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Dividend yield scan: The highest yielding ASX stocks – Week 5

Only four high yielding ASX 300 companies are forecast to grow dividends in FY24.

Lead Writer
31 January 2024
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Dividend yield scan: The highest yielding ASX stocks – Week 5

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KEY POINTS

  • Only four high yielding ASX 300 companies are forecast to grow dividends in FY24
  • The average high yielding stock has slumped 12.7% in the past twelve months

The dividend yield scan locates ASX 300 companies with a trailing yield of more than 8% and identifies the ones forecast to raise dividends in FY24.

There are currently 27 companies with a trailing dividend of more than 8%.

  • 13 companies are from the Financials sector

  • The list includes 7 listed investment funds/trusts

  • The average 1-year performance across the 27 stocks is -12.7%


The Highest Dividend Yields

The below data is sorted from highest to lowest yield (excluding listed investment funds and trusts).

Code
Company
Price
Yield
1-Year
Yancoal Australia
$5.90
18.14%
0.17%
APM Human Services
$0.73
13.64%
-71.83%
Myer
$0.68
13.24%
-30.26%
New Hope Corp
$5.39
13.00%
-8.11%
Magellan
$9.01
12.95%
1.01%
Zimplats
$22.10
12.71%
-22.73%
Cromwell Property Group
$0.41
12.09%
-43.45%
Platinum Asset Management
$1.17
11.99%
-45.70%
Helia Group
$4.88
11.28%
74.11%
Woodside
$32.22
10.54%
-11.14%
BSP Financial
$6.00
10.43%
32.16%
Centuria Office REIT
$1.32
9.86%
-17.34%
Insignia Financial
$2.11
9.41%
-39.69%
IGO
$7.91
9.36%
-45.74%
Air New Zealand
$0.60
9.16%
-15.49%
Growthpoint Properties
$2.41
8.90%
-25.77%
Whitehaven Coal
$8.33
8.88%
-0.83%
Liberty Financial
$4.19
8.54%
5.81%
Abacus
$1.11
8.51%
-60.39%
Accent Group
$2.06
8.50%
-5.94%
Data as at Tuesday, 30 January 2024 close (Source: Refinitiv)

Four Stocks Forecast to Grow Dividends

Only four stocks (ex-funds and trusts) are forecast to grow their dividend payouts (nominal amount) in 2024, unchanged from last week's scan. This includes:

  • Yancoal

  • Myer

  • Helia Group

  • Insignia Financial

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lead Writer

Kerry holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University. He is passionate about equity research and trading (swing and intraday), with a focus on breaking down market-related catalysts into clear, contextual insights and developing data-driven market biases.

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