Lawson Dividend yield

Lawson is part of Food and Drug Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Lawson is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Lawson stock dividend

Lawson paid a total dividend of 17,517 million JPY last year, for a market value of 695,100 millions (Market Cap 333,310 millions). Lawson dividend per share is 175.17 JPY, and his stock market price 6,951.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Lawson has a dividend yield of 2.52%, 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 Lawson stocks dividend with other Food and Drug Retailers companies or other of the best Japan dividend stocks list.

Lawson Dividend Payout

About the ability of Lawson to maintain his current dividend of JPY 175.17 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.52%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Lawson payout on ernings is currently 41.58%, 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 Lawson 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 Lawson is JPY 2,896.25 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 175.17, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Lawson, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Services industry and Food and Drug Retailers sector companies.

Lawson Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Lawson'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	2.52%	175.17	41.58%	100
2022	2.98%	149.89	83.74%	100
2021	2.75%	149.88	172.71%	100
2020	3.12%	149.92	74.57%	100
2019	3.27%	202.41	79.13%	100
2018	3.67%	255.07	95.05%	100
2017	3.37%	252.41	69.42%	100
2016	3.13%	247.90	78.56%	100
2015	2.59%	242.17	73.82%	100

*In millions

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

Lawson Stock performance

Finally, last moth Lawson showed a return of -2.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 50.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Food and Drug Retailers firms.