As a dividend growth investor, the point is to accumulate stocks that provide passive income through dividends. Based on that, I thought I would calculate how many years it would take to reach my current stock gain in just the dividend payments alone.
So for example, my largest gain in OKE is around $650. With my current shares, it pays me $87.88 each year. Therefore it would take 7.4 years of those dividend payments to equal the gain that I am currently up. Why is this important? Well it really isnt, other than I (like the rest of the world) am anticipating a correction or at least some pullback in the market. So why wouldn't I sell now and buy back in a few months. I would lose out on the dividend payments and pay taxes on the gains, but I would hopefully be able to buy back at a lower price in the future.
Here is my full portfolio sorted by current gains. I have not made a decision yet and probably will not sell, but it is getting extremely tempting.
What would you do in this situation??
| Ticker | Gain ($) | Gain (%) | Annual Dividend | Years to Gain |
| OKE | $648.95 | 64.9% | $87.88 | 7.4 |
| DLR | $474.83 | 63.7% | $41.77 | 11.4 |
| MMM | $377.19 | 32.3% | $39.96 | 9.4 |
| O | $329.01 | 44.2% | $40.17 | 8.2 |
| DPS | $263.32 | 21.8% | $33.92 | 7.8 |
| JNJ | $247.86 | 19.4% | $41.86 | 5.9 |
| MCD | $234.41 | 30.1% | $29.26 | 8.0 |
| PM | $220.34 | 28.2% | $40.07 | 5.5 |
| HCP | $152.00 | 9.5% | $115.00 | 1.3 |
| UTX | $140.67 | 13.8% | $30.02 | 4.7 |
| ADM | $126.43 | 25.8% | $17.40 | 7.3 |
| EMR | $116.80 | 11.7% | $39.70 | 2.9 |
| TROW | $113.57 | 9.0% | $41.04 | 2.8 |
| KO | $101.68 | 13.0% | $27.38 | 3.7 |
| WPC | $100.07 | 6.2% | $97.50 | 1.0 |
| HTR | $51.17 | 3.3% | $159.60 | 0.3 |
| HSY | $50.89 | 6.8% | $19.16 | 2.7 |
| RY | $48.90 | 4.2% | $51.20 | 1.0 |
| CVX | $30.73 | 3.9% | $33.70 | 0.9 |
| PFE | $19.33 | 3.9% | $18.02 | 1.1 |
| CAT | $17.94 | 1.6% | $44.60 | 0.4 |
| F | $2.35 | 0.2% | $60.00 | 0.0 |
| OHI | -$6.32 | -0.9% | $52.25 | -0.1 |
| CMP | -$41.07 | -3.8% | $36.14 | -1.1 |
| DE | -$51.49 | -6.9% | $19.47 | -2.6 |
| UNP | -$53.16 | -3.1% | $42.10 | -1.3 |
| IBM | -$54.17 | -6.9% | $25.49 | -2.1 |
| WFC | -$57.33 | -5.7% | $30.46 | -1.9 |
| TGT | -$87.82 | -7.1% | $37.91 | -2.3 |
| DIS | -$98.79 | -4.7% | $28.36 | -3.5 |
| AAPL | -$101.14 | -11.2% | $19.10 | -5.3 |
| RDS.B | -$122.02 | -11.2% | $61.92 | -2.0 |
| KMI | -$418.61 | -53.7% | $9.96 | -42.0 |
Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.
