It's a week later than anticipated, due to a miscalculation on my part, but I added 20% to my holding of Vodafone this morning, at 114.8p. With a yield of 6.8% it was the highest ranking share in my top-up list, after disqualifications. This has brought it up to just over median weight.
My top-up table now looks like this:
Top-up Income Cost
Rank EPIC Rank EPIC % Income Rank Epic % Cost
1 IMB* 1 RIO 9.62% 1 BP. 4.62%
2 RIO* 2 BHP 6.83% 2 AV. 4.45%
3 BATS* 3 ADM 5.30% 3 VOD 4.19%
4 BHP* 4 BATS 4.88% 4 PSON 4.15%
5 BT.A 5 LGEN 4.39% 5 RDSB 4.13%
6 TW. 6 VOD 4.26% 6 LLOY 4.09%
7 RKT 7 IMB 4.22% 7 MARS 4.05%
8 TATE 8 AV. 4.03% 8 IGG 4.02%
9 VOD* 9 GSK 3.56% 9 BT.A 3.90%
10 GSK 10 NG. 3.53% 10 MKS 3.74%
11 ULVR 11 SSE 3.34% 11 GSK 3.57%
12 IGG 12 BP. 3.29% 12 PHP 3.54%
13 LLOY 13 IGG 3.24% 13 S32 3.45%
14 BLND 14 TW. 3.16% 14 TSCO 3.43%
15 ADM* 15 BA. 2.90% 15 BATS 3.40%
16 NG. 16 UU. 2.81% 16 BLND 3.37%
17 PHP 17 TATE 2.56% 17 BHP 3.27%
18 MKS# 18 BT.A 2.47% 18 LGEN 3.18%
19 LGEN* 19 PHP 2.45% 19 SSE 3.04%
20 CPG# 20 TSCO 2.30% 20 KGF 2.93%
As always, I disqualify any share which, if topped up by 20%, would account for more than 5% of either share of income or of portfolio cost. As can be seen, the top 7 in the share of income(*) are ruled out, as are the top 2 in share of cost(+). I also rule out those not currently paying dividends(#), although BT.A is expected to resume paying in February, so they are now the top ranking share, with Taylor Wimpey on its heels. Positions do change as share prices fluctuate, so this ranking is provisional. It will be November before I have accumulated sufficient funds for the next top-up.
My portfolio is now, ranked by weight:
Value
Rank EPIC Weight % Median
1 IMI 3.72% 131.2%
2 DGE 3.50% 123.4%
3 AV. 3.44% 121.4%
4 S32 3.43% 120.9%
5 BP. 3.41% 120.1%
6 LGEN 3.16% 111.5%
7 BA. 3.12% 109.9%
8 ADM 3.10% 109.1%
9 PSON 3.08% 108.7%
10 SSE 3.00% 105.6%
11 NG. 3.00% 105.5%
12 SGRO 2.99% 105.5%
13 RDSB 2.98% 105.0%
14 UU. 2.93% 103.3%
15 TSCO 2.92% 102.9%
16 VOD 2.89% 101.8%
17 GSK 2.85% 100.4%
18 AZN 2.84% 100.1%
19 BHP 2.84% 99.9%
20 IGG 2.79% 98.4%
21 PHP 2.78% 97.8%
22 KGF 2.77% 97.7%
23 SMDS 2.76% 97.1%
24 TW. 2.69% 94.8%
25 BATS 2.68% 94.5%
26 TATE 2.61% 92.1%
27 BLND 2.60% 91.7%
28 RIO 2.52% 88.9%
29 ULVR 2.29% 80.8%
30 BT.A 2.24% 79.0%
31 IMB 2.20% 77.3%
32 MARS 2.14% 75.4%
33 LLOY 2.02% 71.3%
34 CPG 2.00% 70.3%
35 MKS 1.87% 65.8%
36 RKT 1.83% 64.5%
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