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Beyond Blue Chips: 3 Cash-Rich Singapore Dividend Stocks Paying More Than the STI
By The Smart Investor  •  April 8, 2026
Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) currently offers a dividend yield of around 3.5%. Think of blue chips like a famous Michelin-starred restaurant – reliable and prestigious, but often coming with a “brand premium” that limits your upside. In contrast, these three small-cap stocks are like the hidden neighborhood cafes that only the locals know about. They lack the flashy name, but their fortress balance sheets and superior cash flow allow them to serve up much heartier dividends than the big-name heavyweights.

Valuetronics Holdings (SGX: BN2)

When a company’s revenue falls, investors naturally worry about the dividend. But Valuetronics shows why it pays to dig deeper. For the six months ended 30 September 2025 (1HFY2026), revenue dipped 3.0% year on year (YoY) to HK$836.6 million. Yet net profit rose 2.7% to HK$93.0 million. The secret ‘sauce’ is a deliberate shift in sales mix. The higher-margin Industrial and Commercial Electronics (ICE) division grew 5.7%, now accounting for 84.5% of total revenue, up from 77.6%....
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By The Smart Investor
The Smart Investor is co-founded by David Kuo, Joanna Sng, and Chin Hui Leong. The company was formed in late 2019 from the ashes of the Motley Fool Singapore. The Smart Investor believes that everybody can learn how to invest, smartly. We aim to educate people on how to invest smartly by providing investing education, stock commentary and market coverage for Singapore and around the world.
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