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

Wed 31 Jan 24, 2:21pm (AEST)
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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

YAL

Yancoal Australia

$5.90

18.14%

0.17%

APM

APM Human Services

$0.73

13.64%

-71.83%

MYR

Myer

$0.68

13.24%

-30.26%

NHC

New Hope Corp

$5.39

13.00%

-8.11%

MFG

Magellan

$9.01

12.95%

1.01%

ZIM

Zimplats

$22.10

12.71%

-22.73%

CMW

Cromwell Property Group

$0.41

12.09%

-43.45%

PTM

Platinum Asset Management

$1.17

11.99%

-45.70%

HLI

Helia Group

$4.88

11.28%

74.11%

WDS

Woodside

$32.22

10.54%

-11.14%

BFL

BSP Financial

$6.00

10.43%

32.16%

COF

Centuria Office REIT

$1.32

9.86%

-17.34%

IFL

Insignia Financial

$2.11

9.41%

-39.69%

IGO

IGO

$7.91

9.36%

-45.74%

AIZ

Air New Zealand

$0.60

9.16%

-15.49%

GOZ

Growthpoint Properties

$2.41

8.90%

-25.77%

WHC

Whitehaven Coal

$8.33

8.88%

-0.83%

LFG

Liberty Financial

$4.19

8.54%

5.81%

ABG

Abacus

$1.11

8.51%

-60.39%

AX1

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

 

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Written By

Kerry Sun

Content Strategist

Kerry holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University. He is an avid swing trader, focused on technical set ups and breakouts. Outside of writing and trading, Kerry is a big UFC fan, loves poker and training Muay Thai. Connect via LinkedIn or email.

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