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On 1 May, Apple (AAPL) increased its dividend by 4%, from 25¢ to 26¢ per share.
The dividend is payable on 15 May to shareholders of record on 12 May.
AAPL's forward yield is 1.04% at $198.88 per share.
Source: Simply Safe Dividends
I own 78 AAPL shares at an average cost of $22.55 per share. AAPL's contribution to DivGro's projected annual dividend income will increase by $3.12 to $81.12.
My yield on cost is now 4.61%.
Since I opened my position in May 2016, the stock has generated a total return of 811%, including $540.74 in dividend income. That's a spectacular annualized rate of return of 27.9%!
AAPL became DivGro's 18th Home Run stock in August 2018, when the stock doubled my original capital outlay.
5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | • | 2025 |
| $0.8075 | $0.8650 | $0.9100 | $0.9500 | $0.9900 | ⬆ | $1.030✝ |
| 6.26% | 7.12% | 5.20% | 4.40% | 4.21% | ⬇ | 4.04% |
| 5-year DGR: | 5.43% | ⬇ | 4.99% |
✝projected, assuming no further changes
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