Some shares can commerce at such an costly worth that it could make it tough for a median investor to buy a number of shares within the firm. Due to this fact, I prefer to filter shares to probably purchase beneath a sure worth. Additional, when looking for good earnings shares, preserving an in depth eye on the share worth permits me to simply calculate the dividend yield. Listed below are two dividend shares within the UK which can be on my radar proper now.

Present me the cash

The primary thought is Moneysupermarket.com (LSE:MONY). The model is immediately recognisable from the web site hyperlink. It offers an array of providers for patrons to match all the things from journey insurance coverage to mortgage charges.

Over the previous yr, the inventory is down 6% and trades at £2.27 now (25 March). Though the inventory progress hasn’t been spectacular over this time interval, the current full-year outcomes ought to assist to kickstart some momentum right here.

It reported report income in 2023 of £432m and generated a revenue earlier than tax of £92m. It bumped up the dividend per share from 11.7p the yr previous to 12.1p. Which means that the present dividend yield is 5.32%.

I’m optimistic going ahead as a result of with the UK in a recession, saving cash is a precedence for the overwhelming majority of households this yr. Because of this, I’d anticipate greater utilization of the providers that the agency offers this yr.

Nevertheless, one danger is the competitors on-line. It’s very arduous to distinguish between different money-saving web sites, which means that buyer loyalty isn’t that prime.

A sprawling funding agency

An alternative choice is Man Group (LSE:EMG). With a share worth of £2.59 and a dividend yield of 4.99%, it ticks the bins. Over the previous yr the share worth is up 8%.

The enterprise had a combined 2023. Web inflows of £2.36bn for the yr have been modest given the £100bn+ dimension of the fund. Nevertheless, it was 4.9% forward of the business for inflows, so that is value noting. Pre-tax revenue fell by 56%, pushed by decrease efficiency charges.

It additionally has a diversified efficiency throughout completely different investing methods. This consists of discretionary (the place the supervisor has full management of what to purchase and promote) in addition to multi-manager (the place a number of managers all contribute). So if one underperforms and buyers pull their cash out, the damaging total affect is considerably restricted.

I don’t suppose the dividend is beneath any actual risk going ahead. It has grown dividend per share funds for every of the final 5 years and it has good money circulate metrics.

Nevertheless, it must be famous that we’re getting into a unstable interval for monetary markets. This consists of key elections within the US and UK, alongside a number of giant economies beginning to pivot and reduce rates of interest. The rockiness forward may imply robust seas to navigate.

I like each shares for earnings and am significantly enthusiastic about including them to my portfolio.