Hirose Electric Dividend yield

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

Hirose Electric stock dividend

Hirose Electric paid a total dividend of 16,988 million JPY last year, for a market value of 600,270 millions (Market Cap 559,041 millions). Hirose Electric dividend per share is 499.64 JPY, and his stock market price 17,655.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Hirose Electric has a dividend yield of 2.83%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Hirose Electric stocks dividend with other Electronic and Electrical Equipment companies or other of the highest Japan dividend stocks list.

Hirose Electric Dividend Payout

About the ability of Hirose Electric to maintain his current dividend of JPY 499.64 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.83%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Hirose Electric payout on ernings is currently 48.68%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Hirose Electric 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 Hirose Electric is JPY 1,327.44 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 499.64, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Hirose Electric Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Hirose Electric'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	2.83%	499.64	48.68%	34
2022	3.01%	499.66	53.28%	34
2021	1.45%	280.43	48.00%	35
2020	1.53%	239.45	54.01%	36
2019	1.71%	239.91	47.20%	37
2018	2.18%	234.79	44.04%	37
2017	1.46%	240.46	39.13%	35
2016	1.75%	239.58	39.73%	35
2015	1.57%	235.19	24.96%	36

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Hirose Electric dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Electronic and Electrical Equipment stocks.

Hirose Electric Stock performance

Finally, last moth Hirose Electric showed a return of -1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -11.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Electronic and Electrical Equipment firms.