Daicel Dividend yield




   JPY/share 
 Price  1,217.00
 Dividend  37.97
 Earnings  143.18
 Cash-flow  94.34
 Book value  1,014.17
 Equity  1,001.26

Daicel is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Daicel is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Daicel stock dividend

Daicel paid a total dividend of 10,859 million JPY last year, for a market value of 348,062 millions (Market Cap 298,952 millions). Daicel dividend per share is 37.97 JPY, and his stock market price 1,217.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Daicel has a dividend yield of 3.12%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Daicel stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Daicel

Daicel Dividend Payout

About the ability of Daicel to maintain his current dividend of JPY 37.97 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.12%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Daicel payout on ernings is currently 26.52%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Daicelcan 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 Daicel is JPY 94.34 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 37.97, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Daicel, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Daicel payout

Daicel Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Daicel'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* 
Present3.12%37.9726.52%286
20223.77%36.0033.93%296
20214.03%32.0449.17%301
20204.25%32.00193.82%301
20193.05%31.9929.28%323
20182.83%32.0128.87%335
20172.57%32.9526.47%346
20162.06%25.9622.87%364
20151.44%25.9528.22%351

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Daicel dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

Daicel stock dividend history

Daicel Stock performance

Finally, last moth Daicel showed a return of -7.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 38.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Chemicals firms.

Daicel stock and market return