Q4 2021 Dividend Growth Update

At Reaves, we believe one signal of a company’s strength and the durability of future earnings is its ability to grow dividends. And 2021, a year in which the economy rebounded, but inflation and the pandemic remained sources of uncertainty, could offer a good backdrop for how confident the management teams of the companies in our portfolios are about future growth.

It was encouraging to see the majority of our holdings grow their dividends during the year, many at a faster pace than the respective sector average.

In the tables below, we have sorted by sector the companies owned in the Reaves LTV Wrap Composite¹, showing dividend growth in the past year, and comparing it to the average dividend growth rate of their respective sector.

In total, 16 of the 18 dividend-paying stocks² in our portfolio raised their dividend during the period, with two maintaining the same level — Exelon and Shaw Communications. The average weighted dividend increase for the composite was 7.1%.

In aggregate, we believe the dividend growth exhibited by these companies in 2021 speaks to their ability to compound earnings and dividends over time and aligns with the long-term objectives of this investment strategy — to generate both income growth and capital appreciation.

Real Estate

The table below shows the annual dividend increase for each Real Estate stock owned as of December 31, 2021, in a composite of wrap portfolios managed with the Reaves Long Term Value Strategy.

Utilities

The table below shows the annual dividend increase for each Utility stock owned as of December 31, 2021, in a composite of wrap portfolios managed with the Reaves Long Term Value Strategy.

Industrials

The table below shows the annual dividend increase for each Industrial stock owned as of December 31, 2021, in a composite of wrap portfolios managed with the Reaves Long Term Value Strategy.

Communications Services

The table below shows the annual dividend increase for each Communications Services stock owned as of December 31, 2021, in a composite of wrap portfolios managed with the Reaves Long Term Value Strategy.

Materials

The table below shows the annual dividend increase for each Materials stock owned as of December 31, 2021, in a composite of wrap portfolios managed with the Reaves Long Term Value Strategy.

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¹Beginning December 2019, Reaves LTV Strategy is represented by the LTV SMA Wrap Composite. This composite contains those LTV discretionary portfolios with wrap (bundled) fees. Wrap accounts are charged a bundled fee which includes the wrap sponsor fee, as well as, Reaves’ investment advisory fee. Due to compliance requirements, the net-of-fees calculation is computed based on the highest annual fee assigned by any wrap sponsor who utilizes this portfolio in an investment wrap program (300 basis points from 1/1/03 through 12/31/16 and, effective 1/1/2017, 250 basis points). The LTV SMA Wrap Composite performance consists of money-weighted, time-weighted returns and it includes the reinvestment of all dividends and other earnings. The inception date of the composite is December 2002; however, the composite was created in January 2013. This composite has been managed in a similar manner to the LTV ERISA Composite which ended in December of 2019. The LTV SMA Wrap Composite does not represent all of Reaves’ assets under management.

²As of 12/31/21, the composite included seven companies which do not currently pay a dividend.

³The S&P 500 Real Estate Index comprises stocks included in the S&P 500 that are classified as members of the real estate sector.

⁴The S&P 500 Utilities Index is a capitalization-weighted index containing electric and gas utility stocks (including multiutilities and independent power producers). Prior to July 1996, this index included telecommunications equities.

⁵The S&P 500 Industrials Index comprises those companies included in the S&P 500 that are classified as members of the industrials sector.

⁶ The S&P 500 Communication Services Index comprises those companies included in the S&P 500 that are classified as members of the communication services sector.

⁷The S&P 500 Materials Index comprises those companies included in the S&P 500 that are classified as members of the materials sector.

As of our most recently filed 13F on 9/30/2021, Reaves’ managed portfolios did not own Linde PLC.

Due to their size, the following securities are not included in this blog: Altice USA Inc. and Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

Weighted average is a calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a data set. In calculating a weighted average, each number in the data set is multiplied by a predetermined weight before the final calculation is made.

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