Furukawa Electric Dividend yield

Furukawa Electric is part of Electronic and Electrical Equipment business, which is part of Industrials industry. Furukawa Electric is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Furukawa Electric paid a total dividend of 6,031 million JPY last year, for a market value of 179,488 millions (Market Cap 155,027 millions). Dividend per share of Furukawa Electric is 84.94 JPY, and his stock market price 2,528.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Furukawa Electric has a dividend yield of 3.36%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also bigger than average of Industrials industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Furukawa Electric dividend yield with other Electronic and Electrical Equipment companies or firms from Japan.

Furukawa Electric Dividend Payout

About the ability of Furukawa Electric to maintain his current dividend of JPY 84.94 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.36%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Furukawa Electric payout on ernings is currently 13.78%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 37.66% and 31.38% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Furukawa Electriccan 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 Furukawa Electric is JPY 601.90 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 84.94, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Furukawa Electric, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Industrials industry and Electronic and Electrical Equipment sector companies.

Furukawa Electric Stock performance

Finally, last moth Furukawa Electric showed a return of 0.80% compared to a worldwide 4.36% average, and a 5.80% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 8.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 2.14%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Electronic and Electrical Equipment firms.