Kaken Pharmaceutical Dividend yield

Kaken Pharmaceutical is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. Kaken Pharmaceutical is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kaken Pharmaceutical stock dividend

Kaken Pharmaceutical paid a total dividend of 5,700 million JPY last year, for a market value of 136,040 millions (Market Cap 114,594 millions). Kaken Pharmaceutical dividend per share is 150.00 JPY, and his stock market price 3,580.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kaken Pharmaceutical has a dividend yield of 4.19%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also bigger than average of Health Care 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 Kaken Pharmaceutical stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the highest Japan dividend stocks list.

Kaken Pharmaceutical Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kaken Pharmaceutical to maintain his current dividend of JPY 150.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.19%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kaken Pharmaceutical payout on ernings is currently 103.49%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Kaken Pharmaceutical 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 Kaken Pharmaceutical is JPY 246.90 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 150.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Kaken Pharmaceutical, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

Kaken Pharmaceutical Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kaken Pharmaceutical'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	4.19%	150.00	103.49%	38
2022	3.86%	150.15	59.44%	38
2021	3.56%	149.88	42.37%	38
2020	3.76%	149.84	29.70%	38
2019	2.48%	149.79	32.74%	39
2018	3.08%	149.84	31.11%	40
2017	2.58%	150.16	27.61%	40
2016	2.35%	142.88	27.73%	41
2015	0.48%	41.66	12.14%	41

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Kaken Pharmaceutical dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology stocks.

Kaken Pharmaceutical Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kaken Pharmaceutical showed a return of 1.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -7.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.