No dividend = bad stock ?
A friend once told me never to buy a stock which does not have dividend payout. He told me after I told him I sold Air Asia at a loss of RM 500. According to him, a stock which does not pay or has very very low dividend payout is a bad stock and should [...]
FY09 Gross Dividend Projections for Large Cap Stocks
This is taken from RHB Invest (I’ve removed the estimated % set by RHB). The diagram below uses the consensus %. Consensus (%) Public Bank 8.7 BAT 7.6 BJTOTO 7.6 Digi 7.3 YTL Power 7.3 Maybank 6.6 PLUS 6.3 UMW 5.9 KL Kepong 5.5 Sime Darby 5.3 BCHB 4.9 P Gas 4.9 HL Bank 4.5 [...]
Study the dividend stocks and payout dates
One of my methods of choosing a stock (besides the usual PE ratio, EPS, etc) is by looking at its past dividend payout. Some companies have dividend payouts twice or 3 times a year while some only have once. You can refer to The Star‘s page HERE to check out the past records of the [...]