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			<title><![CDATA[General Mills (GIS) spreadsheet]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here's my spreadsheet on General Mills (NYSE: GIS).<br />
<br />
General Mills has been in business for over 150 years and could be a premier example of the Consumer Staples sector of the market. Some of their product lines are snacks, ready-to-eat cereal, convenience meals, natural pet foods, refrigerated and frozen dough, baking mixes and ingredients, yogurt, and ice cream.<br />
<br />
If you've ever done some grocery shopping you've probably seen some of their brands:<br />
<ul>
<li>Cheerios<br />
</li>
<li>Chex<br />
</li>
<li>Blue Buffalo<br />
</li>
<li>Betty Crocker<br />
</li>
<li>Pillsbury<br />
</li>
<li>Nature Valley<br />
</li>
<li>Old El Paso<br />
</li>
<li>Haagen-Daz<br />
</li>
<li>Totino's<br />
</li>
<li>Annie's<br />
</li>
<li>Gold Medal<br />
</li>
<li>Progresso<br />
</li>
<li>Yoplait<br />
</li>
<li>and many others<br />
</li></ul>
Many of their brands are global or only available overseas. In fact, if you look in their annual reports, you'll see 3 single-spaced pages of subsidiaries located all over the world.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I know what you're thinking -- "who in their right mind would consider an investment in General Mills? </span></span><br />
<br />
The Consumers Staples sector has been buffeted over the last 6 years with Covid, tariffs, rising interest rates, the GLP-1 drugs, and inflation. HRL, PEP, CPB, CLX, among others have also felt the effects.<br />
<br />
I have been holding GIS for over 16 years and, frankly, I haven't paid much attention to it until lately. Every quarter, the dividend shows up and I hadn't paid much attention. It either got re-invested or added to my cash to invest in other sectors. Now that I've completed my spreadsheet, I've noticed a troubling trend. In the late teens, the dividend was frozen for a year and then cut in 2019 and I didn't notice. <span style="font-style: italic;">Mea culpa!</span> It's been increasing every year since so it's back to a five year streak.<br />
<br />
Now that I've begun the retirement phase of life and need to keep the cash flowing, I've found it hard to replace its current 7% yield and my Yield On Cost (YOC) of a little over 5% without over concentration on some other high yielders I also own. Thankfully, the payout ratio has remained in the 50-60% range for years, cash flow has easily covered it and the debt load hasn't gotten too onerous yet.<br />
<br />
Attached to this post is the spreadsheet with data from 2007 onward. I highly recommend downloading their latest annual reports and browse some of their press releases.<br />
<br />
In the spreadsheet, I've added more graphs including one on the 'Price History' tab which I modeled off FASTgraphs. It's nowhere near as detailed as FASTGraphs, nor is it interactive, but should give you some hint as to it's valuation. As usual, it's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
If there are any questions, find an error, or have problems opening it, please leave a post here. As mentioned in an earlier thread, the spreadsheet is in Open Document Format (LibreOffice) but Microsoft Office (Excel) should have no problems opening it. The attachment is a zip file as the board software forbids certain formats for security reasons.<br />
<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's my spreadsheet on General Mills (NYSE: GIS).<br />
<br />
General Mills has been in business for over 150 years and could be a premier example of the Consumer Staples sector of the market. Some of their product lines are snacks, ready-to-eat cereal, convenience meals, natural pet foods, refrigerated and frozen dough, baking mixes and ingredients, yogurt, and ice cream.<br />
<br />
If you've ever done some grocery shopping you've probably seen some of their brands:<br />
<ul>
<li>Cheerios<br />
</li>
<li>Chex<br />
</li>
<li>Blue Buffalo<br />
</li>
<li>Betty Crocker<br />
</li>
<li>Pillsbury<br />
</li>
<li>Nature Valley<br />
</li>
<li>Old El Paso<br />
</li>
<li>Haagen-Daz<br />
</li>
<li>Totino's<br />
</li>
<li>Annie's<br />
</li>
<li>Gold Medal<br />
</li>
<li>Progresso<br />
</li>
<li>Yoplait<br />
</li>
<li>and many others<br />
</li></ul>
Many of their brands are global or only available overseas. In fact, if you look in their annual reports, you'll see 3 single-spaced pages of subsidiaries located all over the world.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I know what you're thinking -- "who in their right mind would consider an investment in General Mills? </span></span><br />
<br />
The Consumers Staples sector has been buffeted over the last 6 years with Covid, tariffs, rising interest rates, the GLP-1 drugs, and inflation. HRL, PEP, CPB, CLX, among others have also felt the effects.<br />
<br />
I have been holding GIS for over 16 years and, frankly, I haven't paid much attention to it until lately. Every quarter, the dividend shows up and I hadn't paid much attention. It either got re-invested or added to my cash to invest in other sectors. Now that I've completed my spreadsheet, I've noticed a troubling trend. In the late teens, the dividend was frozen for a year and then cut in 2019 and I didn't notice. <span style="font-style: italic;">Mea culpa!</span> It's been increasing every year since so it's back to a five year streak.<br />
<br />
Now that I've begun the retirement phase of life and need to keep the cash flowing, I've found it hard to replace its current 7% yield and my Yield On Cost (YOC) of a little over 5% without over concentration on some other high yielders I also own. Thankfully, the payout ratio has remained in the 50-60% range for years, cash flow has easily covered it and the debt load hasn't gotten too onerous yet.<br />
<br />
Attached to this post is the spreadsheet with data from 2007 onward. I highly recommend downloading their latest annual reports and browse some of their press releases.<br />
<br />
In the spreadsheet, I've added more graphs including one on the 'Price History' tab which I modeled off FASTgraphs. It's nowhere near as detailed as FASTGraphs, nor is it interactive, but should give you some hint as to it's valuation. As usual, it's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
If there are any questions, find an error, or have problems opening it, please leave a post here. As mentioned in an earlier thread, the spreadsheet is in Open Document Format (LibreOffice) but Microsoft Office (Excel) should have no problems opening it. The attachment is a zip file as the board software forbids certain formats for security reasons.<br />
<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Very interesting report from MO's quarterly today]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 03:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last time it was mentioned here, there were some with concerns in <a href="https://dividendgrowthforum.com/showthread.php?tid=2105" target="_blank">this thread</a> with MO being a viable investment.<br />
<br />
In the meantime, I was looking for investments to add when I retired and, coincidentally, my father's estate was finally over the probate waiting period so had some extra cash from that. Since I no longer had a regular paycheck, I was looking for something to create some regular income and added MO to several of my portfolios. <br />
<br />
Some of the highlights from the earnings call (commentary on Yahoo! finance):<br />
<ul>
<li>Delivered 7.3% adjusted diluted EPS growth driven by strong smokeable product income and disciplined execution across the total nicotine portfolio.<br />
</li>
<li>Cigarette volume declines moderated to 4% (adjusted), attributed to a slowdown in cross-category movement as the illicit flavored e-vapor market shows signs of saturation and increased enforcement.<br />
</li>
<li>Reaffirmed full-year 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance of &#36;5.56 to &#36;5.72, representing 2.5% to 5.5% growth.<br />
</li>
<li>Shifted growth expectations to be more balanced between the first and second halves of the year, reflecting stronger-than-anticipated Q1 volume performance.<br />
</li>
<li>On! PLUS is currently the only product accepted into the FDA's pilot program designed to streamline PMTA reviews for oral nicotine pouches, with final marketing authorizations still under review.<br />
</li>
<li>Retired just over &#36;1 billion of debt in February, maintaining a total debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 1.9x in line with long-term targets.<br />
</li></ul>
<br />
I, for now, will continue to hold. I don't have large positions but adequate for my income needs for the foreseeable future. If it takes a big dip from the strong run it's had over the last year. I may add a bit more.<br />
<br />
My one regret was I didn't listen to the common wisdom here and from Chuck Carnevale (FASTGraphs) back when I was dumping T due to the dividend cut and moving some of the money over to VZ.<br />
<br />
Thoughts?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last time it was mentioned here, there were some with concerns in <a href="https://dividendgrowthforum.com/showthread.php?tid=2105" target="_blank">this thread</a> with MO being a viable investment.<br />
<br />
In the meantime, I was looking for investments to add when I retired and, coincidentally, my father's estate was finally over the probate waiting period so had some extra cash from that. Since I no longer had a regular paycheck, I was looking for something to create some regular income and added MO to several of my portfolios. <br />
<br />
Some of the highlights from the earnings call (commentary on Yahoo! finance):<br />
<ul>
<li>Delivered 7.3% adjusted diluted EPS growth driven by strong smokeable product income and disciplined execution across the total nicotine portfolio.<br />
</li>
<li>Cigarette volume declines moderated to 4% (adjusted), attributed to a slowdown in cross-category movement as the illicit flavored e-vapor market shows signs of saturation and increased enforcement.<br />
</li>
<li>Reaffirmed full-year 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance of &#36;5.56 to &#36;5.72, representing 2.5% to 5.5% growth.<br />
</li>
<li>Shifted growth expectations to be more balanced between the first and second halves of the year, reflecting stronger-than-anticipated Q1 volume performance.<br />
</li>
<li>On! PLUS is currently the only product accepted into the FDA's pilot program designed to streamline PMTA reviews for oral nicotine pouches, with final marketing authorizations still under review.<br />
</li>
<li>Retired just over &#36;1 billion of debt in February, maintaining a total debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 1.9x in line with long-term targets.<br />
</li></ul>
<br />
I, for now, will continue to hold. I don't have large positions but adequate for my income needs for the foreseeable future. If it takes a big dip from the strong run it's had over the last year. I may add a bit more.<br />
<br />
My one regret was I didn't listen to the common wisdom here and from Chuck Carnevale (FASTGraphs) back when I was dumping T due to the dividend cut and moving some of the money over to VZ.<br />
<br />
Thoughts?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) spreadsheet]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here's my spreadsheet on Microsoft.<br />
<br />
Microsoft was founded over 50 years ago by schoolmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen who joined up to create a BASIC language interpreter for the Altair computer. From there they went on to license and develop a Unix-type operating systems called Xenix, and from there graduated to a CP/M operating system clone on a contract with IBM. Microsoft also developed Microsoft Word in the early 1980s. Besides purchasing other software companies over the years, Microsoft continued developing its own operating systems, system software and eventually adding hardware such as tablets, video game boxes, and assorted hardware peripherals. As operating systems and the Internet evolved, Microsoft became more dominanant in the online world culminating in the Azure platform under Satya Nudella's leadership.<br />
<br />
Paul Allen eventually left Microsoft due to medical reasons leaving Bill Gates as the President and Chairman of the Board. Steve Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in the early 1980s, eventually took over as the CEO in 2000. It was under Ballmer that Microsoft first established a dividend in 2003. In 2014, Satya Nadella, an employee working in their online division, took over as CEO and shifted Microsoft's focus mainly to online services and and subscription models for their software and services.<br />
<br />
There is much more to the story which you can find more details online from many sources.<br />
<br />
Today, Miscrosoft is one of the largest technology companies, by market capitalization, in the world. They are in direct competition with Apple, Amazon, and Google along with hundreds of smaller companies trying to find a niche in the rapidly developing field.<br />
<br />
Attached to this post is the spreadsheet with data from 2007 onward. One of the things I find fascinating is the 3/5/10 growth and averages calculated in the spreadsheet. Although it appears Microsoft has slowed in last few years, we have to be mindful of the rule of large numbers. You'll see similar results in many of the other "mega-caps".<br />
<br />
I highly recommend downloading their latest annual reports and browse some of their press releases. You'll notice that MSFT is constantly evolving with the ever-changing world of technology.<br />
<br />
In the spreadsheet, I've added more graphs including one on the <span style="font-style: italic;">'Price History'</span>  tab which I modeled off FASTgraphs. It's nowhere near as detailed as FASTGraphs, nor is it interactive, but should give you some hint as to it's valuation. As usual, it's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
If there are any questions, find an error, or have problems opening it, please leave a post here. As mentioned in an earlier thread, the spreadsheet is in Open Document Format (LibreOffice) but Microsoft Office (Excel) should have no problems opening it. The attachment is a zip file as the board software forbids certain formats for security reasons.<br />
<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's my spreadsheet on Microsoft.<br />
<br />
Microsoft was founded over 50 years ago by schoolmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen who joined up to create a BASIC language interpreter for the Altair computer. From there they went on to license and develop a Unix-type operating systems called Xenix, and from there graduated to a CP/M operating system clone on a contract with IBM. Microsoft also developed Microsoft Word in the early 1980s. Besides purchasing other software companies over the years, Microsoft continued developing its own operating systems, system software and eventually adding hardware such as tablets, video game boxes, and assorted hardware peripherals. As operating systems and the Internet evolved, Microsoft became more dominanant in the online world culminating in the Azure platform under Satya Nudella's leadership.<br />
<br />
Paul Allen eventually left Microsoft due to medical reasons leaving Bill Gates as the President and Chairman of the Board. Steve Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in the early 1980s, eventually took over as the CEO in 2000. It was under Ballmer that Microsoft first established a dividend in 2003. In 2014, Satya Nadella, an employee working in their online division, took over as CEO and shifted Microsoft's focus mainly to online services and and subscription models for their software and services.<br />
<br />
There is much more to the story which you can find more details online from many sources.<br />
<br />
Today, Miscrosoft is one of the largest technology companies, by market capitalization, in the world. They are in direct competition with Apple, Amazon, and Google along with hundreds of smaller companies trying to find a niche in the rapidly developing field.<br />
<br />
Attached to this post is the spreadsheet with data from 2007 onward. One of the things I find fascinating is the 3/5/10 growth and averages calculated in the spreadsheet. Although it appears Microsoft has slowed in last few years, we have to be mindful of the rule of large numbers. You'll see similar results in many of the other "mega-caps".<br />
<br />
I highly recommend downloading their latest annual reports and browse some of their press releases. You'll notice that MSFT is constantly evolving with the ever-changing world of technology.<br />
<br />
In the spreadsheet, I've added more graphs including one on the <span style="font-style: italic;">'Price History'</span>  tab which I modeled off FASTgraphs. It's nowhere near as detailed as FASTGraphs, nor is it interactive, but should give you some hint as to it's valuation. As usual, it's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
If there are any questions, find an error, or have problems opening it, please leave a post here. As mentioned in an earlier thread, the spreadsheet is in Open Document Format (LibreOffice) but Microsoft Office (Excel) should have no problems opening it. The attachment is a zip file as the board software forbids certain formats for security reasons.<br />
<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Accenture plc (ACN) spreadsheet]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here's another of my spreadsheets. This one is on Accenture, plc.<br />
<br />
Accenture, plc (ACN) is an integrated technology company based in Ireland and it trades on the NYSE. Accenture handles many facets of the IT world including C-suite consulting, business process integration, network and data security, cloud integration, data center construction and integration, and supporting the artificial intelligence (AI) transformation of businesses.<br />
<br />
ACN operates internationally and boasts that they work with over 75% of the Fortune Global 1000 companies.<br />
<br />
I highly recommend downloading their annual reports and browse some of their press releases. You'll notice that ACN is constantly evolving with joint ventures, skill upgrades of their work force, and outright purchasing companies that fit in with the ever-changing world of technology.<br />
<br />
Attached to this post is my spreadsheet of their financials since 2007. I've added more graphs including one on the <span style="font-style: italic;">'Price History'</span>  tab which I modeled off FASTgraphs. It's nowhere near as detailed as FASTGraphs, nor is it interactive, but should give you some hint as to it's valuation. As usual, it's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
I think this is an apt time to post this spreadsheet as ACN, along with ADP, is at its best valuation in many years. It could be due to the focus on the Magnificent Seven, the recent fears of software obsolescence, or any number of market stories. In any case, perhaps it will go even lower but these levels seem to be an appropriate entry point. My only complaint, not really with ACN but with Schwab where our IRA's are invested, is that Schwab will not allow you to reinvest dividends in ACN. Oddly, I can reinvest in Eaton (ETN) which is also incorporated in Ireland.<br />
<br />
If there are any questions, find an error, or have problems opening it, please leave a post here. As mentioned in an earlier thread, the spreadsheet is in Open Document Format (LibreOffice) but Microsoft Office should have no problems opening it. The attachment is a zip file as the board software forbids certain formats for security reasons.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Disclosure:</span> I've been adding ACN to both mine and my wife's portfolios in March and April of 2026. I may or may not purchase more.<br /><!-- start: postbit_attachments_attachment -->
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's another of my spreadsheets. This one is on Accenture, plc.<br />
<br />
Accenture, plc (ACN) is an integrated technology company based in Ireland and it trades on the NYSE. Accenture handles many facets of the IT world including C-suite consulting, business process integration, network and data security, cloud integration, data center construction and integration, and supporting the artificial intelligence (AI) transformation of businesses.<br />
<br />
ACN operates internationally and boasts that they work with over 75% of the Fortune Global 1000 companies.<br />
<br />
I highly recommend downloading their annual reports and browse some of their press releases. You'll notice that ACN is constantly evolving with joint ventures, skill upgrades of their work force, and outright purchasing companies that fit in with the ever-changing world of technology.<br />
<br />
Attached to this post is my spreadsheet of their financials since 2007. I've added more graphs including one on the <span style="font-style: italic;">'Price History'</span>  tab which I modeled off FASTgraphs. It's nowhere near as detailed as FASTGraphs, nor is it interactive, but should give you some hint as to it's valuation. As usual, it's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
I think this is an apt time to post this spreadsheet as ACN, along with ADP, is at its best valuation in many years. It could be due to the focus on the Magnificent Seven, the recent fears of software obsolescence, or any number of market stories. In any case, perhaps it will go even lower but these levels seem to be an appropriate entry point. My only complaint, not really with ACN but with Schwab where our IRA's are invested, is that Schwab will not allow you to reinvest dividends in ACN. Oddly, I can reinvest in Eaton (ETN) which is also incorporated in Ireland.<br />
<br />
If there are any questions, find an error, or have problems opening it, please leave a post here. As mentioned in an earlier thread, the spreadsheet is in Open Document Format (LibreOffice) but Microsoft Office should have no problems opening it. The attachment is a zip file as the board software forbids certain formats for security reasons.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Disclosure:</span> I've been adding ACN to both mine and my wife's portfolios in March and April of 2026. I may or may not purchase more.<br /><!-- start: postbit_attachments_attachment -->
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			<title><![CDATA[Automatic Data Processing (ADP)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here's another of my spreadsheets. This one is on ADP, the "payroll processor".<br />
<br />
Actually, ADP is more than just a payroll processor. It incorporates all facets of human capital management including benefits administration, talent management, human resources management, compliance services, insurances and retirement services and, of course, payroll services. Many of the processes are web-based with local offices for support. This integration gives ADP significant insights into all aspects of their clients' businesses further strengthening their expertise in all these fields.<br />
<br />
ADP is international. They have offices and clients on every continent except for Antartica. Below is a graphic from their latest 10K showing their global reach.<br />
<br />
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Attached to this post is my spreadsheet of their financials since 2007. I've added more graphs including one on the <span style="font-style: italic;">'Price History'</span>  tab which I modeled off FASTgraphs. It's nowhere near as detailed as FASTGraphs, nor is it interactive, but should give you some hint as to it's valuation. As usual, it's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
I think this is an apt time to post this spreadsheet as ADP is at its best valuation in many years. Perhaps it will go even lower but these levels seem to be an appropriate entry point.<br />
<br />
If there are any questions, find an error, of have problems opening it, please leave a post here. As mentioned in an earlier thread, the spreadsheet is in Open Document Format (LibreOffice) but Microsoft Office should have no problems opening it. The attachment is a zip file as the board software forbids certain formats for security reasons.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Disclosure:</span> ADP has been in my wife's portfolio since mid-2020 and I've been buying during its latest slump.<br /><!-- start: postbit_attachments_attachment -->
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's another of my spreadsheets. This one is on ADP, the "payroll processor".<br />
<br />
Actually, ADP is more than just a payroll processor. It incorporates all facets of human capital management including benefits administration, talent management, human resources management, compliance services, insurances and retirement services and, of course, payroll services. Many of the processes are web-based with local offices for support. This integration gives ADP significant insights into all aspects of their clients' businesses further strengthening their expertise in all these fields.<br />
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ADP is international. They have offices and clients on every continent except for Antartica. Below is a graphic from their latest 10K showing their global reach.<br />
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Attached to this post is my spreadsheet of their financials since 2007. I've added more graphs including one on the <span style="font-style: italic;">'Price History'</span>  tab which I modeled off FASTgraphs. It's nowhere near as detailed as FASTGraphs, nor is it interactive, but should give you some hint as to it's valuation. As usual, it's a work in progress.<br />
<br />
I think this is an apt time to post this spreadsheet as ADP is at its best valuation in many years. Perhaps it will go even lower but these levels seem to be an appropriate entry point.<br />
<br />
If there are any questions, find an error, of have problems opening it, please leave a post here. As mentioned in an earlier thread, the spreadsheet is in Open Document Format (LibreOffice) but Microsoft Office should have no problems opening it. The attachment is a zip file as the board software forbids certain formats for security reasons.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Union Pacific Corp. (UNP)]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2270</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">Union Pacific Corp.</span><br />
(NYSE: UNP)<br />
<br />
GICS Sector: Industrials<br />
Sub-Industry: Railroads<br />
<br />
In this installment, I am looking at Union Pacific as part of the railroad industry in general. If you wish to see the why's about these spreadsheets, see the thread on NSC located <a href="https://dividendgrowthforum.com/showthread.php?tid=2268" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">About Union Pacific Corp.</span><br />
<br />
From their latest annual report for 2024:<br />
<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite>UPRR is a Class I railroad operating in the U.S. We have 32,880 route miles, connecting Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and Eastern U.S. gateways and providing several corridors to key Mexican and Canadian gateways. We serve the western two-thirds of the country and maintain coordinated schedules with other rail carriers to move freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Southeast, the Southwest, Canada, and Mexico. Export and import traffic moves through Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast, and East Coast ports and across the Mexican and Canadian borders.</blockquote>
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">My Spreadsheet</span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is the latest copy of my analysis spreadsheet on UNP. The spreadsheet has data back to 2007. I wanted to show what affects the Great Recession (2008-2009) had on their financials.<br />
<br />
I've added a few features from previous editions.<br />
<ul>
<li>I've added railroad specific statistics for any railroad analysis sheets. CN/CNI reports on these consistently for the last 10 years and have quite a variety of statistics they discuss. The other railroads seem to pick only what they want to show. See the notes on the spreadsheet.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>Revenue is broken down into the different categories of products transported. Usually this does not total 100% of GAAP reported revenues as there are miscellaneous other sources also. I just wanted to get a feel for which sectors of the economy make up their sales.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>Lastly, I've added a graph to the share price history tab. This is a rough version of the FastGraphs graph with data points based on the previous years' results. If you don't like it, you can just delete it. It just helps me look at valuation.<br />
 <br />
</li></ul>
I'd appreciate any feedback or thoughts on improving these spreadsheets.<br />
<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">Union Pacific Corp.</span><br />
(NYSE: UNP)<br />
<br />
GICS Sector: Industrials<br />
Sub-Industry: Railroads<br />
<br />
In this installment, I am looking at Union Pacific as part of the railroad industry in general. If you wish to see the why's about these spreadsheets, see the thread on NSC located <a href="https://dividendgrowthforum.com/showthread.php?tid=2268" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">About Union Pacific Corp.</span><br />
<br />
From their latest annual report for 2024:<br />
<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite>UPRR is a Class I railroad operating in the U.S. We have 32,880 route miles, connecting Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and Eastern U.S. gateways and providing several corridors to key Mexican and Canadian gateways. We serve the western two-thirds of the country and maintain coordinated schedules with other rail carriers to move freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Southeast, the Southwest, Canada, and Mexico. Export and import traffic moves through Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast, and East Coast ports and across the Mexican and Canadian borders.</blockquote>
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">My Spreadsheet</span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is the latest copy of my analysis spreadsheet on UNP. The spreadsheet has data back to 2007. I wanted to show what affects the Great Recession (2008-2009) had on their financials.<br />
<br />
I've added a few features from previous editions.<br />
<ul>
<li>I've added railroad specific statistics for any railroad analysis sheets. CN/CNI reports on these consistently for the last 10 years and have quite a variety of statistics they discuss. The other railroads seem to pick only what they want to show. See the notes on the spreadsheet.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>Revenue is broken down into the different categories of products transported. Usually this does not total 100% of GAAP reported revenues as there are miscellaneous other sources also. I just wanted to get a feel for which sectors of the economy make up their sales.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>Lastly, I've added a graph to the share price history tab. This is a rough version of the FastGraphs graph with data points based on the previous years' results. If you don't like it, you can just delete it. It just helps me look at valuation.<br />
 <br />
</li></ul>
I'd appreciate any feedback or thoughts on improving these spreadsheets.<br />
<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX: CN, NYSE: CNI)]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2269</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">Canadian National Railway Co.</span><br />
(TSX: CN, NYSE: CNI)<br />
<br />
GICS Sector: Industrials<br />
Sub-Industry: Railroads<br />
<br />
In this installment, I am looking at Canadian National Railway as part of the railroad industry in general. If you wish to see the why's about these spreadsheets, see the thread on NSC located <a href="https://dividendgrowthforum.com/showthread.php?tid=2268" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">About Canadian National Railway</span><br />
<br />
From their latest annual report for 2024:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite>CN is engaged in the rail and related transportation business and powers the economy by safely transporting more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year for its customers. With its nearly 20,000-mile rail network and related transportation services, CN connects Canada’s Eastern and Western coasts with the U.S. Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico, contributing to sustainable trade and the prosperity of the communities in which it operates since 1919. <br />
<br />
CN's freight revenues are derived from seven commodity groups representing a diversified and balanced portfolio of goods transported between a wide range of origins and destinations. This product and geographic diversity better position the Company to face economic fluctuations and enhances its potential for growth opportunities. For the year ended December 31, 2024, CN's largest commodity group, Intermodal, accounted for 22% of total revenues. From a geographic standpoint, 35% of revenues relate to overseas traffic, 32% to transborder traffic, 17% to Canadian domestic traffic and 16% to U.S. domestic traffic. The Company is the originating carrier for over 85%, and the originating and terminating carrier for over 65%, of traffic moving along its network, which allows it both to capitalize on service advantages and build on opportunities to efficiently use assets.</blockquote>
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">My Spreadsheet</span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is the latest copy of my analysis spreadsheet on CN/CNI. The spreadsheet data is in Canadian dollars as reported by the company in their 10-K statements. The summary section I used US dollars where necessary as I'm am writing as a US-based investor. I tried to identify which currency was used in each section. The numbers may not agree with US statistics due to currency fluctuations but the shown statistics should give you a good idea of the business performance. <br />
<br />
The spreadsheet only has data back to 2011 as that is all that I found on CN's investor relations web site. I probably could have gotten the remaining data from the SEC but didn't bother digging much deeper. I left those previous years in the spreadsheet in case you wanted to research and add them in later.<br />
<br />
I've added a few features from previous editions.<br />
<ul>
<li>I've added railroad specific statistics for any railroad analysis sheets. CN/CNI reports on these consistently for the last 10 years and have quite a variety of statistics they discuss.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Revenue is broken down into the different categories of products transported. Usually this does not total 100% of GAAP reported revenues as there are miscellaneous other sources also. I just wanted to get a feel for which sectors of the economy make up their sales.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Lastly, I've added a graph to the share price history tab. This is a rough version of the FastGraphs graph with data points based on the previous years' results. If you don't like it, you can just delete it. It just helps me look at valuation.<br />
</li></ul>
I'd appreciate any feedback or thoughts on improving these spreadsheets.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Disclosure:</span><br />
<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">Canadian National Railway Co.</span><br />
(TSX: CN, NYSE: CNI)<br />
<br />
GICS Sector: Industrials<br />
Sub-Industry: Railroads<br />
<br />
In this installment, I am looking at Canadian National Railway as part of the railroad industry in general. If you wish to see the why's about these spreadsheets, see the thread on NSC located <a href="https://dividendgrowthforum.com/showthread.php?tid=2268" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">About Canadian National Railway</span><br />
<br />
From their latest annual report for 2024:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite>CN is engaged in the rail and related transportation business and powers the economy by safely transporting more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year for its customers. With its nearly 20,000-mile rail network and related transportation services, CN connects Canada’s Eastern and Western coasts with the U.S. Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico, contributing to sustainable trade and the prosperity of the communities in which it operates since 1919. <br />
<br />
CN's freight revenues are derived from seven commodity groups representing a diversified and balanced portfolio of goods transported between a wide range of origins and destinations. This product and geographic diversity better position the Company to face economic fluctuations and enhances its potential for growth opportunities. For the year ended December 31, 2024, CN's largest commodity group, Intermodal, accounted for 22% of total revenues. From a geographic standpoint, 35% of revenues relate to overseas traffic, 32% to transborder traffic, 17% to Canadian domestic traffic and 16% to U.S. domestic traffic. The Company is the originating carrier for over 85%, and the originating and terminating carrier for over 65%, of traffic moving along its network, which allows it both to capitalize on service advantages and build on opportunities to efficiently use assets.</blockquote>
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">My Spreadsheet</span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is the latest copy of my analysis spreadsheet on CN/CNI. The spreadsheet data is in Canadian dollars as reported by the company in their 10-K statements. The summary section I used US dollars where necessary as I'm am writing as a US-based investor. I tried to identify which currency was used in each section. The numbers may not agree with US statistics due to currency fluctuations but the shown statistics should give you a good idea of the business performance. <br />
<br />
The spreadsheet only has data back to 2011 as that is all that I found on CN's investor relations web site. I probably could have gotten the remaining data from the SEC but didn't bother digging much deeper. I left those previous years in the spreadsheet in case you wanted to research and add them in later.<br />
<br />
I've added a few features from previous editions.<br />
<ul>
<li>I've added railroad specific statistics for any railroad analysis sheets. CN/CNI reports on these consistently for the last 10 years and have quite a variety of statistics they discuss.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Revenue is broken down into the different categories of products transported. Usually this does not total 100% of GAAP reported revenues as there are miscellaneous other sources also. I just wanted to get a feel for which sectors of the economy make up their sales.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Lastly, I've added a graph to the share price history tab. This is a rough version of the FastGraphs graph with data points based on the previous years' results. If you don't like it, you can just delete it. It just helps me look at valuation.<br />
</li></ul>
I'd appreciate any feedback or thoughts on improving these spreadsheets.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Disclosure:</span><br />
<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC)]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2268</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Some Background (REVISED)</span></span><br />
<br />
Now that I'm retired, I've been slowly going through our portfolios and taking a closer look at who &amp; what we're invested in. I have to admit, however, there were times over the last couple decades when I did not follow or periodically review any of our investments. The major things I watched for were dividend freezes, cuts, and eliminations, companies being acquired or split up, and bankruptcies.<br />
<br />
In addition, I am now looking through the Dividend Champions, Contenders &amp; Challengers lists, collectively referred to as the "CCC List", to evaluate new companies to consider adding to or replacing companies in our portfolios. <br />
<br />
For those that have happened to stumble onto this forum and are unfamiliar with the CCC List, it was a spreadsheet created in the 2000s by the late David Fish of the Moneypaper newsletter. The Moneypaper was dedicated to dividend investing and reinvestment long before brokerages began offering automatic dividend reinvestment on their own. He produced a new version monthly as new data became available. <br />
<br />
I had used the CCC List extensively to begin my dividend growth journey. After his passing, the list maintenance was taken over by Justin Law of the Portfolio-Insight web site. Justin Law discontinued updating the CCC list in October 2025 and there are no follow-on maintainers that I can find. You can access the last version for free <a href="https://www.portfolio-insight.com/dividend-radar" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What I Am Doing</span></span><br />
<br />
Since the CCC List was taken over, I've found mistakes in the "new" CCC List and some of the data I found helpful in Mr. Fish's original version has been removed or summarized. <br />
<br />
I am now in the process of selecting companies I want to research, going to their investor relations web site and downloading all their annual reports and/or Form 10Ks back to 2007 where possible and building my own spreadsheets. Why 2007, you say? Well, I wanted to include data going through the Great Recession of 2008-2009 so I (and now you) could see what happened to a company's financials during what was one of the worst economic downturns since the 1973-1974 Stagflation recession and the Great Depression of the 1930s. <br />
<br />
Since Yahoo Finance now requires you to have a paid membership to download pricing history, I am now downloading pricing data from Nasdaq.com. Unfortunately, Nasdaq.com only offers the last 10 years of pricing data for general consumption and I am hand entering data as needed to get history back to the end of 2014. Ten years of pricing data seems to be enough to get an idea of how Mr. Market is viewing the company.<br />
<br />
The spreadsheets contain the data I feel would help me make decisions on whether I should invest or not. I have several templates for different industries and I modify each as necessary to include or remove certain information specifically as warranted.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What Is This</span></span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is a copy of one of these spreadsheets. It is created in LibreOffice (<a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">https://www.libreoffice.org/</a>), an open source software package that is compatible with Microsoft Office/Office 365. The format is Open Document Format (ODF) which Microsoft Excel can open natively. You shouldn't see much difference except for any formatting glitches in the translation. If you want to look, I recommend downloading the spreadsheet to your computer and opening it from there as there may be some issues with your browser and the data format passed to Excel.<br />
<br />
Once it is open, you can create your own graphs or add your own statistics to supplement the data that is already there. I've tried to include the most common ones.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disclaimers:</span></span><ul>
<li>I can't guarantee every number is correct. After looking through a ton of pdf files and hand copying data, errors are bound to creep in. If you find any errors, feel free to let me know about them so I can correct it.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>Sometimes data from a prior year is restated in a following document due to accounting rule changes, data changing or clarified through the reorganization process, etc. When I enter it in the spreadsheet, I generally use the numbers published in the original data for that year. I <span style="font-weight: bold;">DO NOT</span> go back and modify prior data since it is my opinion that the pricing of a company's stock is dependent on the data that was available at the time it was published.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>I am not a financial planner nor a degreed accountant so any misstatement or calculation of statistics are as I best understand it. Often statistics can be calculated in several different ways depending on how that data is being used. I've used Investopedia extensively to double check my calculations using the data specifically available to me and focusing on the investment viewpoint.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>When a company is going through some financial hardship or reorganization, some of the numbers don't make any sense; i.e., a negative P/E ratio or ROE. Other rating services usually mark it as "Not Measureable" or set it to zero. I will usually leave it as calculated so I can judge how drastic the change is from the norm.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>Do not use this information as the sole source to make investment decisions. I highly recommend you at least skim a couple years of annual reports to become familiar with the company. I make no guarantees along with all the other disclaimers other organizations usually list.<br />
 <br />
</li></ul>
I will post more spreadsheets and company information as I get through them and find an interest.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lastly, I don't need a bunch of thanks as a result. If any of these spreadsheets help, please join in the conversation. You can also send Kerim a donation to help with the upkeep of this site. I still believe in one of the original uses of the internet as a medium to share information with other people without trying to sell you something or selling your information to others to make a buck off of you. You'll notice there are no annoying ads on this web site.</span></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Some Background (REVISED)</span></span><br />
<br />
Now that I'm retired, I've been slowly going through our portfolios and taking a closer look at who &amp; what we're invested in. I have to admit, however, there were times over the last couple decades when I did not follow or periodically review any of our investments. The major things I watched for were dividend freezes, cuts, and eliminations, companies being acquired or split up, and bankruptcies.<br />
<br />
In addition, I am now looking through the Dividend Champions, Contenders &amp; Challengers lists, collectively referred to as the "CCC List", to evaluate new companies to consider adding to or replacing companies in our portfolios. <br />
<br />
For those that have happened to stumble onto this forum and are unfamiliar with the CCC List, it was a spreadsheet created in the 2000s by the late David Fish of the Moneypaper newsletter. The Moneypaper was dedicated to dividend investing and reinvestment long before brokerages began offering automatic dividend reinvestment on their own. He produced a new version monthly as new data became available. <br />
<br />
I had used the CCC List extensively to begin my dividend growth journey. After his passing, the list maintenance was taken over by Justin Law of the Portfolio-Insight web site. Justin Law discontinued updating the CCC list in October 2025 and there are no follow-on maintainers that I can find. You can access the last version for free <a href="https://www.portfolio-insight.com/dividend-radar" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What I Am Doing</span></span><br />
<br />
Since the CCC List was taken over, I've found mistakes in the "new" CCC List and some of the data I found helpful in Mr. Fish's original version has been removed or summarized. <br />
<br />
I am now in the process of selecting companies I want to research, going to their investor relations web site and downloading all their annual reports and/or Form 10Ks back to 2007 where possible and building my own spreadsheets. Why 2007, you say? Well, I wanted to include data going through the Great Recession of 2008-2009 so I (and now you) could see what happened to a company's financials during what was one of the worst economic downturns since the 1973-1974 Stagflation recession and the Great Depression of the 1930s. <br />
<br />
Since Yahoo Finance now requires you to have a paid membership to download pricing history, I am now downloading pricing data from Nasdaq.com. Unfortunately, Nasdaq.com only offers the last 10 years of pricing data for general consumption and I am hand entering data as needed to get history back to the end of 2014. Ten years of pricing data seems to be enough to get an idea of how Mr. Market is viewing the company.<br />
<br />
The spreadsheets contain the data I feel would help me make decisions on whether I should invest or not. I have several templates for different industries and I modify each as necessary to include or remove certain information specifically as warranted.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What Is This</span></span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is a copy of one of these spreadsheets. It is created in LibreOffice (<a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">https://www.libreoffice.org/</a>), an open source software package that is compatible with Microsoft Office/Office 365. The format is Open Document Format (ODF) which Microsoft Excel can open natively. You shouldn't see much difference except for any formatting glitches in the translation. If you want to look, I recommend downloading the spreadsheet to your computer and opening it from there as there may be some issues with your browser and the data format passed to Excel.<br />
<br />
Once it is open, you can create your own graphs or add your own statistics to supplement the data that is already there. I've tried to include the most common ones.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disclaimers:</span></span><ul>
<li>I can't guarantee every number is correct. After looking through a ton of pdf files and hand copying data, errors are bound to creep in. If you find any errors, feel free to let me know about them so I can correct it.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>Sometimes data from a prior year is restated in a following document due to accounting rule changes, data changing or clarified through the reorganization process, etc. When I enter it in the spreadsheet, I generally use the numbers published in the original data for that year. I <span style="font-weight: bold;">DO NOT</span> go back and modify prior data since it is my opinion that the pricing of a company's stock is dependent on the data that was available at the time it was published.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>I am not a financial planner nor a degreed accountant so any misstatement or calculation of statistics are as I best understand it. Often statistics can be calculated in several different ways depending on how that data is being used. I've used Investopedia extensively to double check my calculations using the data specifically available to me and focusing on the investment viewpoint.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>When a company is going through some financial hardship or reorganization, some of the numbers don't make any sense; i.e., a negative P/E ratio or ROE. Other rating services usually mark it as "Not Measureable" or set it to zero. I will usually leave it as calculated so I can judge how drastic the change is from the norm.<br />
 <br />
</li>
<li>Do not use this information as the sole source to make investment decisions. I highly recommend you at least skim a couple years of annual reports to become familiar with the company. I make no guarantees along with all the other disclaimers other organizations usually list.<br />
 <br />
</li></ul>
I will post more spreadsheets and company information as I get through them and find an interest.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lastly, I don't need a bunch of thanks as a result. If any of these spreadsheets help, please join in the conversation. You can also send Kerim a donation to help with the upkeep of this site. I still believe in one of the original uses of the internet as a medium to share information with other people without trying to sell you something or selling your information to others to make a buck off of you. You'll notice there are no annoying ads on this web site.</span></span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) and spreadsheet]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2265</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 18:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2265</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">What Is This</span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is a copy of Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) analysis spreadsheet. It is created in LibreOffice (<a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">https://www.libreoffice.org/</a>), an open source software package that is compatible with Microsoft Office/Office 365. The format is Open Document Format (ODF) which Microsoft Excel can open natively. You shouldn't see much difference except for any formatting glitches in the translation. If you want to look, I recommend downloading the spreadsheet to your computer and opening it from there as there may be some issues with your browser and the data format passed to Excel.<br />
<br />
Once it is open, you can create your own graphs or add your own statistics to supplement the data that is already there. I've tried to include the most common ones.<br />
<br />
For more details on what and why I'm doing this, please go to the original post in this series for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://dividendgrowthforum.com/showthread.php?tid=2260" target="_blank">Sonoco Corporation</a></span>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Disclaimers:</span><br />
<ul>
<li>I can't guarantee every number is correct. After looking through a ton of pdf files and hand copying data, errors are bound to creep in. If you find any errors, feel free to let me know about them so I can correct it.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Sometimes data from a prior year is restated in a following document due to accounting rule changes, data changing or clarified through the reorganization process, etc. When I enter it in the spreadsheet, I generally use the numbers published in the original data for that year. I DO NOT go back and modify prior data since it is my opinion that the pricing of a company's stock is dependent on the data that was available at the time it was published.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>I am not a financial planner nor a degreed accountant so any misstatement or calculation of statistics are as I best understand it. Often statistics can be calculated in several different ways depending on how that data is being used. I've used Investopedia extensively to double check my calculations using the data specifically available to me and focusing on the investment viewpoint.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>When a company is going through some financial hardship or reorganization, some of the numbers don't make any sense; i.e., a negative P/E ratio or ROE. Other rating services usually mark it as "Not Measurable" or set it to zero. I will usually leave it as calculated so I can judge how drastic the change is from the norm. You can mark these fields zero (0) or NM (Not Measurable) and the statistics should adjust if you desire.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Do not use this information as the sole source to make investment decisions. I highly recommend you at least skim a couple years of annual reports to become familiar with the company. I make no guarantees along with all the other disclaimers other organizations usually list.<br />
</li></ul>
NOTE: I converted the spreadsheet to a Zip file so you will have to download it and unzip it from there.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">What Is This</span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is a copy of Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) analysis spreadsheet. It is created in LibreOffice (<a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">https://www.libreoffice.org/</a>), an open source software package that is compatible with Microsoft Office/Office 365. The format is Open Document Format (ODF) which Microsoft Excel can open natively. You shouldn't see much difference except for any formatting glitches in the translation. If you want to look, I recommend downloading the spreadsheet to your computer and opening it from there as there may be some issues with your browser and the data format passed to Excel.<br />
<br />
Once it is open, you can create your own graphs or add your own statistics to supplement the data that is already there. I've tried to include the most common ones.<br />
<br />
For more details on what and why I'm doing this, please go to the original post in this series for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://dividendgrowthforum.com/showthread.php?tid=2260" target="_blank">Sonoco Corporation</a></span>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Disclaimers:</span><br />
<ul>
<li>I can't guarantee every number is correct. After looking through a ton of pdf files and hand copying data, errors are bound to creep in. If you find any errors, feel free to let me know about them so I can correct it.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Sometimes data from a prior year is restated in a following document due to accounting rule changes, data changing or clarified through the reorganization process, etc. When I enter it in the spreadsheet, I generally use the numbers published in the original data for that year. I DO NOT go back and modify prior data since it is my opinion that the pricing of a company's stock is dependent on the data that was available at the time it was published.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>I am not a financial planner nor a degreed accountant so any misstatement or calculation of statistics are as I best understand it. Often statistics can be calculated in several different ways depending on how that data is being used. I've used Investopedia extensively to double check my calculations using the data specifically available to me and focusing on the investment viewpoint.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>When a company is going through some financial hardship or reorganization, some of the numbers don't make any sense; i.e., a negative P/E ratio or ROE. Other rating services usually mark it as "Not Measurable" or set it to zero. I will usually leave it as calculated so I can judge how drastic the change is from the norm. You can mark these fields zero (0) or NM (Not Measurable) and the statistics should adjust if you desire.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Do not use this information as the sole source to make investment decisions. I highly recommend you at least skim a couple years of annual reports to become familiar with the company. I make no guarantees along with all the other disclaimers other organizations usually list.<br />
</li></ul>
NOTE: I converted the spreadsheet to a Zip file so you will have to download it and unzip it from there.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sonoco Products Co. (SON) and new spreadsheet contributions]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2260</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2260</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Some Background</span></span><br />
<br />
Now that I'm retired, I've been slowly going through our portfolios and taking a closer look at who &amp; what we're invested in. I have to admit, however, there were times over the last couple decades when I did not follow or periodically review any of our investments. The major things I watched for were dividend freezes, cuts, and eliminations, companies being acquired or split up, and bankruptcies.<br />
<br />
In addition, I am now looking through the Dividend Champions, Contenders &amp; Challengers lists, collectively referred to as the "CCC List", to evaluate new companies to consider adding to or replacing companies in our portfolios. <br />
<br />
For those that have happened to stumble onto this forum and are unfamiliar with the CCC List, it was a spreadsheet created in the 2000s by the late David Fish of the Moneypaper newsletter. The Moneypaper was dedicated to dividend investing and reinvestment long before brokerages began offering automatic dividend reinvestment on their own. He produced a new version monthly as new data became available. <br />
<br />
I had used the CCC List extensively to begin my dividend growth journey. After his passing, the list maintenance was taken over by Justin Law of the Portfolio-Insight web site. You can access the latest versions for free <a href="https://www.portfolio-insight.com/dividend-radar" target="_blank">here</a>. There's a new version every week but I've found that the important information to make an informed, long-term investment decision doesn't really change that often. <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What I Am Doing</span></span><br />
<br />
Since the CCC List was taken over, I've often found mistakes in the "new" CCC List and some of the data I found helpful in Mr. Fish's original version has been removed or summarized. <br />
<br />
I am now in the process of selecting companies I want to research, going to their investor relations web site and downloading all their annual reports and/or Form 10Ks back to 2007 where possible and building my own spreadsheets. Why 2007, you say? Well, I wanted to include data going through the Great Recession of 2008-2009 so I (and now you) could see what happened to a company's financials during what was one of the worst economic downturns since the 1973-1974 Stagflation recession and the Great Depression of the 1930s. <br />
<br />
Since Yahoo Finance now requires you to have a paid membership to download pricing history, I am now downloading pricing data from Nasdaq.com. Unfortunately, Nasdaq.com only offers the last 10 years of pricing data for general consumption and I am hand entering data as needed to get history back to the end of 2014. Ten years of pricing data seems to be enough to get an idea of how Mr. Market is viewing the company.<br />
<br />
The spreadsheets contain the data I feel would help me make decisions on whether I should invest or not. I have several templates for different industries and I modify each as necessary to include or remove certain information specifically as warranted.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What Is This</span></span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is a copy of one of these spreadsheets. It is created in LibreOffice (<a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">https://www.libreoffice.org/</a>), an open source software package that is compatible with Microsoft Office/Office 365. The format is Open Document Format (ODF) which Microsoft Excel can open natively. You shouldn't see much difference except for any formatting glitches in the translation. If you want to look, I recommend downloading the spreadsheet to your computer and opening it from there as there may be some issues with your browser and the data format passed to Excel.<br />
<br />
Once it is open, you can create your own graphs or add your own statistics to supplement the data that is already there. I've tried to include the most common ones.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disclaimers:</span></span><br />
<ul>
<li>I can't guarantee every number is correct. After looking through a ton of pdf files and hand copying data, errors are bound to creep in. If you find any errors, feel free to let me know about them so I can correct it.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Sometimes data from a prior year is restated in a following document due to accounting rule changes, data changing or clarified through the reorganization process, etc. When I enter it in the spreadsheet, I generally use the numbers published in the original data for that year. I <span style="font-weight: bold;">DO NOT</span> go back and modify prior data since it is my opinion that the pricing of a company's stock is dependent on the data that was available at the time it was published.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>I am not a financial planner nor a degreed accountant so any misstatement or calculation of statistics are as I best understand it. Often statistics can be calculated in several different ways depending on how that data is being used. I've used Investopedia extensively to double check my calculations using the data specifically available to me and focusing on the investment viewpoint.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>When a company is going through some financial hardship or reorganization, some of the numbers don't make any sense; i.e., a negative P/E ratio or ROE. Other rating services usually mark it as "Not Measureable" or set it to zero. I will usually leave it as calculated so I can judge how drastic the change is from the norm.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Do not use this information as the sole source to make investment decisions. I highly recommend you at least skim a couple years of annual reports to become familiar with the company. I make no guarantees along with all the other disclaimers other organizations usually list.<br />
</li></ul>
I will post more spreadsheets and company information as I get through them and find an interest.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lastly, I don't need a bunch of thanks as a result. If any of these spreadsheets help, please join in the conversation. You can also send Kerim a donation to help with the upkeep of this site. I still believe in one of the original uses of the internet as a medium to share information with other people without trying to sell you something or selling your information to others to make a buck off of you. You'll notice there are no annoying ads on this web site.</span></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Some Background</span></span><br />
<br />
Now that I'm retired, I've been slowly going through our portfolios and taking a closer look at who &amp; what we're invested in. I have to admit, however, there were times over the last couple decades when I did not follow or periodically review any of our investments. The major things I watched for were dividend freezes, cuts, and eliminations, companies being acquired or split up, and bankruptcies.<br />
<br />
In addition, I am now looking through the Dividend Champions, Contenders &amp; Challengers lists, collectively referred to as the "CCC List", to evaluate new companies to consider adding to or replacing companies in our portfolios. <br />
<br />
For those that have happened to stumble onto this forum and are unfamiliar with the CCC List, it was a spreadsheet created in the 2000s by the late David Fish of the Moneypaper newsletter. The Moneypaper was dedicated to dividend investing and reinvestment long before brokerages began offering automatic dividend reinvestment on their own. He produced a new version monthly as new data became available. <br />
<br />
I had used the CCC List extensively to begin my dividend growth journey. After his passing, the list maintenance was taken over by Justin Law of the Portfolio-Insight web site. You can access the latest versions for free <a href="https://www.portfolio-insight.com/dividend-radar" target="_blank">here</a>. There's a new version every week but I've found that the important information to make an informed, long-term investment decision doesn't really change that often. <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What I Am Doing</span></span><br />
<br />
Since the CCC List was taken over, I've often found mistakes in the "new" CCC List and some of the data I found helpful in Mr. Fish's original version has been removed or summarized. <br />
<br />
I am now in the process of selecting companies I want to research, going to their investor relations web site and downloading all their annual reports and/or Form 10Ks back to 2007 where possible and building my own spreadsheets. Why 2007, you say? Well, I wanted to include data going through the Great Recession of 2008-2009 so I (and now you) could see what happened to a company's financials during what was one of the worst economic downturns since the 1973-1974 Stagflation recession and the Great Depression of the 1930s. <br />
<br />
Since Yahoo Finance now requires you to have a paid membership to download pricing history, I am now downloading pricing data from Nasdaq.com. Unfortunately, Nasdaq.com only offers the last 10 years of pricing data for general consumption and I am hand entering data as needed to get history back to the end of 2014. Ten years of pricing data seems to be enough to get an idea of how Mr. Market is viewing the company.<br />
<br />
The spreadsheets contain the data I feel would help me make decisions on whether I should invest or not. I have several templates for different industries and I modify each as necessary to include or remove certain information specifically as warranted.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What Is This</span></span><br />
<br />
Attached to this thread is a copy of one of these spreadsheets. It is created in LibreOffice (<a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">https://www.libreoffice.org/</a>), an open source software package that is compatible with Microsoft Office/Office 365. The format is Open Document Format (ODF) which Microsoft Excel can open natively. You shouldn't see much difference except for any formatting glitches in the translation. If you want to look, I recommend downloading the spreadsheet to your computer and opening it from there as there may be some issues with your browser and the data format passed to Excel.<br />
<br />
Once it is open, you can create your own graphs or add your own statistics to supplement the data that is already there. I've tried to include the most common ones.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disclaimers:</span></span><br />
<ul>
<li>I can't guarantee every number is correct. After looking through a ton of pdf files and hand copying data, errors are bound to creep in. If you find any errors, feel free to let me know about them so I can correct it.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Sometimes data from a prior year is restated in a following document due to accounting rule changes, data changing or clarified through the reorganization process, etc. When I enter it in the spreadsheet, I generally use the numbers published in the original data for that year. I <span style="font-weight: bold;">DO NOT</span> go back and modify prior data since it is my opinion that the pricing of a company's stock is dependent on the data that was available at the time it was published.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>I am not a financial planner nor a degreed accountant so any misstatement or calculation of statistics are as I best understand it. Often statistics can be calculated in several different ways depending on how that data is being used. I've used Investopedia extensively to double check my calculations using the data specifically available to me and focusing on the investment viewpoint.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>When a company is going through some financial hardship or reorganization, some of the numbers don't make any sense; i.e., a negative P/E ratio or ROE. Other rating services usually mark it as "Not Measureable" or set it to zero. I will usually leave it as calculated so I can judge how drastic the change is from the norm.<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Do not use this information as the sole source to make investment decisions. I highly recommend you at least skim a couple years of annual reports to become familiar with the company. I make no guarantees along with all the other disclaimers other organizations usually list.<br />
</li></ul>
I will post more spreadsheets and company information as I get through them and find an interest.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lastly, I don't need a bunch of thanks as a result. If any of these spreadsheets help, please join in the conversation. You can also send Kerim a donation to help with the upkeep of this site. I still believe in one of the original uses of the internet as a medium to share information with other people without trying to sell you something or selling your information to others to make a buck off of you. You'll notice there are no annoying ads on this web site.</span></span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Current 52 week lows]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2255</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2255</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[All these stocks hit new 52 WEEK LOWS at some point today<br />
<br />
McDonald's &#36;MCD<br />
Nike &#36;NKE<br />
Lululemon &#36;LULU<br />
Deere &#36;DE<br />
Las Vegas Sands &#36;LVS<br />
&#36;SOFI<br />
Unity &#36;U<br />
Walgreens &#36;WBA<br />
Albertsons &#36;ACI<br />
&#36;AGCO<br />
Albemarle &#36;ALB<br />
Becton &#36;BDX<br />
Brown Forman &#36;BF.B<br />
CF Industrials &#36;CF<br />
Dayforce &#36;DAY<br />
Five Below &#36;FIVE<br />
Jazz Pharma &#36;JAZZ<br />
Lear &#36;LEA<br />
Mattel &#36;MAT<br />
Molina &#36;MOH<br />
Paycom &#36;PAYC<br />
&#36;POOL<br />
Royalty Pharma &#36;RPRX<br />
Dentsply &#36;XRAY<br />
Yum China &#36;YUMC<br />
Bloomin Brands &#36;BLMN<br />
Corsair &#36;CRSR<br />
Goodyear &#36;GT<br />
Papa John's &#36;PZZA<br />
Teladoc &#36;TDOC<br />
10X Genomics &#36;TXG<br />
Wendys &#36;WEN<br />
<br />
Anyone adding any these?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[All these stocks hit new 52 WEEK LOWS at some point today<br />
<br />
McDonald's &#36;MCD<br />
Nike &#36;NKE<br />
Lululemon &#36;LULU<br />
Deere &#36;DE<br />
Las Vegas Sands &#36;LVS<br />
&#36;SOFI<br />
Unity &#36;U<br />
Walgreens &#36;WBA<br />
Albertsons &#36;ACI<br />
&#36;AGCO<br />
Albemarle &#36;ALB<br />
Becton &#36;BDX<br />
Brown Forman &#36;BF.B<br />
CF Industrials &#36;CF<br />
Dayforce &#36;DAY<br />
Five Below &#36;FIVE<br />
Jazz Pharma &#36;JAZZ<br />
Lear &#36;LEA<br />
Mattel &#36;MAT<br />
Molina &#36;MOH<br />
Paycom &#36;PAYC<br />
&#36;POOL<br />
Royalty Pharma &#36;RPRX<br />
Dentsply &#36;XRAY<br />
Yum China &#36;YUMC<br />
Bloomin Brands &#36;BLMN<br />
Corsair &#36;CRSR<br />
Goodyear &#36;GT<br />
Papa John's &#36;PZZA<br />
Teladoc &#36;TDOC<br />
10X Genomics &#36;TXG<br />
Wendys &#36;WEN<br />
<br />
Anyone adding any these?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[2024 Perfect Portfolio Competition]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2251</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 19:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2251</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #333333;">Previous winners</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2019 - Fenders53</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2020 - Divemenow</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2021 - kblake<br />
</span><span style="color: #333333;">2022 - ChadR</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2023 - rayray</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">We didn't get this off the ground on time to start from day one, but I think it would still be fun to get a list put together for 2024. Let's give it all next week for people to get their picks in, then we will start calculating results beginning from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">January 12 close</span> and running until the close on <span style="font-weight: bold;">December 31, 2024.</span>  </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Enter your picks anytime.  You may edit them as often as you like until the contest starts.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Here are the rules for 2024:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">1.  <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick five dividend stocks or dividend ETFs listed in the US.  </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">No levered ETFs, meme stocks, crypto, options, or penny stocks are allowed.  </span>We are trying to use our individual stock-picking abilities and eliminate any use of leverage.   </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2.  </span><span style="color: #333333;">If you wish, </span><span style="color: #333333;">you may waive the dividend rule for <span style="font-weight: bold;">one</span> stock to allow adding a growth pick.  </span><span style="color: #333333;">    </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">3.  We won't split hairs but please abide by the spirit of the rules. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Make an honest attempt at diversification</span> like you would if this was your real portfolio.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">4.  It is OK to use stocks that somebody has already put in their portfolio.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">5. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Results will be calculated based on price return only</span>, meaning there is no advantage in picking a high yield over a low one. This makes tracking much easier on the spreadsheet.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Here is the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OmTYLztVh8GA62wOmRcUCenBIjDkckv4zFBtzBYTVDE/edit#gid=124976147" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SPREADSHEET</span></a> for the real-time results.</span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color: #333333;">Previous winners</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2019 - Fenders53</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2020 - Divemenow</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2021 - kblake<br />
</span><span style="color: #333333;">2022 - ChadR</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2023 - rayray</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">We didn't get this off the ground on time to start from day one, but I think it would still be fun to get a list put together for 2024. Let's give it all next week for people to get their picks in, then we will start calculating results beginning from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">January 12 close</span> and running until the close on <span style="font-weight: bold;">December 31, 2024.</span>  </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Enter your picks anytime.  You may edit them as often as you like until the contest starts.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Here are the rules for 2024:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">1.  <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick five dividend stocks or dividend ETFs listed in the US.  </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">No levered ETFs, meme stocks, crypto, options, or penny stocks are allowed.  </span>We are trying to use our individual stock-picking abilities and eliminate any use of leverage.   </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2.  </span><span style="color: #333333;">If you wish, </span><span style="color: #333333;">you may waive the dividend rule for <span style="font-weight: bold;">one</span> stock to allow adding a growth pick.  </span><span style="color: #333333;">    </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">3.  We won't split hairs but please abide by the spirit of the rules. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Make an honest attempt at diversification</span> like you would if this was your real portfolio.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">4.  It is OK to use stocks that somebody has already put in their portfolio.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">5. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Results will be calculated based on price return only</span>, meaning there is no advantage in picking a high yield over a low one. This makes tracking much easier on the spreadsheet.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Here is the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OmTYLztVh8GA62wOmRcUCenBIjDkckv4zFBtzBYTVDE/edit#gid=124976147" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SPREADSHEET</span></a> for the real-time results.</span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[High Yield ETFs]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2250</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Has anyone done much research on the Yieldmax group of ETFs?<br />
<br />
TSLY<br />
<br />
AMZY<br />
<br />
USOI<br />
<br />
etc.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Has anyone done much research on the Yieldmax group of ETFs?<br />
<br />
TSLY<br />
<br />
AMZY<br />
<br />
USOI<br />
<br />
etc.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[JNJ / KVUE Decision?!]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2249</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Is anybody planning to exchange any of their JNJ for some KVUE? <br />
<br />
Honestly, I've been googling a while and have yet to find a simple, clear explanation of the split-off and the dynamics behind an investor's decision to participate. Anybody want to weigh in?<br />
<br />
For starters, if it were a spin-off, we'd keep all of our JNJ shares and just also get shares in the new company. The value of the JNJ shares would decline, as it loses a large segment of revenues. But you get that same segment of revenues in the new company, so the value proposition rests on whether there are reasons each company might do better apart than together (and there are plenty of arguments to make on both sides of that question).<br />
<br />
But as a split-off, the decision for a JNJ shareholder seems way more complicated. If you choose not to trade any of your JNJ shares for KVUE, you're left holding the same number of shares in a smaller JNJ -- one without the many powerful brands going with KVUE. In exchange, presumably, the company you continue to hold -- JNJ -- will receive a very large infusion of cash from selling off KVUE. So in theory if you do no exchanging, you're kept whole, but the makeup of what you're holding changes significantly.<br />
<br />
If you DO exchange, whether you're kept whole depends a lot on the price movement of the two tickers before, during, and after the split later this month. Even with the 7 percent "discount" they're offering on KVUE shares, this seems pretty impossible to predict. Or maybe it's just math that I don't see clearly yet.<br />
<br />
In any case, I'm inclined to just hold on to all of my JNJ, not get distracted by the "discount," and just add KVUE to my watch list as a new-ish consumer staples company. I can buy it like anything else if and when it seems cheap and appropriate for my portfolio.<br />
<br />
Any and all thoughts appreciated -- especially if I'm misunderstanding the situation!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Is anybody planning to exchange any of their JNJ for some KVUE? <br />
<br />
Honestly, I've been googling a while and have yet to find a simple, clear explanation of the split-off and the dynamics behind an investor's decision to participate. Anybody want to weigh in?<br />
<br />
For starters, if it were a spin-off, we'd keep all of our JNJ shares and just also get shares in the new company. The value of the JNJ shares would decline, as it loses a large segment of revenues. But you get that same segment of revenues in the new company, so the value proposition rests on whether there are reasons each company might do better apart than together (and there are plenty of arguments to make on both sides of that question).<br />
<br />
But as a split-off, the decision for a JNJ shareholder seems way more complicated. If you choose not to trade any of your JNJ shares for KVUE, you're left holding the same number of shares in a smaller JNJ -- one without the many powerful brands going with KVUE. In exchange, presumably, the company you continue to hold -- JNJ -- will receive a very large infusion of cash from selling off KVUE. So in theory if you do no exchanging, you're kept whole, but the makeup of what you're holding changes significantly.<br />
<br />
If you DO exchange, whether you're kept whole depends a lot on the price movement of the two tickers before, during, and after the split later this month. Even with the 7 percent "discount" they're offering on KVUE shares, this seems pretty impossible to predict. Or maybe it's just math that I don't see clearly yet.<br />
<br />
In any case, I'm inclined to just hold on to all of my JNJ, not get distracted by the "discount," and just add KVUE to my watch list as a new-ish consumer staples company. I can buy it like anything else if and when it seems cheap and appropriate for my portfolio.<br />
<br />
Any and all thoughts appreciated -- especially if I'm misunderstanding the situation!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[McDonald's - why is no one talking about it?]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2244</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bear market?  What bear market?<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">MCD</span> is up from &#36;167 to &#36;270 in the past 5 years, in a pretty straight line up as far as stocks go.  You want annual dividend increases?  Let's see...<br />
2018 - &#36;1.01<br />
2019 - &#36;1.16<br />
2020 - &#36;1.25<br />
2021 - &#36;1.29<br />
2022 - &#36;1.38<br />
2023 - &#36;1.52<br />
<br />
The P/E is high (~38), but other than that, seems like a model citizen of DGI land.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Bear market?  What bear market?<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">MCD</span> is up from &#36;167 to &#36;270 in the past 5 years, in a pretty straight line up as far as stocks go.  You want annual dividend increases?  Let's see...<br />
2018 - &#36;1.01<br />
2019 - &#36;1.16<br />
2020 - &#36;1.25<br />
2021 - &#36;1.29<br />
2022 - &#36;1.38<br />
2023 - &#36;1.52<br />
<br />
The P/E is high (~38), but other than that, seems like a model citizen of DGI land.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[ZIM shipping]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2243</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone,<br />
<br />
I need your advice.  As I type this, <span style="font-weight: bold;">ZIM</span> sits at &#36;23.325, and my purchase price is &#36;23.0529, so I'm up a teensy weensy bit.  The company is paying out its last great dividend of &#36;6.40 per share soon.  However, due to Israeli tax, the net dividend is only &#36;4.80.  However, I would expect the share price to drop the full &#36;6.40 after it goes ex-div.  The reason I say "last great dividend" is because for the last year, <span style="font-weight: bold;">ZIM</span> has paid out monster dividends.  Now with shipping prices falling and the oncoming recession, it's quite likely that after the stock price is adjusted for the dividend, it might not reach back into the 20s for a while.  The company's guidance is that they do expect to pay dividends throughout the recession, but at a much lower rate than they normally do.<br />
<br />
Should I hold on and collect the dividend, or sell soon and purchase back sometime after ex-div?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello everyone,<br />
<br />
I need your advice.  As I type this, <span style="font-weight: bold;">ZIM</span> sits at &#36;23.325, and my purchase price is &#36;23.0529, so I'm up a teensy weensy bit.  The company is paying out its last great dividend of &#36;6.40 per share soon.  However, due to Israeli tax, the net dividend is only &#36;4.80.  However, I would expect the share price to drop the full &#36;6.40 after it goes ex-div.  The reason I say "last great dividend" is because for the last year, <span style="font-weight: bold;">ZIM</span> has paid out monster dividends.  Now with shipping prices falling and the oncoming recession, it's quite likely that after the stock price is adjusted for the dividend, it might not reach back into the 20s for a while.  The company's guidance is that they do expect to pay dividends throughout the recession, but at a much lower rate than they normally do.<br />
<br />
Should I hold on and collect the dividend, or sell soon and purchase back sometime after ex-div?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[2023 Perfect Portfolio Competition]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2240</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2023 03:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #333333;">Previous winners</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2019 - Fenders53</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2020 - Divemenow</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2021 - kblake<br />
</span>2022 - ChadR<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">We didn't get this off the ground on time this year, but I think it would still be fun to get a list put together for 2023. </span>Let's give it all next week for people to get their picks in, then we will start calculating results beginning on <span style="font-weight: bold;">February 13</span> and running until the close on <span style="font-weight: bold;">December 29, 2023.</span>  </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Enter your picks anytime.  You may edit them as often as you like until the contest starts.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Here are the rules for 2023:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">1.  <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick five dividend stocks or dividend ETFs listed in the US.  </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">No levered ETFs, meme stocks, crypto, options, or penny stocks are allowed.  </span>We are trying to use our individual stock-picking abilities and eliminate any use of leverage.   </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2.  </span><span style="color: #333333;">If you wish, </span><span style="color: #333333;">you may waive the dividend rule for one stock to allow adding a growth pick.  </span><span style="color: #333333;">    </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">3.  We won't split hairs but please abide by the spirit of the rules. Make an honest attempt at diversification like you would if this was your real portfolio.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">4.  It is OK to use stocks that somebody has already put in their portfolio.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">5. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Results will be calculated based on price return only</span>, meaning there is no advantage in picking a high yield over a low one. This makes tracking much easier on the spreadsheet.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OmTYLztVh8GA62wOmRcUCenBIjDkckv4zFBtzBYTVDE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">LINK TO SPREADSHEET</span></span></a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Good luck!</span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #333333;">Previous winners</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2019 - Fenders53</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2020 - Divemenow</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2021 - kblake<br />
</span>2022 - ChadR<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">We didn't get this off the ground on time this year, but I think it would still be fun to get a list put together for 2023. </span>Let's give it all next week for people to get their picks in, then we will start calculating results beginning on <span style="font-weight: bold;">February 13</span> and running until the close on <span style="font-weight: bold;">December 29, 2023.</span>  </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Enter your picks anytime.  You may edit them as often as you like until the contest starts.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Here are the rules for 2023:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">1.  <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick five dividend stocks or dividend ETFs listed in the US.  </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">No levered ETFs, meme stocks, crypto, options, or penny stocks are allowed.  </span>We are trying to use our individual stock-picking abilities and eliminate any use of leverage.   </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">2.  </span><span style="color: #333333;">If you wish, </span><span style="color: #333333;">you may waive the dividend rule for one stock to allow adding a growth pick.  </span><span style="color: #333333;">    </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">3.  We won't split hairs but please abide by the spirit of the rules. Make an honest attempt at diversification like you would if this was your real portfolio.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">4.  It is OK to use stocks that somebody has already put in their portfolio.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">5. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Results will be calculated based on price return only</span>, meaning there is no advantage in picking a high yield over a low one. This makes tracking much easier on the spreadsheet.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OmTYLztVh8GA62wOmRcUCenBIjDkckv4zFBtzBYTVDE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">LINK TO SPREADSHEET</span></span></a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Good luck!</span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tech losers]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2235</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here’s a question. <br />
<br />
List the tech stocks you own and how much your down?<br />
<br />
Not as far as percentage point value but point value. <br />
<br />
I’m down 12 points in TXN and that’s not too bad considering lol]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here’s a question. <br />
<br />
List the tech stocks you own and how much your down?<br />
<br />
Not as far as percentage point value but point value. <br />
<br />
I’m down 12 points in TXN and that’s not too bad considering lol]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stocks to buy right now]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2229</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2022 01:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[So I figured I would start a thread of what stocks are great buys at levels not seen in a long time.<br />
<br />
Criteria less then a 20 PE and dividend of at least 2%<br />
<br />
What do you have?<br />
<br />
Name some  <img src="https://DividendGrowthForum.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big Grin" title="Big Grin" class="smilie smilie_4" /> <br />
<br />
<br />
WSO<br />
BEN<br />
TROW<br />
AFL<br />
SWK<br />
AMGN<br />
CMI<br />
<br />
<br />
Just naming a few as I'm driving lol]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So I figured I would start a thread of what stocks are great buys at levels not seen in a long time.<br />
<br />
Criteria less then a 20 PE and dividend of at least 2%<br />
<br />
What do you have?<br />
<br />
Name some  <img src="https://DividendGrowthForum.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big Grin" title="Big Grin" class="smilie smilie_4" /> <br />
<br />
<br />
WSO<br />
BEN<br />
TROW<br />
AFL<br />
SWK<br />
AMGN<br />
CMI<br />
<br />
<br />
Just naming a few as I'm driving lol]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Top 5 Biggest loser so far]]></title>
			<link>https://DividendGrowthForum.com/showthread.php?tid=2228</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just curious as to what are your biggest looser so far in 2022 and if your adding shares in the names your down in?<br />
<br />
My top 5 biggest losers<br />
<br />
AVB - Down 19.4% (I'm adding below &#36;177)<br />
SWK Down 14.6 % (Added at &#36;72.40)<br />
NSC Down 15% (Added at &#36;202)<br />
AVGO Down 8% (Added at &#36;444.85)<br />
HON Down 8% (Haven't added any shares yet, but have &#36;160 open interest)<br />
<br />
I have a ton of others down between 4-6%<br />
<br />
Other then DVN, OXY, CVX, PXD, STNG, TRMD, ABBV, LLY and  and XOM everything is down lol]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just curious as to what are your biggest looser so far in 2022 and if your adding shares in the names your down in?<br />
<br />
My top 5 biggest losers<br />
<br />
AVB - Down 19.4% (I'm adding below &#36;177)<br />
SWK Down 14.6 % (Added at &#36;72.40)<br />
NSC Down 15% (Added at &#36;202)<br />
AVGO Down 8% (Added at &#36;444.85)<br />
HON Down 8% (Haven't added any shares yet, but have &#36;160 open interest)<br />
<br />
I have a ton of others down between 4-6%<br />
<br />
Other then DVN, OXY, CVX, PXD, STNG, TRMD, ABBV, LLY and  and XOM everything is down lol]]></content:encoded>
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