Dividend shares within the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 have been getting loads of consideration, and a few share costs have been gaining.

Financial institution shares are extra common now, although HSBC Holdings (LSE: HSBA) appears to be getting a bit much less love.

The HSBC share price has gained in 2024. However the forecast dividend yield remains to be up at 7.3%, and analysts anticipate it to maintain going.

If we evaluate that with the 5% yield on the playing cards at Lloyds Banking Group, the 5.2% down for NatWest Group, or with Barclays‘ 3.7%, I believe HSBC begins to look too low-cost. A dividend can by no means be assured, thoughts.

The discrepancy might be down to the instructions of the chance between HSBC and the others. Whereas UK-focused banks seem like heading into higher financial occasions, fears are rising for the Chinese language financial system.

However in the long run, I anticipate Asian economies to develop strongly. And at at present’s low ahead price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of beneath seven, I believe the short-term threat is price taking.

HSBC itself appears to suppose so too, because it’s been shopping for again its personal shares.

Rising markets

My second choose can be primarily based on my long-term tackle Asian economies, in addition to different rising markets.

It’s Ashmore (LSE: ASHM), the asset administration agency that focuses on, properly, rising markets. That’s one thing that individuals have been pulling away from lately.

If of us are anxious about their house economies, then how a lot scarier should the unknowns of far-away locations be?

The Ashmore share price is down 60% previously 5 years, and that every one appears to be resulting from shoppers taking their cash out.

The corporate put its property beneath administration at $49.5bn at 30 June 2024. As lately as simply two years prior, that determine was up at $64bn.

Ashmore’s precise efficiency, although, appears to be like nice to me. At interim time at December 2023, the agency reported “steadiness sheet energy with roughly £800 million of capital sources together with £542 million of money“.

And it maintained its dividend, with an enormous yield of 9.7% forecast for the yr.

I anticipate short-term volatility, and the share price might dip additional. However I believe Ashmore needs to be price contemplating for long-term buyers.

Money cow

I’ve had my eye on promoting and PR big WPP (LSE: WPP) of late too. The weak share price places the inventory on a ahead P/E of solely round 10 and dropping.

WPP has been out of favour for the reason that previous days of Sir Martin Sorrell got here to an finish.

After which, pandemic, inflation, rates of interest… all had a big effect on spending within the advertising and marketing and company communications enterprise.

It would take some time but for enterprise to get again to earlier ranges. And with budgets more likely to stay tight, that whereas might be an extended one.

However for me, the expected 5.5% dividend yield makes this a sexy inventory to contemplate shopping for now. It could be one to deal with with persistence, in it for the long term and the restoration that I hope is coming.

However the dividend revenue might be a pleasant sweetener whereas we wait.