Kyushu Railway Dividend yield

Kyushu Railway is part of Travel and Leisure business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Kyushu Railway is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kyushu Railway stock dividend

Kyushu Railway paid a total dividend of 14,596 million JPY last year, for a market value of 498,161 millions (Market Cap 498,542 millions). Kyushu Railway dividend per share is 92.97 JPY, and his stock market price 3,173.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kyushu Railway has a dividend yield of 2.93%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Kyushu Railway stocks dividend with other Travel and Leisure companies or other of the highest Japan dividend stocks list.

Kyushu Railway Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kyushu Railway to maintain his current dividend of JPY 92.97 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.93%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kyushu Railway payout on ernings is currently 46.88%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Kyushu Railway 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 Kyushu Railway is JPY 396.63 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 92.97, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Kyushu Railway, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Services industry and Travel and Leisure sector companies.

Kyushu Railway Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kyushu Railway'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	2.93%	92.97	46.88%	157
2022	3.18%	92.92	110.03%	157
2021	3.89%	93.05	-77.02%	157
2020	2.09%	46.50	23.20%	157
2019	2.68%	97.82	31.89%	160
2019	2.68%	97.82	31.89%	160
2018	2.30%	85.45	27.14%	160
2018	2.30%	85.45	27.14%	160
2017	2.22%	77.59	27.75%	160
2016	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	160

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Kyushu Railway dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Travel and Leisure stocks.

Kyushu Railway Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kyushu Railway showed a return of 1.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 8.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Travel and Leisure firms.