Dividend Income Guide

United Kingdom dividend sectors

Sector mix shapes the identity of a dividend market. A bank-heavy market, a commodity-heavy market, and a REIT-heavy market can all look attractive on yield while behaving very differently during stress.

Simple sector lens

  • Shell provides a live example from the market with a trailing yield of 4.2% and a five-year dividend growth rate of 3.8%.
  • Unilever provides a live example from the market with a trailing yield of 3.5% and a five-year dividend growth rate of 3.1%.