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Here are some of the ASX shares due to go ex-dividend next week.

To receive the next dividend, you must own the ASX share before its ex-dividend date.

ASX shares with ex-dividend dates coming up 

Cochlear Ltd (ASX: COH)

This ASX healthcare share will pay an 85% franked dividend of $1.30 per share on 14 October.

The ex-dividend date is Monday, 21 September.

New Hope Corporation Ltd (ASX: NHC)

This ASX coal share will pay a fully franked dividend of 30 cents per share on 15 October.

The ex-dividend date is 21 September.

Southern Cross Engineering Ltd (ASX: SXE)

This ASX industrials share will pay a 100% franked dividend of 7.5 cents per share on 7 October.

The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, 22 September.

Latitude Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: LFS)

This ASX financial share will pay a 100% franked dividend of 5.5 cents per share on 22 October.

The ex-dividend date is 22 September.

Fleetwood Ltd (ASX: FWD)

This ASX industrials share will pay a 100% franked dividend of 9.5 cents per share on 9 October.

The ex-dividend date is 22 September.

St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM)

This ASX materials share will pay a fully franked dividend of 5 cents per share on 16 October.

The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, 23 September.

IPD Group Ltd (ASX: IPG)

This ASX industrials share will pay a fully franked dividend of 7.9 cents per share on 8 October.

The ex-dividend date is 23 September.

Genesis Energy Ltd (ASX: GNE)

This ASX utilities share will pay an unfranked dividend of 6.3 cents per share on 9 October.

The ex-dividend date is 23 September.

Bisalloy Steel Group Ltd (ASX: BIS)

This ASX materials share will pay a fully franked dividend of 13 cents per share on 9 October.

The ex-dividend date is Thursday, 24 September.

Salter Brothers Emerging Companies Ltd (ASX: SB2)

This ASX financial share will pay a 50% franked dividend of 2 cents per share on 22 October.

The ex-dividend date is 24 September.

Wiseway Group Ltd (ASX: WWG)

Wiseway Group shares will pay a 100% franked dividend of 0.006 cents per share on 9 October.

The ex-dividend date is 24 September.

PRL Global Ltd (ASX: PRG)

PRL Global shares will pay a 100% franked dividend of 3 cents per share on 23 October.

The ex-dividend date is 24 September.

Teaminvest Private Group Ltd (ASX: TIP)

This ASX financial share will pay a 100% franked dividend of 1.5 cents per share on 5 October.

The ex-dividend date is Friday, 25 September.

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Truck parts. Wear-resistant steel. Industrial distribution.

These companies are unlikely to generate the same headlines as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, or lithium. However, glamour and investment quality are not the same thing.

A potentially powerful setup can emerge when a fundamentally sound business encounters a temporary rough patch. If revenue growth slows, margins contract, or investor expectations become overly pessimistic, the valuation can fall well before the long-term business trajectory has broken.

Should conditions eventually return to something closer to normal, investors may benefit from two forces: improving earnings and a higher valuation placed on those earnings.

Of course, the hard part is determining whether the headwind is temporary or structural. With that in mind, here are two decidedly unglamorous ASX shares worth watching.

Supply Network

Supply Network Ltd (ASX: SNL) distributes replacement parts to the road transport industry.

That may not sound particularly thrilling. However, trucks and buses need to remain on the road, and ageing or heavily used vehicles create recurring demand for replacement parts.

Supply Network has built an impressive long-term record by expanding its branch network and steadily capturing a larger share of the aftermarket. This has helped the company combine consistent revenue growth with unusually healthy profitability for a distributor.

Its preliminary FY26 result continued that trend. Revenue rose 15.2% to $403.1 million, crossing the $400 million mark for the first time. Expected net profit after tax increased 19.2% to approximately $47.7 million, implying a net profit margin of roughly 11.8%.

That is a strong result from a company operating in a relatively mundane industry.

However, the road ahead may become bumpier. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has increased diesel and lubricant costs while disrupting some Middle Eastern supply routes. These pressures affect Supply Network's customers as well as its own supply chain.

Management is also targeting approximately $50 million of additional revenue in FY27. Repeating the same absolute increase from a larger revenue base will naturally produce slower percentage growth, and management has described the target as challenging.

Still, the company has six Australian branch projects underway, and its new enterprise resource planning system is now live. Its longer-term growth case, supported by continued aftermarket share gains, appears intact.

The opportunity may emerge if investors focus too heavily on near-term transport conditions and overlook the durability of the underlying distribution network.

Bisalloy Steel Group

At the smaller end of the market, Bisalloy Steel Group Ltd (ASX: BIS) manufactures high-strength, quenched-and-tempered steel.

The company buys raw steel plate and improves it using proprietary heat-treatment processes. Its products are used in high-wear mining equipment, construction, and defence armour.

Mining wear plate contributes approximately 55% of revenue. This can generate recurring demand because equipment exposed to iron ore, coal, and copper operations requires replacement steel at regular intervals.

Bisalloy has also produced attractive profitability. The company boasts an average operating margin of 16% and return on equity of 25%, comfortably ahead of peers like Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX: BSL).

Recent performance has been less straightforward.

FY25 revenue was essentially unchanged compared to the year prior, while earnings per share rose 24% as operating margin expanded from 11% to 14%. That is a positive result, but it also means growth came from improved profitability rather than greater sales volumes.

Margins cannot expand indefinitely. Future growth will increasingly depend on demand from mining customers and the development of Bisalloy's defence opportunity.

The Australian Submarine Agency has selected Bisalloy as the single-source Australian supplier for steel qualification for the SSN-AUKUS submarine program. This could eventually become a meaningful, long-duration revenue stream, although major defence projects remain vulnerable to delays.

Foolish Takeaway

Neither business is glamorous. That may be precisely why they deserve attention.

Supply Network offers a strong distribution model facing logistical and industry pressures. Bisalloy combines recurring mining demand with defence potential, but must convert improving margins into sustainable volume growth.

The opportunity is not simply that conditions have become difficult. It is that the market may underestimate what these businesses could earn if their current headwinds prove temporary.

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Each state has a different school holiday period, with NSW, Queensland, and Victoria among the states commencing holidays today.

Tasmania has the latest school holiday schedule this Easter season. The school break in our smallest state runs from 18 April to 3 May.

So, here's a list of all the ASX shares due to go ex-dividend over the coming weeks through to 3 May.

In order to receive a dividend, you must own the ASX share prior to its ex-dividend date.

Ex-dividend dates give ASX investors two opportunities.

Either buy before the date to receive the dividend, or wait until ex-dividend day, when the share price will likely drop, to buy then.

ASX shares with ex-dividend dates this month

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With reporting season over, ASX companies are slowly winding their way through the ex-dividend process.

After a company announces its financial results and dividend, ASX investors have a short window to buy the share with the payment attached.

On the ex-dividend date, the stock begins trading without the next dividend payment attached.

We typically see share prices fall on ex-div dates because the shares are inherently less valuable without the dividend included.

Ex-dividend dates provide two opportunities for investors.

You can buy an ASX share before its ex-dividend date, which gives you immediate entitlement to the next dividend payment.

Or, you can buy an ASX share on its ex-div date, when the share price typically falls, and take advantage of that dip.

As usual, we've seen plenty of examples of ASX shares falling on their ex-dividend dates this year.

Yesterday, South 32 Ltd (ASX: S32) shares closed 1.5% down after going ex-dividend.

The Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL) share price fell 4.2% on its ex-div date this month.

CSL Ltd (ASX: CSL) shares dropped 2.15% on their ex-dividend date.

The Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX: PME) share price fell 1.3% on its ex-dividend date.

Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX: NEC) shares provide an extraordinary example, plummeting 36% on ex-div day.

However, this was more a reflection of the special dividend paid to Nine shareholders this time around after the sale of Domain.

Nine Entertainment is one of several companies that announced special dividends during the August earnings season.

9 ASX shares with ex-dividend dates next week

Here is a sample of the ASX shares going ex-dividend next week.

Further reading

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That's according to Aron Pataki, global portfolio manager at Newton Investment Management.

As the Australian Financial Review reported, Pataki says the defence sector is a key area he's keeping an eye on in his hunt for growth stocks amid today's rising geopolitical turmoil and environment of fast rising interest rates.

Which could throw up some welcome tailwind for ASX shares with exposure to defence spending.

Russia's war in Ukraine sparks defence spending growth

With inflation rocketing after a decade of 'stubborn absence' and interest rates rising fast following 11 years of stable or falling rates, Pataki sees the advantage returning to active investors over passive investors.

According to Pataki (quoted by the AFR):

For decades, passive investing worked very well. It didn't really matter what you invested in, everything went up, and the mantra was whenever you have a dip, it's a brilliant buying opportunity. But I suspect the world might be more complicated than that going forward. Active investors like us will benefit where you need to be far more selective.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has spurred governments the world over to rethink their defence spending, with further growth in defence budgets widely forecast over the coming years.

Having invested in global defence giants Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) and BAE Systems plc (LON: BA), Pataki said defence is among the key sectors to watch "for runaway growth".

Which ASX shares have exposure to the defence sector?

Now, there are no ASX shares that can rival Lockheed Martin or BAE Systems for their sheer size.

At least, not yet!

But a number of small-cap shares trading on the ASX do have significant exposure to increased global defence spending. Though that's largely yet to filter down to their share price performance this year.

Electro Optic Systems Holdings Ltd (ASX: EOS), for example, develops electro-optic technologies for the aerospace market. The company's biggest revenue earner is its defence segment, which manufactures advanced fire control, surveillance, and weapon systems. Despite running sharply higher in the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Electro Optic share price is down 79% in 2022 amid slumping revenue figures.

DroneShield Ltd (ASX: DRO) is another ASX share that stands to benefit from increasing geopolitical tensions. DroneShield provides drone detection and disruption solutions to the defence sectors as well as commercial airports, prisons, and other critical infrastructure. The DroneShield share price is down 3% year-to-date, beating the benchmark performance.

Then there's Codan Limited (ASX: CDA). Codan develops electronics solutions with a strong focus on metal detectors. Codan sells its equipment to both private and government customers. The Codan share price is down 33% this calendar year despite reporting strong FY22 results. Those results included a 16% year-on-year increase in sales and a record underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) of $100.5 million.

Other ASX shares with a footprint in the defence sector worth exploring include Bisalloy Steel Group Ltd (ASX: BIS), Austal Ltd (ASX: ASB), and Quickstep Holdings Limited (ASX: QHL).

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