Ka-Ching! Phillips 66 just gave me (another) 25% raise

Another week and another big raise, but this came from an unexpected stock, Phillips 66 (PSX). Why was it unexpected? Well because they already gave me a 25% raise three months ago!

PSX has been on an impressive run since it split away from its parent company ConocoPhillips (COP). Not only has it raised its dividend three straight quarters and over 50% since it began trading earlier this year, its stock price has also increased by more than 75%. Those would be impressive numbers for a stock over several years, let alone several months. So how has PSX managed to do this in such a short time?

Boring Terms We Need To Know: Yield On Cost

In order to analyze dividend stocks we need to understand some boring statistical terms. Since I'm going to use these terms a lot, I thought it would be best for me to explain them one at a time.  Although these terms initially may sound complicated, I think you'll find they're not that difficult at all to comprehend.

The first term we'll discuss is one that you'll hear me talk about quite a bit when referring to my own portfolio, Yield on Cost (YOC).