We also have MPLX stock, which is one of the new additions to my investment portfolio over the past year, and it has risen by 20.5%. When I added this stock to my portfolio, its yield was around 8.5%, which is a very high yield, but management has already raised dividends by more than 12%, and announced that it will continue to do so for the next year or so.
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and MPLX is third, and is on its way to becoming second soon.
Then I have MPLX, which has a $20,000 stake. You'll notice it's one of the smallest holdings in this account, but it's one of the largest dividend-paying companies. I achieved a total return of 32%.
This stock was purchased in 2025, during the same period in which I was buying HTSM stock.
we have MLX, SPGI, and then we have Mastercard. MPLX has done really, really well. It's up 24.5%. MLX is a somewhat rare addition to my portfolio because it's a very high yielding stock.
In fact, the indicated yield as of right now sitting roughly 7.3%, but when I added it to my portfolio, it was closer to about 8.5%. In fact, if we just jump over to my dividend dashboard, go ahead and cheat and look at my yield on cost on this position, you can see it's sitting at about 8.53%.
So, the recent run up in share price has caused the starting yield to go down. But again, when I added, it was yielding 8.5%.