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It\u2019s an exciting time for investors looking to generate a supersized passive income from UK shares. I can see plenty of stocks yielding 7%, 8% or even 9%, and many have delivered lots of growth too lately. These three FTSE 250 stocks jumped out at me. Are they worth considering today?<\/p>\n
Specialist emerging markets fund manager Ashmore Group (LSE: ASHM) endured a rotten 15 years as it was hammered by the rotation away from emerging markets after the financial crisis. As interest in the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) cooled, so did Ashmore\u2019s performance. Long-term investors had one consolation. As the shares fell, the yield rocketed.<\/p>\n
The income regularly topped 10%, even though Ashmore has only increased shareholder payouts once since 2015. That year, it paid a dividend per share of 16.65p. Ten years later, it\u2019s crept up to just 16.9p.<\/p>\n
With investors captured by US tech, there wasn\u2019t much Ashmore could do. But last year, markets tired of the overpriced Magnificent Seven and took a return trip to the Far East. The result was instant, with the Ashmore share price up almost 75% in the last year.<\/p>\n
That growth spurt has inevitably shrunk the yield but it\u2019s still 7.66% on a trailing basis. I\u2019m not expecting any dividend increases. In February, the board held the interim 2026 first-half payment at 4.8p, where it\u2019s been since 2020. Given the high yield, it\u2019s hard to complain. The shares are no longer cheap, with a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.1. But not too expensive.<\/p>\n
Ashmore posted a solid set of first-half results on 12 February, with assets under management up 10% to $52.5bn, following stronger inflows, subscriptions and investment performance. Pre-tax profits jump 64% year on year to \u00a381.9m.<\/p>\n
Ashmore has been hit by its exposure to Venezuelan debt, and remains at the total mercy of emerging markets sentiment. There\u2019s not much it can do if that cycle reverses again. But I think it\u2019s worth considering for income-focused investors looking for a little diversification, and willing to take a long-term view.<\/p>\n
FTSE 250 investment trust Henderson Far East Income also caught my eye. I actually held this around 20 years ago, then sold in a fit of youthful impatience. Today it has a blockbuster trailing yield of 9.6%, and the shares are up 27% in a year. It\u2019s also been fired up by the cyclical swing back to Asia. The shares still trade at a 10-year low.<\/p>\n
The trust faces similar cyclical risks to Ashmore, but has a far better track record of increasing dividends. It\u2019s hiked them every year this millennium. Well worth considering for income seekers wanting diversification. I might take a return trip myself.<\/p>\n
FTSE 250 fund manager Aberdeen is also focused on emerging markets, and has been hit by the same broader trend. It\u2019s had even bigger worries, dealing with the fallout from the ill-fated 2017 merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also on the mend with the shares up 44% in the last year, yet the trailing dividend yield remains a healthy 7.2%. I wouldn\u2019t suggest buying all three FTSE 250 stocks, as they\u2019re exposed to similar risks, but they\u2019re worth considering individually.<\/p>\n
The post A once-in-a-decade chance to earn a sky-high passive income from these red-hot FTSE 250 stocks?<\/a> appeared first on The Motley Fool UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n More reading<\/p>\n Harvey Jones has no position in any of the shares mentioned. The Motley Fool UK has no position in any of the shares mentioned. Views expressed on the companies mentioned in this article are those of the writer and therefore may differ from the official recommendations we make in our subscription services such as Share Advisor, Hidden Winners and Pro. Here at The Motley Fool we believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.<\/a><\/p>\n Motley Fool UK 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image source: Getty Images It\u2019s an exciting time for investors looking to generate a supersized passive income from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7913,7914,5757,5691,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-16922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-ashmore-group","9":"tag-emerging-markets","10":"tag-ftse-250","11":"tag-passive-income","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116429991669619320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}