It's always an interesting insight into the health of the ASX when earnings season arrives. Of course, everyone likes to look at revenues, profits and the countless other metrics that companies present. But my favourite thing to analyse in an ASX 200 share's earnings report is the dividend section.
In my view, there is no litmus test of a company's financial health quite like a dividend. Companies that are in financial strife simply cannot afford to increase their payouts consistently over time. And that can be fudged by accounting tricks. Today let's go over three ASX dividend shares that aren't in that boat, and have just revealed pay rises for their investors.
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3 ASX 200 dividend shares that just boosted shareholder income
First up, we have Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW). Woolworths is a blue chip ASX 200 dividend share that has always been given a look from the typical ASX income investor. The view this year was a good one. Woolworths announced this morning that its shareholders can look forward to a final dividend of 52 cents per share, fully franked.
This new dividend is worth a 15.56% increase over the final dividend of 45 cents per share that investors banked in 2025. Woolworths is currently (at the time of writing) trading on a trailing dividend yield of 2.23%.
Next, let's talk about gold miner Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX: PRU). Perseus' earnings were exceptionally well-received this morning. The company posted big rises in revenues, profits and cash flow, thanks to the marked increase in gold prices over FY2026. That filtered down into this ASX 200 dividend share's next payout.
Perseus revealed a final dividend of 9 cents per share for 2026, unfranked. That's a whopping 80% increase over the final dividend of 5 cents per share from 2025. At current pricing, Perseus Mining stock has a dividend yield of 1.04%.
Finally, we can't not mention WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC). WiseTech shares are in freefall today after the ASX 200 tech share reported its own earnings. You can read more about that here. Despite this, there were plenty of green numbers in the company's report. Those included a 79% rise in revenues and a 56% surge in underlying earnings.
That helped Wisetech declare a final, fully franked dividend worth 88 US cents per share. That's up a healthy 14.29% from the 77 US cents per share investors bagged in 2025. Right now, the Wisetech share price has a dividend yield of 0.51%.
