If I could pick just one passive income stock from the FTSE ever, this would be it

I’m constructing a balanced portfolio of FTSE dividend shares to generate the passive revenue I have to take pleasure in a cushty retirement. However what if I may solely purchase one? In that case, I’d should take a really totally different strategy.

A one-stock portfolio would possibly provide some benefits. I may go for a super-high-yielder, like wealth supervisor M&G, and bag a whopping revenue of virtually 9% a 12 months. Whereas M&G’s shareholder payouts seem safe for now, that’s nonetheless a dangerous technique. Plus its share value has struggled to develop.

Alternatively, I may play comparatively secure and purchase transmissions monopoly Nationwide Grid, which presently yields 5.47%.

But the utility’s share value crashed in Could after it introduced plans to boost £7bn to speed up its transition to renewable energy. It has web debt of greater than £40bn, and I’m not comfy with that. So I wouldn’t purchase Nationwide Grid by itself both.

I’d purchase Lloyds Banking Group

Unilever is one other strong FTSE 100 blue-chip I’d take into account for my one-stop portfolio, but it surely doesn’t pay sufficient revenue, presently yielding lower than 3%.

Oil large BP yields 5.39%, which is sweet. Its shares are grime low cost too, buying and selling at six instances earnings. But the power sector is cyclical, oil exploration is dangerous and we nonetheless don’t understand how BP will negotiate the shift to web zero.

I’d fortunately maintain all 4 of those in a portfolio of dividend revenue and progress shares, however I wouldn’t make them my sole picks. If I had to decide on only one inventory for all times, it will be Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY).

I do know, I do know, that’s a bit boring. However in a approach, it must be boring. My nerves could be in shreds if I purchased one inventory and it was everywhere in the store.

However this doesn’t imply Lloyds will keep away from the swings and roundabouts that comes with investing in equities.

High FTSE 100 dividend progress inventory

As we noticed within the monetary disaster, issues can nonetheless go badly fallacious. Though I’d prefer to suppose we’ve discovered from that. We actually discovered that the large banks are too large to fail, and should be rescued if required.

I’ve chosen Lloyds over the opposite FTSE 100 banks as a result of it sticks to the fundamentals of non-public and small enterprise banking, which reduces its threat profile. It’s nonetheless uncovered to the ups and downs of the UK economic system, which has been very bumpy currently with Covid, the cost-of-living disaster and every thing else. However when investing in shares, it’s inconceivable to keep away from threat collectively.

The Lloyds share value appears to be like good worth buying and selling at 7.4 instances earnings, roughly half the FTSE 100 common of round 15 instances. That’s regardless of the inventory climbing a powerful 36.3% in a 12 months. The trailing yield has shrunk in consequence although, to simply 4.8%.

Nonetheless, administration is aiming to extend dividends 12 months after 12 months, and the forecast yield is extra spectacular at 5.6%. Higher nonetheless, that’s lined twice by earnings, which is fairly comfy. 

As I stated, it will likely be insanity to put money into only one inventory. But when somebody put a gun to my head, my sole passive revenue choose could be Lloyds.