Ajinomoto Co Dividend yield




   JPY/share 
 Price  6,173.00
 Dividend  67.90
 Earnings  195.35
 Cash-flow  222.05
 Book value  1,469.76
 Equity  1,375.70

Ajinomoto Co is part of Food Producers business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Ajinomoto Co is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Ajinomoto Co stock dividend

Ajinomoto Co paid a total dividend of 35,919 million JPY last year, for a market value of 3,265,517 millions (Market Cap 2,907,913 millions). Ajinomoto Co dividend per share is 67.90 JPY, and his stock market price 6,173.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ajinomoto Co has a dividend yield of 1.10%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Ajinomoto Co stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Ajinomoto Co

Ajinomoto Co Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ajinomoto Co to maintain his current dividend of JPY 67.90 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.10%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ajinomoto Co payout on ernings is currently 34.76%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Ajinomoto Cocan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Ajinomoto Co is JPY 222.05 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 67.90, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ajinomoto Co, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Goods industry and Food Producers sector companies.

Ajinomoto Co payout

Ajinomoto Co Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ajinomoto Co's dividend stock, both in percentage and in JPY, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  JPY  Paypout  Shares* 
Present1.10%67.9034.76%529
20221.51%60.8739.71%536
20211.43%50.0140.33%541
20201.37%32.0365.76%548
20191.76%31.9447.52%548
20181.69%33.0726.53%548
20171.41%29.9128.49%569
20161.36%30.1026.93%569
20150.53%14.9618.18%592

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Ajinomoto Co dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Food Producers stocks.

Ajinomoto Co stock dividend history

Ajinomoto Co Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ajinomoto Co showed a return of 11.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 59.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Food Producers firms.

Ajinomoto Co stock and market return