Daiichi Sankyo Dividend yield

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

Daiichi Sankyo stock dividend

Daiichi Sankyo paid a total dividend of 57,433 million JPY last year, for a market value of 8,703,180 millions (Market Cap 8,524,686 millions). Daiichi Sankyo dividend per share is 29.96 JPY, and his stock market price 4,540.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Daiichi Sankyo has a dividend yield of 0.66%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Health Care industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

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

Daiichi Sankyo Dividend Payout

About the ability of Daiichi Sankyo to maintain his current dividend of JPY 29.96 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.66%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Daiichi Sankyo payout on ernings is currently 52.60%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.87% and 21.91% respectively. Both figures show that Daiichi Sankyo 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 Daiichi Sankyo is JPY 59.74 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 29.96, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Daiichi Sankyo Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Daiichi Sankyo'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	0.66%	29.96	52.60%	1,917
2022	0.67%	28.48	59.31%	1,917
2021	0.92%	26.91	50.60%	1,916
2020	0.71%	25.10	32.59%	1,944
2019	0.97%	70.11	39.87%	648
2018	1.99%	69.87	56.92%	648
2017	2.38%	69.90	66.40%	663
2016	2.73%	65.03	44.50%	676
2015	2.36%	59.87	12.74%	689

*In millions

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

Daiichi Sankyo Stock performance

Finally, last moth Daiichi Sankyo showed a return of -2.30% compared to a worldwide -2.16% average, and a -3.16% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 32.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 0.43%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.