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%....Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) currently offers a dividend yield of around 3.5%.
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