Japan Tobacco Dividend yield

Japan Tobacco is part of Tobacco business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Japan Tobacco is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Japan Tobacco stock dividend

Japan Tobacco paid a total dividend of 367,603 million JPY last year, for a market value of 5,664,025 millions (Market Cap 3,775,328 millions). Japan Tobacco dividend per share is 207.10 JPY, and his stock market price 3,191.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Japan Tobacco has a dividend yield of 6.49%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Tobacco stocks dividend with other Tobacco companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Japan Tobacco Dividend Payout

About the ability of Japan Tobacco to maintain his current dividend of JPY 207.10 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.49%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Japan Tobacco payout on ernings is currently 69.45%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Japan Tobacco 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 Japan Tobacco is JPY 272.74 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 207.10, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Japan Tobacco, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Goods industry and Tobacco sector companies.

Japan Tobacco Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Japan Tobacco'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	6.49%	207.10	69.45%	1,775
2022	7.07%	188.13	79.18%	1,775
2021	6.03%	140.08	63.92%	1,774
2020	7.33%	154.08	63.04%	1,774
2019	6.33%	154.01	59.50%	1,774
2018	5.73%	149.95	58.44%	1,791
2017	3.86%	140.16	51.73%	1,791
2016	3.24%	127.85	42.77%	1,791
2015	2.36%	104.08	37.53%	1,791

*In millions

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

Japan Tobacco Stock performance

Finally, last moth Japan Tobacco showed a return of 1.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 35.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Tobacco firms.