Japan Post Holdings Dividend yield

Japan Post Holdings is part of Life Insurance business, which is part of Financials industry. Japan Post Holdings is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Japan Post Holdings stock dividend

Japan Post Holdings paid a total dividend of 173,138 million JPY last year, for a market value of 3,864,820 millions (Market Cap 2,319,472 millions). Japan Post Holdings dividend per share is 50.04 JPY, and his stock market price 1,117.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Japan Post Holdings has a dividend yield of 4.48%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Japan Post Holdings stocks dividend with other Life Insurance companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Japan Post Holdings Dividend Payout

About the ability of Japan Post Holdings to maintain his current dividend of JPY 50.04 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.48%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Japan Post Holdings payout on ernings is currently 40.32%, which is higher than the market average, but lower than companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Japan Post Holdings should not have problems to continue paying 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 Japan Post Holdings is JPY -2,234.00 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 50.04, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Japan Post Holdings, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Financials industry and Life Insurance sector companies.

Japan Post Holdings Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Japan Post Holdings'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	4.48%	50.04	40.32%	3,460
2022	4.51%	50.06	35.18%	3,540
2021	5.58%	50.05	45.20%	3,767
2020	3.11%	24.97	20.83%	4,043
2019	4.87%	49.97	42.37%	4,043
2018	3.95%	49.97	43.85%	4,043
2017	3.87%	50.00	0.00%	4,043
2016	3.53%	50.02	46.60%	4,117
2015	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	4,500

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Japan Post Holdings dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Life Insurance stocks.

Japan Post Holdings Stock performance

Finally, last moth Japan Post Holdings showed a return of 7.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 16.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Life Insurance firms.