Kikkoman Dividend yield

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

Kikkoman stock dividend

Kikkoman paid a total dividend of 13,104 million JPY last year, for a market value of 1,617,792 millions (Market Cap 1,531,831 millions). Kikkoman dividend per share is 68.25 JPY, and his stock market price 8,426.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kikkoman has a dividend yield of 0.81%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Kikkoman stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the highest Japan dividend stocks list.

Kikkoman Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kikkoman to maintain his current dividend of JPY 68.25 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.81%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kikkoman payout on ernings is currently 29.08%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Kikkomancan 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 Kikkoman is JPY 308.64 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 68.25, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Kikkoman Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kikkoman'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	0.81%	68.25	29.08%	192
2022	0.99%	68.71	32.87%	192
2021	0.48%	46.42	27.60%	192
2020	0.59%	42.30	30.56%	192
2019	0.78%	41.89	30.97%	192
2018	0.63%	37.23	29.99%	192
2017	0.77%	35.11	28.49%	193
2016	1.37%	47.95	46.45%	193
2015	0.59%	23.92	30.38%	195

*In millions

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

Kikkoman Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kikkoman showed a return of 3.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -1.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Food Producers firms.