Q: Can you tell me how you find a list of all ASX-listed companies that pay fully franked dividends?
The question you ask is a very popular question and fortunately the answer is straightforward. A complete list of companies that pay franked dividends is available for the cost of a daily newspaper.
Sharemarket performance tables appear in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) and other daily publications. The tables indicate whether each share listed on the Australian Stock Exchange pays fully (f) or partly franked dividends (p) or unfranked dividends (no symbol appears). In the AFR, you can find this information, including whether a company even pays a dividend, under the ‘Dividends’ column.
The Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald also provide dividend information in the papers’ sharemarket tables under the ‘Dividend Yield’ column. I assume the daily newspapers for other capital cities provide dividend information in the sharemarket tables.
You can also use the Australian Securities Exchange website to access information about companies that pay fully franked dividends on
Note. If you’re considering investing in an Australian listed company based on information contained in a newspaper, I suggest you verify the information with the company in which you’re considering investing. You can do this by visiting the specific company website.
Background on franked dividends: A fully franked dividend is a dividend on an Australian share that has already had 30% tax paid on the income. The pre-paid tax on a dividend is known as a franking credit that can then be used to reduce the
