Dividend Increase | Amphenol $APH #Dividend

Dividend | Dividend Growth | Financial Independence | Freedom | Passive Income
Getting a pay raise while sitting on the couch?  Sign me up!  Thanks Amphenol for the dividend increase!

There's an old Chinese proverb that says "the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the next best time is now".  The reason for this is that it takes time for a tree to grow and prosper and for you to start reaping its benefits.  Dividend growth investing is much the same way.  It takes consistent saving and investing as well as time and patience to let the power of dividend growth take hold.

That's why one of my favorite things is when one of the companies I own decides to pay out more in dividends.  You mean I get a pay raise just for owning a small piece of a company?  Not going and doing R&D for new products or technology.  Not selling any products.  Not managing any employees or inventory.  Not making sales calls.  All I had to do was have the foresight to invest some of my savings in excellent companies.  

On October 26th the Board of Directors at Amphenol (APH) approved an increase in the quarterly dividend payment.  The dividend was increased from $0.20 to $0.21 which is a steady 5.0% increase.  Amphenol is a Dividend Contender with 12 consecutive years of dividend growth.  Shares currently yield 1.15% based on the new annualized payout.

The new dividend will be payable January 11th to shareholders of record as of December 20th.

You can read my recent analysis of Amphenol here.

Since I own 29.173 shares of Amphenol in my Roth IRA, this raise increased my forward 12-month dividends by $1.17.  This is the 2st raise that I've received from Amphenol since initiating a position in 2022.  


A full screen version of this chart can be found here.

Amphenol's dividend growth streak took a 6 year pause after a dividend was initiated in 2005.  However, since 2012 annual raises have been the norm and have come in quite strong.  Amphenol's streak is now up to 12 years long.

During their streak, Amphenol's year over year dividend growth has spanned from 8.3% to 47.4% with an average of 23.3% and a median of 21.4%.

There's been 8 rolling 3-year periods during Amphenol's streak with annualized dividend growth coming in between 13.0% to 36.1% with an average of 19.8% and a median of 18.4%.

There's also been 6 rolling 5-year periods with annualized dividend growth ranging from 14.4% to 27.2% with an average of 19.5% and a median of 17.6%.

This latest increase represents a significant slowdown in Amphenol's dividend growth rate; however, I'm not concerned just yet.

The 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year rolling dividend growth rates for Amphenol since 2005 can be found in the following chart.  



A full screen version of this chart can be found here.

For dividend yield theory I consider the fair value range to be the forward dividend yield +/- 10% compared to the 3-year moving average, the under/over value area to be to between 10%-20% deviation from the average and significant over/under value are greater than a 20% deviation from the average.

A full screen version of this chart can be found here.

Amphenol's 3-year average forward dividend yield is 0.99% which corresponds to a share price of $85 based on the new annualized payout.  

I consider the fair value range based on dividend yield theory to be the 3-year moving average yield +/- 10%.  That gives a fair value range of $78 - $94 and suggests that shares are currently trading below the lower end of fair value.
  
  




Wrap Up

This raise increased my forward dividends by $1.17 with zero effort on my part.  That's right, absolutely nothing to contribute to their operations.  Based on my Roth IRA's current yield of 2.56% this raise is like I invested an extra $46 in capital.  Except that I didn't!  One of the companies I own just decided to send more cash my way. 

That's how you can eventually reach the crossover point where your dividends received exceed your expenses.  That's DIVIDEND GROWTH INVESTING AT WORK!  The beauty of the dividend growth investing strategy is that you build up your dividends through fresh capital investment as well dividend increases from the companies you own.

This is the 14th dividend increase I've received from the companies in my Roth IRA increasing my forward 12-month dividends by $58.59 combined.

My FI Portfolio's forward-12 month dividends are $10,962.51  Including my FolioFirst portfolio's forward dividends of $233.43 brings my total taxable accounts dividends to $11,195.94.  My Roth IRA's forward 12-month dividends are $1,059.07.  My Rollover IRA's forward dividends are $4,627.04.  Across all accounts I can expect to receive $16,882.05 in dividends over the next year.

I've also started compiling dividend data on many of the companies that I own or would like to own.  Amphenol's can be found here which includes the dividend history (as far back as I can find without spending hours hunting it down), rolling dividend growth rates and dividend yield theory.  To see other companies that I've already gathered the data on you can check out the Dividend Companies page.  Check it out and let me know what you think.

Do you own shares of Amphenol?  How much leeway do you give when dividend growth slows?

Please share your thoughts below.

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