Black Hills Dividend Increase
I own 25 shares of BLK at an average cost basis of $385.90 per share. Following this increase, my yield on cost
is 5.40%. (BLK’s forward yield is 1.94% at $1,075.50 per share).
Since opening my position in December 2018, the stock has generated a total return of 206%, including $2,604 in dividend
income. That’s an impressive annualized rate of return of 20%!
BLK became DivGro’s 29th Home Run stock in January 2021, when the stock doubled my original capital
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5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | • | 2025 |
| $14.52 | $16.52 | $19.52 | $20.00 | $20.40 | ⬆ | $20.84✝ |
| 10.00% | 13.77% | 18.16% | 2.46% | 2.00% | ⬆ | 2.16% |
| 5-year DGR: | 9.10% | ⬇ | 7.49% | |||
✝projected, assuming no further changes
