Where to invest $2,000 in ASX dividend shares

If you have $2,000 to invest into ASX dividend shares, then it could be worth considering the two in this article.

That’s because they have recently been named as buys by analysts at Morgans. Here’s what the broker is recommending to clients:

Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd (ASX: DBI)

Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure is the owner of the Dalrymple Bay Terminal, which provides terminal infrastructure and services for producers and consumers involved in Australian coal exports.

It effectively functions as a metallurgical coal export facility that operates as a gateway for coal from the Bowen Basin and forms part of the global steelmaking supply chain.

Morgans believes that recent share price weakness has created a buying opportunity for income investors. It said:

DBI’s share price has declined c.14% since its high on its FY25 reporting day in February. We see no factor causing a material change to the fundamental value of the business. Our forecasts and valuation includes the higher interest rate environment and elevated short-term inflation. Hence no change to our $5.35 target price. Forecast changes are negligible.

At current prices we estimate potential TSR of c.21% (including a forecast 6.2% cash yield). We view this as an attractive return (with significant margin of safety) for a defensive but growing infrastructure asset. Hence we upgrade from HOLD to BUY.

As for income, the broker is forecasting dividends of 28 cents per share in FY 2026 and then 31 cents per share in FY 2027. Based on its current share price of $5.07, this would mean dividend yields of 5.5% and 6.1%, respectively.

GQG Partners Inc (ASX: GQG)

Another ASX dividend share that Morgans recently upgraded to a buy rating is fund manager GQG Partners.

It appears optimistic that a recent uptick in its investment performance could be the start of a turnaround after a long period of fund outflows. It said:

GQG has provided a February FUM update.  Whilst monthly net flows remained negative (-US$3.2bn), strong February investment performance (+US$10.5bn), which drove +4.5% FUM growth, made this a positive update in our view. We lift our GQG FY26F/FY27F EPS by +1%-+2%, driven by increased FUM forecasts based on better investment performance than we expected. Our PT rises to A$2.03 (previously A$1.89).

We acknowledge it remains early, but the improved January and February investment performance for GQG might mark the start of a business turnaround. We continue to see the stock as undervalued trading on 8x FY1 PE and an ~11% dividend yield. With >20% TSR upside, we move to a BUY rating, previously Accumulate.

Morgans is expecting very generous dividend yields of over 10% in FY 2026 and FY 2027.

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Motley Fool contributor James Mickleboro has positions in Gqg Partners. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Gqg Partners. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.