Astellas Pharmaceuti Dividend yield

Astellas Pharmaceuti is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. Astellas Pharmaceuti is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Astellas Pharmaceuti stock dividend

Astellas Pharmaceuti paid a total dividend of 107,874 million JPY last year, for a market value of 3,980,355 millions (Market Cap 3,978,611 millions). Astellas Pharmaceuti dividend per share is 60.03 JPY, and his stock market price 2,215.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Astellas Pharmaceuti has a dividend yield of 2.71%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Health Care industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Astellas Pharmaceuti stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Astellas Pharmaceuti Dividend Payout

About the ability of Astellas Pharmaceuti to maintain his current dividend of JPY 60.03 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.71%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Astellas Pharmaceuti payout on ernings is currently 65.59%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Astellas Pharmaceuti can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

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 Astellas Pharmaceuti is JPY 184.58 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 60.03, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Astellas Pharmaceuti, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

Astellas Pharmaceuti Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Astellas Pharmaceuti'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*
Present	2.71%	60.03	65.59%	1,797
2022	2.74%	54.99	61.37%	1,827
2021	2.46%	46.03	55.60%	1,853
2020	2.57%	40.97	33.93%	1,858
2019	2.09%	39.08	27.80%	1,886
2018	2.64%	37.01	35.37%	1,921
2017	2.44%	35.06	27.81%	2,016
2016	2.09%	33.02	29.68%	2,127
2015	1.85%	32.08	39.96%	2,173

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Astellas Pharmaceuti dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology stocks.

Astellas Pharmaceuti Stock performance

Finally, last moth Astellas Pharmaceuti showed a return of 6.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 11.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.