East Japan Railway Dividend yield

East Japan Railway is part of Travel and Leisure business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. East Japan Railway is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

East Japan Railway stock dividend

East Japan Railway paid a total dividend of 37,553 million JPY last year, for a market value of 3,103,464 millions (Market Cap 2,965,681 millions). East Japan Railway dividend per share is 99.61 JPY, and his stock market price 8,232.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, East Japan Railway has a dividend yield of 1.21%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Consumer Services industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare East Japan Railway stocks dividend with other Travel and Leisure companies or other of the highest Japan dividend stocks list.

East Japan Railway Dividend Payout

About the ability of East Japan Railway to maintain his current dividend of JPY 99.61 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.21%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). East Japan Railway payout on ernings is currently 37.87%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that East Japan Railway is in a good position to keep maintaining his 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 East Japan Railway is JPY 1,553.21 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 99.61, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of East Japan Railway, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Services industry and Travel and Leisure sector companies.

East Japan Railway Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of East Japan Railway'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	1.21%	99.61	37.87%	377
2022	1.33%	100.02	-39.77%	377
2021	1.41%	99.73	-6.49%	377
2020	1.92%	132.19	25.15%	377
2019	1.60%	157.73	20.16%	377
2018	1.49%	144.69	19.22%	385
2017	1.23%	135.24	18.94%	389
2016	1.33%	129.89	20.62%	389
2015	1.08%	125.50	27.54%	395

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of East Japan Railway dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Travel and Leisure stocks.

East Japan Railway Stock performance

Finally, last moth East Japan Railway showed a return of 2.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 13.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Travel and Leisure firms.