With a dividend re-investment plan, you fail by the month, not by the year.

Remember a bad plan as long as it has an end destination is better than no plan.

The current best month for dividends is February

Then (January) April

and the worst month is March where currently only one dividend is due, although some February dividends could be slip into March.

The February dividends when invested should earn another 3 dividends for the year.