This week, three lesser-known SGX-listed stocks will be sending dividends to shareholders on the same date – 22 May 2026. But as any seasoned dividend investor knows, the cheque is only part of the story. What matters just as much is whether the business behind the payout can keep writing them. Let’s take a closer look.

Wee Hur Holdings Limited (SGX: E3B): The Dividend That’s Actually Growing

At first glance, Wee Hur’s dividend looks like it fell off a cliff. Total payouts plunged from S$0.08 per share in FY2024 to just S$0.015 in FY2025. But here’s the catch: last year’s figure was inflated by a hefty S$0.07 special dividend funded by proceeds from the group’s Fund I Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) disposal. Strip that out, and ordinary dividends actually rose 50% – from S$0.01 to S$0.015 per share. The financials back up that growth. For FY2025, revenue surged 47% year on year (YoY) to S$295.4 million, driven by an 83% jump in property development revenue from...