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Hunting for Cash? These SGX Underdog Stocks Just Paid Out Big
By The Smart Investor  •  July 9, 2026
A bigger dividend cheque feels good. For anyone living off their portfolio, though, the size of this year’s payout matters less than whether it turns up again next year. Three SGX-listed companies lifted their total dividends in their latest financial year. Each did it for a different reason. And those reasons are what separate income you can count on from income you got lucky with. The question for each of these stocks is simple. Does the cash coming in comfortably cover the cash going out to shareholders? Here’s how the three stack up.

Credit Bureau Asia (SGX: TCU), or CBA

CBA supplies credit and risk information to banks, financial institutions and government bodies across Southeast Asia. It runs credit bureaus in Singapore, Cambodia and Myanmar, and sells commercial risk and business information through a partnership with Dun & Bradstreet. For the year ended 31 December 2025, revenue edged up 0.7% year on year (YoY) to S$60.1 million. Profit attributable to owners slipped 4.4% to S$10.7...
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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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