Kose Dividend yield

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

Kose stock dividend

Kose paid a total dividend of 7,994 million JPY last year, for a market value of 689,130 millions (Market Cap 347,098 millions). Kose dividend per share is 140.24 JPY, and his stock market price 12,090.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kose has a dividend yield of 1.16%, 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 Kose stocks dividend with other Personal Goods companies or other of the highest Japan dividend stocks list.

Kose Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kose to maintain his current dividend of JPY 140.24 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.16%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kose payout on ernings is currently 42.57%, 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 Kose 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 Kose is JPY 355.59 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 140.24, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Kose Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kose'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	1.16%	140.24	42.57%	57
2022	0.49%	70.66	22.49%	57
2021	0.92%	120.06	57.13%	57
2020	0.88%	154.88	33.09%	57
2019	1.19%	190.40	29.39%	57
2018	0.98%	169.15	31.56%	57
2017	0.72%	126.65	33.34%	57
2016	1.03%	94.45	28.84%	57
2015	0.57%	73.42	33.18%	57

*In millions

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

Kose Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kose showed a return of -13.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -8.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Personal Goods firms.