…6 listed firms honour dividend payouts for FY2024
By Patrick Paintsil
Stock market investors are reaping from the strong performance of listed companies on the domestic capital market with only six listed firms paying dividends to shareholders for the 2024 traded year.
A Business24 analysis of full-year 2024 financials of some listed firms—those so far released to the exchange—has shown an impressive trend with companies paying dividend in the year under review.
Six listed companies namely Standard Chartered Bank, TotalEnergies, GOIL, MTN, Access Bank and CalBank have paid 2024 dividends to their investors and shareholders as at the first-half of the year.
Shareholders of Standard Chartered Bank Plc. and TotalEnergies Plc. were the big earners, gaining GH¢1.67per share and GH¢1.26per share respectively.
MTN, GOIL, Access Bank, and Calbank also paid GH¢0.124, GH¢0.398, GH¢0.088, and GH¢0.182 per share to investors in the period under review. Cumulatively, the six companies have paid GH¢4.378 in dividend earnings to investors.
Listed companies paying dividends reflects strong financial health, confidence in earnings stability a direct reward for shareholders.
With more payouts expected in the second half of the year, an encouraging trend could attract new investors to the bourse, leading to greater demand for the stock and potentially increasing the value of the market.
