock of the Week: Lennox International (LII) by
Jason Fieber at Daily Trade AlertWeekend
Reading – Can you really retire on $500,000? by Mark at My Own
AdvisorDividend
King on Sale?! Why This Dividend Stock is on My Watch List by
Dividend Diplomats at YouTubeUPS:
Buy This High Yield While It’s Still Undervalued by Gen Alpha at
Seeking AlphaI
Ranked Every Canadian Insurance Stock (Hardest One Yet) by Dan
Kent at YouTubeMcDonald’s:
Forget Burgers, It Is All About Real Estate by David Desjardins
at Seeking AlphaThe
10 Best Dividend Stocks by Susan Dziubinski at Morningstar10
Best Blue Chip Stocks Now by Nikolaos Sismanis at Sure DividendI
Ranked Every Top Canadian Utility Stock (Don’t Hate Me for #6) by
Dan Kent at YouTubeMy
Near-Perfect $1 Million Retirement Portfolio by Samuel Smith at
Seeking AlphaRoyal
Bank vs National Bank: How to Pick When Both Stocks Are Great by
Mike at The Dividend Guy BlogMcDonald’s
Corporation (MCD) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend
Growth Stocks
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stopping by!