If you are new to the strategy, the goal is simple, turn dividends into wealth by focusing on high-quality companies that score an 85 or higher based on our robust Quality Score framework (evaluating dividend health, company growth, and financial stability).

Today, let us look under the hood at how our initial Yieldr 12 basket of stocks performed over its first 30 days.

Portfolio Performance at a Glance

At a high level, the results from month one are shaping up nicely:

• Total Portfolio Value: Approaching $12,000 total value, with a little over $11,000 actively invested.
• Total Gain: Up nearly $700, translating to a 6.15% gain over the last month.
• Annual Dividend Income: Generating $276 in projected annual passive income (roughly $23 a month, or over 75 cents a day).
• Dividend Yield & Yield on Cost: While the current market yield sits at 2.58%, our yield on cost has already ticked up to 2.81% thanks to underlying dividend growth working in the background.

Beating the Benchmarks

It is always healthy to measure performance against broader market standards. Over the same one-month stretch, our portfolio has held its ground remarkably well against major benchmarks:

• SCHD (Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF): Up ~4.31% [09:41]
• VOO (Vanguard S&P 500 ETF): Up under 1% [10:01]

During periods of market volatility and rotation, investors often cycle out of high-growth tech and into stable value and dividend payers. Capturing that upswing is a great validation for a disciplined, quality-focused dividend strategy.

Key Metrics & Underlying Health

Beyond the short-term price movements, the long-term fundamentals of the Yieldr 12 continue to look remarkably healthy:

• Dividend Growth Rates: The weighted average 1-year dividend growth rate sits at an impressive 12%, with a strong 5-year growth rate averaging 17%.
• Conservative Payout Ratios: The average payout ratio for the portfolio is 46%, well below the general rule-of-thumb ceiling of 60%. This leaves these companies plenty of breathing room to safely grow and compound their distributions over time.
• Monthly Payday Consistency: One of the fun parts of this portfolio is tracking the payment distribution across the year. Unlike a standard portfolio that spikes heavily in quarterly crunch months (like March, June, September, and December), these 12 holdings offer a much smoother path toward consistent, reliable monthly retirement income.

About individual winners and opportunities:

The Standout Performers

• Accenture & Automatic Data Processing (ADP): Both stocks saw strong momentum over the last month (Accenture jumping over 22% and ADP up nearly 11%. Both had faced market headwinds over AI disruption fears, but the market is quickly realizing their fundamental durability and tech integration strengths.

Buying the Dip: Finding Value in Rollins

• Rollins proved to be our biggest short-term pullback, dipping roughly 13.66% following a softer earnings report. For long-term dividend growth investors, this is where the fun begins.
• Checking the valuation metrics via Yieldr, Rollins is trading at a notable discount (roughly a 33% discount to its average fair price), with a forward dividend yield sitting higher than its 5-year average. With a stellar Quality Score of 92 (and a growth score maxing out at 100), temporary pullbacks on fundamentally elite compounders may represent fantastic dollar-cost averaging opportunities.

What’s Next?

With a current cash reserve ready to deploy, our next steps will focus on strategic capital allocation and making sure our money stays put to work for us while keeping our sector diversification (heavily anchored in technology, financial services, industrials, and healthcare) well-balanced.

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Until next update, happy yielding!

Jeremy