If you’re looking for a source of income from dividend shares, then I think Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) is a great option to consider.

I believe it is the highest quality bank on the Australian share market and expect its shares to provide investors with a very generous yield in 2021 (even after factoring in a dividend cut).

However, given that a lot of investors already have meaningful exposure to the banks, it might not be suitable for everyone.

In light of this, I have picked out three ASX dividend shares which I think would be quality alternatives to the banks. They are as follows:

Aventus Group (ASX: AVN)

I think Aventus could be a good dividend option. It is a retail property company specialising in large format retail parks across Australia. Aventus’ rental income has a reasonably high weighting towards everyday needs, with homewares, electrical, furniture, bedding and hardware making up the balance. I think this is a good and robust mix and leaves it well-placed for growth over the coming years. In respect to its distribution, Goldman Sachs recently forecast a ~17.3 cents per unit distribution in FY 2021. This equates to a forward ~7.9% distribution yield.

Dicker Data Ltd (ASX: DDR)

Another dividend share to consider buying instead of the banks is Dicker Data. It is a leading distributor of information technology products. It has delivered consistently solid earnings and dividend growth over the last few years thanks to its strong market position, growing demand, and the addition of new vendors. The good news is that I remain confident that this growth can continue over the coming years. And based on the high levels of insider buying it continues to report, its management team does as well. This year Dicker Data intends to pay a 35.5 cents per share. This represents a fully franked ~5% yield.

Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES)

Lastly, I think this conglomerate is a dividend share to buy. Wesfarmers is the company behind brands such as Bunnings, Kmart, Target, online retailer Catch, and Officeworks. In addition to its retail exposure, the company owns a number of businesses in the chemicals and industrials industries. It also has a hefty cash balance which I suspect could be used to make earnings accretive acquisitions in the near term. Combined, I believe Wesfarmers is well-placed to grow its earnings and dividends at a solid rate over the coming years. At present I estimate that its shares offer a forward fully franked ~3.5% dividend yield.

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The Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB) share price was on fire on Tuesday and rocketed materially higher.

The online travel agent’s shares jumped over 11% to finish the day at $4.10.

Despite this strong gain, the Webjet share price is still down over 57% since the start of the year.

Does this make Webjet shares a bargain buy?

Unfortunately, at the current level I think Webjet is far from a bargain buy. In fact, I believe it shares are very expensive despite their significant decline.

As I mentioned here previously, at the start of the year when nobody had heard of COVID-19, Webjet’s market capitalisation stood at just under $1.3 billion.

A market capitalisation is essentially the value of the company. It represents the total number of shares on issue multiplied by the share price of the time. At that point Webjet had a total of ~135.6 million shares outstanding and a share price of $9.49.

How much do you think Webjet’s market capitalisation is today?

Given that its shares price is down 57% since the start of the year, you might expect that its market capitalisation would be down by the same amount to $559 million. But it isn’t.

Webjet actually has a market capitalisation of approximately $1.4 billion.

Yes, you read that correctly. Despite the tourism industry grinding to a halt during the pandemic and the next year or two looking incredibly uncertain, investors are giving Webjet a higher valuation.

How is this possible? This appears to have been caused by investors not taking into account Webjet’s highly dilutive capital raising.

This capital raising means there are now a total of ~339 million shares outstanding. Which, when multiplied by the current share price, equates to a market capitalisation ~$100 million higher than its pre-pandemic valuation.

Short interest building.

In light of this, I can’t say I’m surprised that short sellers have begun to target Webjet. Short sellers are investors that profit when a share price declines.

On Monday, Webjet had 9.2% of its shares held short, making it one of the 10 most shorted shares on the ASX.

In light of the above, although I am a big fan of Webjet and its brands, I think it is a very risky share to own at the current level.

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