Dividends.21 Dec 2020 07:35
FTSE 100 (^FTSE) dividends are set to rebound 18% in 2021 after the coronavirus pandemic wiped £14.7bn ($19.6bn) worth of payments this year.
According to online investment platform AJ Bell (AJB.L), blue-chip dividends are forecast to increase £10.9bn to £70.8bn next year.
Each quarter AJ Bell takes the forecasts for the FTSE 100 companies from all the leading city analysts and aggregates them to provide the dividend outlook for each company.
Market newcomer M&G (MNG.L), Imperial Brands (IMB.L), British American Tobacco (BATS.L) and Polymetal (POLY.L) are tipped to be the highest yielding stocks in 2021, while HSBC (HSBA.L), Lloyds (LLOY.L), Glencore (GLEN.L) and BT (BT-A.L) are forecast to deliver the highest dividend increases at the time of writing