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:
September 29, 2025
€41.86 –
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)€20.03 – Gilead
Sciences, Inc. (GILD)€29.54 – Main
Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
September 30, 2025
€38.13 –
Eversource Energy (ES)€76.24 –
Brookfield Renewable Corporation (BEPC)€115.35 –
Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (BIPC)€19.21 – Union
Pacific Corporation (UNP)€56.36 – T. Rowe
Price Group, Inc. (TROW)€60.76 – Ares
Capital Corporation (ARCC)€92.66 – Digital
Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR)€12.02 – LTC
Properties, Inc. (LTC)€55.02 – Pembina
Pipeline Corporation (TSE:PPL)€20.23 –
Canadian National Railway Company (TSE:CNR)
October 1, 2025
€28.44 – UGI
Corporation (UGI)€90.18 –
PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP)€48.76 – The
Coca-Cola Company (KO)
October 2, 2025
€55.88 –
TietoEVRY Oyj (TIETO)€71.92 – TELUS
Corporation (TSE:T)
Week 40: Total net
dividends €942.93
Dividend
income is reported after the deduction of taxes. Check more at my
Monthly
Dividend
sheet.
My Portfolio’s
Transactions:
October 1, 2025
I opened a new
position and purchased 50 shares of H2O America (HTO) at $47.51 per
share plus commission.
At today’s
exchange rate, buying 50 shares of HTO has increased my expected
annual net dividend income by €53.33. With a starting yield on cost
of 3.53%, HTO now makes up about 0.27% of my portfolio and
contributes approximately 023% to my future annual dividend income.
Portfolio Holdings
News:
September 29, 2025
UPM-Kymmene
Corporation (UPM) strengthens its wood sourcing through a strategic
partnership in Finland; UPM and Versowood have today agreed on a
long-term partnership. Under the agreement signed by the two
companies, UPM will receive high-quality pulpwood and sawmill
by-products from Versowood, allowing UPM to thus strengthen the
supply of wood for its pulp mills in the tight Finnish wood market.
As part of the agreement, UPM will sell its Korkeakoski sawmill in
Juupajoki, Finland, to Versowood and receive a minority shareholding
in the company in return.
Lockheed Martin
Corporation (LMT) has been awarded
a $137.2M modification to a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract.
General
Dynamics Corporation´s (GD) Electric Boat awarded $642 million for
Virginia-class submarine work; General Dynamics Electric Boat, a
business unit of GD, announced it has been awarded a $642 million
contract modification to a previously awarded contract supporting
submarine production. This award is for a cost-plus-fixed-fee
modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-20-C-2120) for
Lead Yard Support and Development Studies and Design efforts related
to Virginia-class submarines, as detailed in the U.S. Department of
War.
RTX Corporation
(RTX) has been awarded
a U.S. Army contract for the Coyote Missile System—fixed, mobile
Coyote missile launchers; kinetic and non-kinetic interceptors; and
Ku-band radio frequency system radars. The amount of this action is
$5.04 billion.
L3Harris
Technologies, Inc. (LHX) has been awarded
a U.S. Navy contract with a maximum potential value of $939.6M. This
contract combines purchases for the Navy and Air Force.
September 30, 2025
Pfizer
Inc. (PFE) Reaches Landmark Agreement with U.S. Government to Lower
Drug Costs for American Patients; PFE announced a historic
agreement with the Trump Administration that will ensure U.S.
patients pay lower prices for their prescription medicines while
strengthening America’s role as the global leader in
biopharmaceutical innovation.
Lockheed Martin
Corporation (LMT) is being awarded
a $647.1 million hybrid, fixed-price incentive fee,
cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost-plus fixed fee contract
modification to a previously awarded and announced unpriced letter
contract for Trident II (D5) missile production and deployed systems
support.
Lockheed Martin
Corporation (LMT) is awarded
a $245.41 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and
cost-only modification to previously awarded contract to exercise
options for production, spares, production support material,
engineering support, and hardware repair of components for MK 48
Heavyweight Torpedo All Up Round in support of the MK 48 MOD 7
Heavyweight Torpedo program.
Lockheed Martin
Corporation´s (LMT) Missiles and Fire Control (NYSE:LMT) is awarded
a $233 million firm-fixed-price contract to procure 59 infrared
receivers, to include 51 for the Navy and eight for the Air National
Guard (ANG); 20 inertial measurement units for the Navy; and 45
Processors, to include 37 for the Navy and eight for the ANG, in the
support of the full rate production and delivery of Infrared Search
and Track Block II systems and initial spares for the Navy and ANG.
October 1, 2025
NCC
AB (NCC) to expand defense facility in Zealand; NCC has been
commissioned by the Danish Armed Forces’ Etablissement- och
Terrænkommando (ETK), to refurbish and expand Antvorskov Barracks in
Zealand in Denmark. The order value is just over SEK 240 million.
Starbucks
Corporation (SBUX) Announces Increase in Quarterly Cash Dividend;
SBUX announced that its Board of Directors has approved quarterly
cash dividend of $0.62 per share, 1.6% increase from prior dividend
of $0.61 The increased dividend will be payable on November 28, 2025,
to shareholders of record on November 14, 2025.
Bank
OZK (OZK) Announces Increase to Quarterly Common Stock Dividend;
OZK announced its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash
dividend of $0.45 per share, up $0.01, or 2.27% from the prior
quarter. The common stock dividend is payable on October 21, 2025 to
shareholders of record as of October 14, 2025. Bank OZK has increased
its quarterly cash dividend on its common stock in each of the last
sixty-one quarters.
October 2, 2025
NCC
AB (NCC) to refurbish 444 apartments in Kolding, Denmark; NCC is
to refurbish and redevelop 444 apartments managed by the
Boligselskabet Kolding housing association in Jutland, Denmark. The
order value is approximately SEK 520 million.
General
Dynamics Corporation (GD) Awarded $1.25 Billion Enterprise Mission
Information Technology Services 2 Task Order; General Dynamics
Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of GD, announced that
it was awarded the Enterprise Mission Information Technology Services
2 (EMITS 2) task order to continue supporting U.S. Army Europe and
Africa. The $1.25 billion task order, awarded in September, includes
a five-month base period for transition and seven option years.
October 3, 2025
UPM-Kymmene
Corporation (UPM) ends paper production in Kaukas; End of July,
UPM announced plans to permanently end paper production in Kaukas and
to shift its coated mechanical paper production in Finland to UPM
Rauma mill. The employee consultation processes have now been
completed. Paper machine 1 in Kaukas will be permanently closed
during Q4. The reduction of personnel is 220. Following the closure,
coated mechanical paper production capacity will be reduced by
300.000 tonnes annually.
AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)
said
it will incur a negative impact of $1.50 to GAAP and non-GAAP diluted
earnings per share in Q3 due to acquired IPR&D and milestones
expense of $2.7B. As a result, the company now sees Q3 adjusted
diluted earnings per share of $1.74-$1.78. ABBV also said that its
full-year EPS guidance range is now $10.38-$10.58.
Articles that
caught my attention:
Undervalued
Dividend Growth Stock of the Week: Union Pacific (UNP) by Jason
Fieber at Daily Trade AlertThe
TSX tops 30,000 for the first time, on the Sunday Reads by Dale
Roberts at Cut the Crap InvestingNNN
REIT: Net Lease Assets Should Not Yield Nearly 6% by Julian Lin
at Seeking AlphaEarly
retirement planning – steps we are doing and planning to do by
Bob at TawcanThis
Blue-Chip Stock’s Price is Down, But Profits Are Up. Buy Now?
by Dan Kent at Stocktrades Canada10
Bargain Dividend Growth Stocks In Today’s Overvalued Market by
Bob Ciura at Sure DividendCrazy
Payout Ratios (-50% or 200%), What to Do? [Podcast] by Mike at
The Dividend Guy BlogRealty
Income: 5.3% Yield And Growth Make It A Top REIT Pick by Kody’s
Dividends at Seeking AlphaHow
I Would Build An Ultra-High-Conviction Retirement Portfolio Right Now
by Leo Nelissen at Seeking AlphaThe
Top 5 Canadian Bank Stocks, Ranked In Order by Bob Ciura at Sure
DividendJohnson
& Johnson (JNJ) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend
Growth StocksWhich
of These Canadian Utilities is Our Nation’s Powerhouse? by Dan
Kent at Stocktrades Canada
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stopping by!