Every investor dreams of owning stocks that they can pass down to their children or loved ones.
For this to happen, the company must have endearing characteristics such as a robust business model, a long track record of growth, and a stellar management team.
Blue-chip stocks are a category of stocks that fits these criteria as they are large companies with a track record of going through good times and bad.
Most of them also pay a dividend to boot, thus helping to generate a stream of passive income for you.
Here are four Singapore blue-chip stocks that we feel confident you can buy and own forever.
DBS Group (SGX: D05)
DBS needs no introduction, being Singapore’s largest bank by market capitalisation.
The lender has a rock-solid reputation and boasts a strong track record of financial performance.
Investment firm Temasek Holdings also owns 28% of DBS as of 31 March 2025.
The group reported a sparkling set of earnings for the third quarter of 2025 (3Q2025).
Net interest income grew 2% year on year (YoY) to S$10.9 billion for 9M2025, supported by strong deposit growth and balance sheet hedging despite lowered interest rates.
With the nine months fee income reaching a record high of S$3.8 billion, DBS’s total income increased by 5% YoY to S$17.6 billion.
An interim dividend at S$0.75 was declared, comprising a S$0.60 ordinary dividend and S$0.15 capital return dividend.
This round of dividend is around 38% higher than the S$0.54 paid out a year earlier.
Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68)
Singapore Exchange Limited, or SGX, is Singapore’s sole stock exchange operator.
The bourse operator owns a platform for the buying and selling of a wide variety of securities such as shares, bonds, and derivatives.
SGX enjoys a natural monopoly as it is the only stock exchange operator in Singapore.
The group announced a solid set of results for fiscal 2025 (FY2025) ending on 30 June 2025.
Net revenue jumped up 11.7% to S$1.298 billion, while adjusted net profit increased by 15.9% to S$610 million.
The Bourse operator also paid out a total dividend of S$0.375 per share, 8.7% more than the S$0.345 paid out a year earlier.
SGX has been busy rolling out new products to increase the breadth of securities that investors can trade in and use to hedge their investment portfolios.
In June, SGX launched six new Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs) representing Hong Kong and Thai blue-chip names.
This brought the total SDR suite to 21 securities and covers around 50% of the Hang Seng Index and SET50 Index by constituent weight.
Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX: J69U)
Frasers Centrepoint Trust, or FCT, is a suburban retail REIT with a portfolio of nine retail malls and an office building.
The REIT’s assets under management (AUM) stood at around S$8.3 billion as of 30 September 2025.
FCT is a great candidate for owning long-term because of its portfolio of resilient suburban malls.
These malls attract footfall from nearby HDB estates and ensure that tenant sales remain high, thereby attracting strong demand from vendors to set up shops in the REIT’s portfolio of malls.
For the full fiscal year 2025 (FY2025) ending on 30 September 2025, FCT reported a decent set of financial results.
Gross revenue increased by 10.8% YoY to S$389.6 million because of the acquisition of Northpoint City South Wing and the improvement across its retail portfolio.
Net property income (NPI) grew by 9.7% YoY to S$278.0 million.
Distribution per unit (DPU) also inched up by 0.6% YoY to S$0.12113.
FCT continued to maintain strong operating metrics with committed occupancy at a constant 98.1%
Rental reversion also came in positive at 7.8% for 2025 while shopper traffic and tenant sales improved YoY.
CapitaLand Asendas REIT (SGX: A17U)
CapitaLand Asendas REIT, or CLAR, is Singapore’s oldest industrial REIT with a portfolio of 229 industrial properties.
Its AUM stood at S$16.8 billion as of 30 June 2025.
CLAR has a diversified tenant base of around 1790 tenants across developed markets of Singapore, Australia, the US and Europe.
No single property contributes more than 4% of gross rental income (GRI), thus ensuring that the industrial REIT remains resilient through different economic cycles.
CLAR’s portfolio occupancy also stood high at 91.8%, along with a strong positive rental reversion of 9.5%.
The REIT also completed the acquisition of one US logistics property in January 2025, and announced two Singapore acquisitions in May 2025, which are expected to be completed by 2H2025.
These three fully occupied properties will further strengthen CLAR’s portfolio quality and income stream.
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Disclosure: Royston Y. owns shares of DBS Group and Singapore Exchange Limited. Charlyn T. owns shares in DBS Group and Singapore Exchange Limited..
