Singapore(SGX) High Yield Dividend Stocks for Income
Post on: 7 Июнь, 2015 No Comment
What a lot of people would like is to have high yielding dividend stocks (4%-10%) to compliment their growth stocks or to provide passive income.
Reasonable Yield yet Strong Currency
Dividend Stocks in Singapore does provide a good yield. Yet the Singapore Dollar is a strong currency as to be a great financial hub, Singapore’s currency need to be strong
Tracking good dividend yield stocks
Singapore Dividend Stock Tracker lists Singapore best known high yield stocks and follows their yield payout, price to book, free cashflow yield changes daily.
This tracker is actively refine to include blue chips in Singapore and Mid cap suitable for international investors
Singapore Telecom Stocks
There are 3 telecom stocks in Singapore and they do provide good yields ranging from 4.5% to 8%.
They do not pale in comparison with other countries telecom stocks
Infrastructure and Utilities Stocks
Electric utilities, high ways, toll roads, air port, marine ports and oil & gas storage are high capital expenditure business that creates great barriers to entry. This make their cash flows very predictable and defensive.
Since they are high capex, they tend to be funded by large amount of debts, so investors would have to take note of their debt financing plans.
2012 Dividend Yield Comparison of Different Infrastructure Assets
Here is a comparison of what kind of yields you can look for based on US infrastructure stocks listed. Note that in Singapore they would tend to be 2% higher.
Some listed infrastructure stocks in Singapore includes:
- Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) . A listed fund that invest in a China Toll Road, a Taiwan broadcasting station and a China port. Yields 10% (Aug 2012)
- China Merchant Pacific Holdings (CMHP) . A listed holding company investing in China Toll Roads. Yields 7.6% (Aug 2012)
- Hutchinson Port Holdings (HPH) . A Hong Kong port operator that operates Li Ka Shings ports. Yields 7.9% (July 2012)
Criterias of good dividend stocks
Many have asked me what are the hallmarks of a good dividend stock. Essentially they are no different from selecting good companies
- Wide Economic Moats – monopolistic business, things people cannot live without, outstanding network effect
- Good Growth – must grow instead of becoming stagnant. For dividend payouts to grow.
- Low Dividend Payout – this enables the retained cash to be channel to grow more cashflow
- Positive Free Cashflow – the blood of a dividend stock. A good company will have increasing or consistenly positive free cashflow
- Good Yield – 4%-7% yield. High yielding stocks tend to be because of high payouts which might not be good long term.
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