This week might be a chance to get a little extra cash in your pocket – especially if you have some spare cash to throw into your Easy Equities account with a mix of first-time dividends, special dividends, and some bumped-up payouts.
There are also several corporate actions taking place in which investors still have the opportunity to participate.
Cash payouts:
- CuriosityStream Inc., an American media company focused on factual entertainment, announced that it will be initiating a quarterly dividend payout.
- Weibo Corporation (WB), a Chinese social media giant, and Cardno Limited, an infrastructure and environmental services company, will pay a special dividend – WB will pay its second special dividend in a row!
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a prominent American mining company involved in copper and gold, will be paying a base dividend along with a variable dividend, which depends on the company’s earnings.
- Harbour Energy PLC, one of the largest independent oil and gas companies listed in the British market, increased its dividend payout by 8%.
Corporate actions like share consolidation, unbundling, and delistings:
- Amid the rising uranium prices, Paladin Energy, an Australian-listed uranium exploration company, plans to undergo a reverse stock split (share consolidation), which the company believes would reflect its position as an ASX 200 company and potentially attract a wider range of investors.
- As the demand for used cars is expected to continue growing, WeBuyCars, one of South Africa’s largest pre-owned vehicle resellers, will be listed on the JSE later this week (unbundling from Transactional Capital) and plans to pay dividends twice a year; as part of the unbundling, Transaction Capital will be offering its existing shareholders WBC at a specified ratio.
- African Equity Empowerment Investments, a South African investment firm, intends to buy all AEEI ordinary shares; the shares will be suspended from trading during the week, thereafter delisting from the JSE.
Australia
Brickworks Ltd will be paying AU$0.24 per share.
- Last trading date – 08 April 2024
- Payment date – 01 May 2024
Cardno Limited will be paying AU$0.27 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 29 April 2024
Kogan.com Ltd will be paying AU$0.07 per share.
- Last trading date – 11 April 2024
- Payment date – 31 May 2024
New Hope Corporation Ltd will be paying AU$0.17 per share.
- Last trading date – 12 April 2024
- Payment date – 01 May 2024
United Kingdom
Barratt Developments PLC will be paying £0.04 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 17 May 2024
Howden Joinery Group PLC will be paying £0.16 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 24 May 2024
Lloyds Banking Group PLC will be paying £0.01 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 21 May 2024
ITV PLC will be paying £0.01 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 23 May 2024
Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc will be paying £1.15 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 24 May 2024
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC will be paying £0.26 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 22 May 2024
Harbour Energy PLC will be paying $0.13 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 22 May 2024
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC will be paying €1.18 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 10 May 2024
South Africa
Nedbank Group Limited will be paying R10.22 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Curro Holdings Limited will be paying R0.14 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Resilient REIT Limited will be paying R2.03 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited will be paying R1.47 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Standard Bank Group Limited will be paying R7.33 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Capital & Regional PLC will be paying £0.02 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 31 May 2024
HomeChoice International Limited will be paying R0.83 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Growthpoint Properties Limited will be paying R0.58 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Sun International Limited will be paying R2.03 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
OUTsurance Group Limited will be paying R0.61 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Merafe Resources Limited will be paying R0.22 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
Libstar Holdings Limited will be paying R0.15 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
JSE Limited will be paying R7.84 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 April 2024
America
Intuit Inc will be paying $0.90 per share.
- Last trading date – 08 April 2024
- Payment date – 18 April 2024
AT&T Inc will be paying $0.27 per share.
- Last trading date – 08 April 2024
- Payment date – 01 May 2024
Verizon Communications Inc will be paying $0.66 per share.
- Last trading date – 08 April 2024
- Payment date – 01 May 2024
General Mills Inc will be paying $0.59 per share.
- Last trading date – 08 April 2024
- Payment date – 01 May 2024
Oracle Corp will be paying $0.40 per share.
- Last trading date – 08 April 2024
- Payment date – 24 April 2024
General Dynamics Corp will be paying $1.42 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 10 May 2024
American Tower Corp will be paying $1.62 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 26 April 2024
Weibo Corporation will be paying $0.82 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 13 May 2024
CuriosityStream Inc will be paying $0.02 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 30 April 2024
Marvell Technology Inc will be paying $0.06 per share.
- Last trading date – 10 April 2024
- Payment date – 01 May 2024
Freeport-McMoRan Inc will be paying $0.15 ($0.075 Base and $0.075 Variable ) per share.
- Last trading date – 11 April 2024
- Payment date – 01 May 2024
Abbott Laboratories will be paying $0.55 per share.
- Last trading date – 11 April 2024
- Payment date – 15 May 2024
Bat Magenta
Polo Leteka always had an entrepreneurial spirit, but couldn\’t quite decide on which direction to go in. She spent several years in the private and public sectors, and during her tenure in Government she knew she wanted to have a greater impact on helping South Africans follow their dreams by becoming entrepreneurs. She launched Capital Partners, an SME enterprise advisory and fund managing service firm. She brought two partners into the business to expand the services they could offer. Leteka went on to become one of the \”dragons\’ on the South African edition of Dragons\’ Den, investing in start-up businesses.