Hikari Tsushin Dividend yield

Hikari Tsushin is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Hikari Tsushin is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Hikari Tsushin stock dividend

Hikari Tsushin paid a total dividend of 25,109 million JPY last year, for a market value of 1,091,700 millions (Market Cap 523,179 millions). Hikari Tsushin dividend per share is 557.98 JPY, and his stock market price 24,260.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Hikari Tsushin has a dividend yield of 2.30%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Telecommunications industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Hikari Tsushin stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the highest Japan dividend stocks list.

Hikari Tsushin Dividend Payout

About the ability of Hikari Tsushin to maintain his current dividend of JPY 557.98 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.30%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Hikari Tsushin payout on ernings is currently 26.22%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Hikari Tsushincan 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 Hikari Tsushin is JPY 1,225.25 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 557.98, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Hikari Tsushin, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

Hikari Tsushin Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Hikari Tsushin'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	2.30%	557.98	26.22%	45
2022	2.84%	528.81	25.84%	45
2021	2.70%	478.17	36.72%	46
2020	1.84%	444.91	35.70%	46
2019	1.40%	384.02	32.20%	46
2018	1.96%	336.53	34.69%	46
2017	1.78%	288.36	25.45%	46
2016	2.03%	207.06	38.77%	47
2015	1.92%	170.11	32.06%	46

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Hikari Tsushin dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Mobile Telecommunications stocks.

Hikari Tsushin Stock performance

Finally, last moth Hikari Tsushin showed a return of 15.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 37.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Mobile Telecommunications firms.