Hitachi Construction Dividend yield

Hitachi Construction is part of Industrial Engineering business, which is part of Industrials industry. Hitachi Construction is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Hitachi Construction paid a total dividend of 7,240 million JPY last year, for a market value of 624,090 millions (Market Cap 309,606 millions). Dividend per share of Hitachi Construction is 33.99 JPY, and his stock market price 2,930.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Hitachi Construction has a dividend yield of 1.16%, 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 Hitachi Construction dividend yield with other Industrial Engineering companies or firms from Japan.

Hitachi Construction Dividend Payout

About the ability of Hitachi Construction to maintain his current dividend of JPY 33.99 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.16%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Hitachi Construction payout on ernings is currently 15.78%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 38.46% and 31.52% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Hitachi Constructioncan 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 Hitachi Construction is JPY 106.55 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 33.99, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Hitachi Construction, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Industrials industry and Industrial Engineering sector companies.

Hitachi Construction Dividend History

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Hitachi Construction Stock performance

Finally, last moth Hitachi Construction showed a return of 1.30% compared to a worldwide 3.99% average, and a 4.22% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -10.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 6.44%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Industrial Engineering firms.