Re DRP - some folks have wondered if it was better to join the...

Re DRP - some folks have wondered if it was better to join the DRP from a value standpoint. For people like myself, who are only receiving 'unviable' parcels every 6 months, it is a way to grow your holding without having to pay brokerage, so, there's that.

For the heck of it, I just checked some historical prices against the DRP price over the last decade.
(some figures are rounded to the cent)

Just for info & DYOR & not intended as adz.

	Half year ended	Dividend per share (AUD)	Payment date	DRP price (AUD)	SP Low during Dividend Payment Week	Difference
1	30/06/2023	$2.40	28/09/2023	n/a	n/a
2	31/12/2022	$2.10	30/03/2023	$97.37	$94.85	$2.52
3	30/06/2022	$2.10	29/09/2022	$96.44	$90.26	$6.18
4	31/12/2021	$1.75	30/03/2022	$97.95	$104.52	-$6.57
5	30/06/2021	$2.00	29/09/2021	$101.00	$99.62	$1.38
6	31/12/2020	$1.50	30/03/2021	$85.25	$85.13	$0.12
7	30/06/2020	$0.98	30/09/2020	$68.53	$63.56	$4.97
8	31/12/2019	$2.00	31/03/2020	$73.37	$57.85	$15.52
9	30/06/2019	$2.31	26/09/2019	$78.61	$80.88	-$2.27
10	31/12/2018	$2.00	28/03/2019	$73.21	$70.20	$3.01
11	30/06/2018	$2.31	28/09/2018	$72.05	$71.68	$0.37
12	31/12/2017	$2.00	28/03/2018	$75.38	$71.71	$3.67
13	30/06/2017	$2.30	29/09/2017	$75.73	$74.40	$1.33
14	31/12/2016	$1.99	4/04/2017	$83.21	$84.09	-$0.88
15	30/06/2016	$2.22	29/09/2016	$72.95	$72.20	$0.75
16	31/12/2015	$1.98	31/03/2016	$72.68	$72.60	$0.09
17	30/06/2015	$2.22	1/10/2015	$74.75	$70.15	$4.60
18	31/12/2014	$1.98	2/04/2015	$91.26	$92.09	-$0.83
19	30/06/2014	$2.18	2/10/2014	$80.39	$73.71	$6.68
20	31/12/2013	$1.83	3/04/2014	$75.26	$76.18	-$0.92
21	30/06/2013	$2.00	3/10/2013	$73.42	$70.77	$2.65