In June final yr, I made a decision Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) shares have been an unmissable purchase at 45.06p so I purchased 4,403 for £2k. The Lloyds share price dropped to 40.89p in September and this time my £2k picked up 4,856 shares.

Lloyds has since paid me two dividends of £40 and £172, which I mechanically reinvested, lifting my complete holding to 9,657 shares. My unique £4k is now price £5,200. That’s a complete return of 30% in a yr.

High dividend inventory

The Lloyds share price is up 19.35% over one yr so I’m a cheerful bunny. But these are early days. I hope to carry this FTSE 100 inventory for years and ideally many years, if all goes effectively.

My solely remorse is that I didn’t purchase wherever close to sufficient Lloyds shares. No inventory is with out threat, however this seems safer than most. Because the traumas of the monetary disaster, the large banks have constructed their capital energy and within the case of Lloyds, withdrawn from dangerous funding banking actions. Its frequent fairness tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio was a strong 14.4% on the finish of 2023. It has zero debt. It’s a far cry from the on line casino capitalism of yore.

I’ve been toying with the concept of throwing my complete Shares and Shares ISA allowance into it. Is there something to cease me?

FTSE 100 high-yielder

At present, Lloyds shares commerce at 53.86p. That’s 31.7% greater than I paid in September, which means that a few of their restoration potential has been used up. They’re hardly overpriced although, buying and selling at 9.36 instances ahead earnings. The price-to-book worth has crept up from 0.6 to 0.7, however that’s nonetheless beneath the determine of 1 normally seen as truthful worth.

They provide loads of dividend development potential too. The trailing yield is 5.12%. The ahead yield for 2024 is 5.43%. In 2025, analysts reckon the financial institution will yield 5.93%, properly lined twice by earnings.

In 2023, the dividend per share climbed from 2.4p to 2.76p, an increase of 15%. Markets anticipate a smaller improve this yr to round 2.93p per share. 

Investing £20k immediately would purchase me 37,133 shares. They’d generate earnings of £1,088 in 2024. I can discover higher-yielding shares on the FTSE 100, however that’s nonetheless a strong charge of earnings.

Lloyds had a bumper 2023, posting pre-tax earnings of £7.5bn and funding a £2bn share buyback. It could battle to prime that in 2024. When the Financial institution of England lastly cuts base charges, that can squeeze internet curiosity margins. We received an early taster in Q1, when margins fell 12% to £3.127bn, with mortgages taking the brunt amid tight competitors.

I’m eager to extend my stake in Lloyds, however received’t go the total £20k. I’ll feed in one other £5k this yr although, profiting from any dips. This FTSE 100 dividend development star has proven its potential over the past yr. I can’t wait to see what it could do over 10 or 20 years.