FTSE 100 dividends set for slowest growth since 2010 - AJ Bell

Increase of 1.8% expected in 2020

FTSE 100 dividend growth is set to be the slowest for a decade in 2020, despite a record year for payouts from the UK's largest companies, research from investment platform AJ Bell shows.

The UK's blue-chip companies are expected to distribute a record £91.1bn to shareholders through the course of the next 12 months, AJ Bell's analysis of company accounts and consensus analyst dividend forecasts claimed. However, while this translates to a headline forward yield of 4.7% for the FTSE 100, it is just 1.8% higher than 2019's expected payout of £89.5bn. That is the lowest year-on-year growth figure since 2010, when the aggregate growth figure came in broadly flat. Dividend growth for FTSE 100 companies has been lower every year since recording 14% in 2017, the research sho...