Japan Post Insurance Dividend yield

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

Japan Post Insurance stock dividend

Japan Post Insurance paid a total dividend of 35,251 million JPY last year, for a market value of 899,284 millions (Market Cap 441,973 millions). Japan Post Insurance dividend per share is 92.04 JPY, and his stock market price 2,348.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Japan Post Insurance has a dividend yield of 3.92%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Japan Post Insurance stocks dividend with other Life Insurance companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Japan Post Insurance Dividend Payout

About the ability of Japan Post Insurance to maintain his current dividend of JPY 92.04 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.92%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Japan Post Insurance payout on ernings is currently 36.06%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Japan Post Insurancecan 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 Japan Post Insurance is JPY -7,826.67 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 92.04, 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 Insurance, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Financials industry and Life Insurance sector companies.

Japan Post Insurance Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Japan Post Insurance'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	3.92%	92.04	36.06%	383
2022	3.92%	90.98	22.34%	389
2021	6.54%	120.99	28.78%	400
2020	1.80%	38.02	14.22%	562
2019	5.69%	105.95	49.50%	562
2018	2.51%	63.93	36.65%	600
2017	2.19%	58.10	39.42%	600
2016	2.43%	56.11	39.61%	600
2015	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	600

*In millions

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

Japan Post Insurance Stock performance

Finally, last moth Japan Post Insurance showed a return of 2.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 10.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Life Insurance firms.