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1 Sure Dividend LONG-TERM INVESTING IN HIGH-QUALITY Dividend SECURITIES December 2021 Edition By Ben Reynolds, Eli Inkrot, Josh Arnold & Nate Parsh Edited by Brad Beams Published on December 5th, 2021 2 Table of Contents Opening Thoughts - Staying Humble - .. 3 The Sure Dividend Top 10 December 2021 .. 4 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) .. 5 Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS) .. 8 Donaldson Company Inc. (DCI) .. 11 Unum Group (UNM) .. 14 ABM Industries Inc. (ABM) .. 17 Cigna Corp. (CI) .. 20 AT&T Inc. (T) .. 23 Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) .. 26 Amgen Inc. (AMGN) .. 29 Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) .. 32 Closing Thoughts - Seeking a Margin of Safety - .. 35 Real Money Portfolio.

2 36 Buying & Ranking Criteria .. 38 Portfolio Building Guide .. 39 Examples .. 39 Past Recommendations & Sells .. 40 Sell Rules .. 40 Unsold Past Recommendations .. 40 Pending 43 Sold Positions .. 44 List of Securities by Dividend Risk Score .. 46 List of Securities by Sector .. 53 3 Opening Thoughts - Staying Humble - This month s Sure Dividend Newsletter includes Verizon (VZ) in the Top 10, with an expected total return of annually. Here s how this return is calculated: We expect Verizon to earn $ per share this year and grow this by 4% annually over the intermediate term. After five years this works out to $ in earnings-per-share. Our fair multiple estimate is a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.

3 If Verizon were to trade at this level and earn $ in five years, the share price would equal ~$ Verizon s current quarterly Dividend is $ or $ on an annual basis. If this were to grow by 2% annually (allowing the payout ratio to decline) the Dividend would reach $ in five years. In the interim, shareholders would collect ~$ in cash payments. If you add together the potential share price and dividends, this equates to a total value of ~$ Against the current share price (just under $ , when this was written) that works out to a total annual return of per year for five years. When you complete these calculations, you get very specific numbers: $ and annually, in this case. This is imperative to investing.

4 You must make assumptions about the future to see whether or not a fair deal is being offered today. Yet here s the thing: all of it is a forecast. The expected earnings this year, the Dividend payments, the growth rate, and the ending P/E ratio are all guesses about the future. None of it is guaranteed. Granted they are informed guesses. In the case of Verizon, the company tells you roughly what it believes it will earn this year. The growth rate is in-line with historical rates and the Dividend has been quite consistent. Even so, there are a wide range of possibilities and it s important to be cognizant of this fact. Here's a table depicting this idea: The scenario detailed above a 4% growth rate and an ending P/E ratio of 13 is highlighted in the green box.

5 Yet this is just one possibility out of many with some being much better and some much worse than the starting baseline. This is why it s important to stay humble in your forecasts and investments. In the Closing Thoughts we will discuss the importance of Seeking a Margin of Safety. 4 The Sure Dividend Top 10 December 2021 Name & Ticker Div. Risk Score Payout Ratio Price Fair Value Div. Yield Exp. Growth Exp. Value Ret. ETR Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) A 26% $55 $101 Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) A 19% $150 $174 Donaldson Company (DCI) A 33% $57 $64 Unum Group (UNM) A 26% $23 $32 ABM Industries (ABM) A 22% $45 $61 Cigna (CI) B 20% $198 $265 AT&T (T) B 64% $23 $33 Comcast (CMCSA) B 33% $52 $61 Amgen (AMGN) B 42% $201 $225 Verizon (VZ) B 48% $51 $70 Notes: Data for the table above is from the 12/3/21 Sure Analysis Research Database spreadsheet.

6 Numbers for the Top 10 table and the individual reports may not perfectly match as reports and Sure Analysis uploads are completed throughout the week. Div. stands for Dividend . Exp. Value Ret. means expected annualized returns from valuation changes over the next five years. Exp. Growth means expected annualized growth rate over the next five years. ETR stands for Expected Annual Total Returns. Disclosures: Ben Reynolds is long T. Eli Inkrot is long UNM, T & VZ. Nate Parsh is long T, AMGN & VZ. The Real Money Portfolio will buy additional shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) and Unum Group (UNM) on Tuesday 12/7/21 and is long BMY, UNM, T, CMCSA & VZ. There were three changes in this month s Top 10 versus last month s Top 10.

7 Lockheed Martin (LMT), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Intel (INTC) were replaced by Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Donaldson (DCI), and Unum Group (UNM). Remember, securities that fall out of the Top 10 are holds, not sells. The Top 10 has the following average characteristics for expected total returns: Top 10 S&P 5001 Dividend Yield: Growth Rate: Valuation Expansion: - Expected Annual Total Returns Please keep reading to see detailed analyses of this month s Top 10. Note: Data for this newsletter is from 11/30/21 through 12/3/21. 1 The S&P 500 valuation expansion return uses the average P/E of the last 10 years for a fair value estimate.

8 5 Return to Top 10 List Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) Overview & Current Events Bristol-Myers Squibb can trace its corporate beginnings back to 1887. Today this $123 billion market cap company is a leading drug maker of cardiovascular and anti-cancer therapeutics with annual revenue of about $43 billion. Bristol-Myers late-2019 acquisition of Celgene is helping near-term results, but about two-thirds of Celgene s revenue is at risk of patent expiration in 2022. Bristol-Myers reported a solid third-quarter report on October 27th, 2021. Revenue of $ billion beat estimates by $100 million and increased year-over-year (comprised of 12% and 8% international growth). Adjusted earnings-per-share (EPS) of $ grew 23% from the same quarter last year.

9 Revlimid remains the company s top-selling product and grew sales by 11% to over $ billion last quarter. The company also revised its 2021 non-GAAP EPS guidance to $ to $ from $ to $ previously. Worldwide revenue is expected to increase in the high single-digits for 2021. The company expects to maintain a non-GAAP gross margin of ~80% for the full year. Competitive Advantages & Recession Performance Bristol-Myers competitive advantage is its ability to either create (through research & development) or acquire patents for pharmaceuticals with high potential revenue. Two of Bristol-Myers top selling pharmaceuticals, Opdivo and Eliquis, are expected to see high peak annual sales. Opdivo sales increased 7% last quarter year-over-year and generated overall sales of $ billion.

10 Meanwhile, Eliquis revenue increased 15% in the third quarter, to $ billion. Eliquis has become the top oral anticoagulant in several international countries since 2019 and had over $9 billion in sales last year. During the Great Recession, BMY reported earnings-per-share of $ , $ , and $ during the 2008 through 2010 stretch. The Dividend was held steady and ultimately increased during that time. Even in a recession, people seek treatment for health problems, especially with respect to cancer. Bristol-Myers also had a strong 2020, with adjusted EPS growing more than 37% from the prior year. Growth Prospects, Valuation & Catalyst Bristol-Myers has seen its earnings-per-share grow at a rate of per year over the last ten years, but much of this growth occurred in the last three years.