M3 Dividend yield

M3 is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. M3 is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

M3 stock dividend

M3 paid a total dividend of 12,820 million JPY last year, for a market value of 1,971,816 millions (Market Cap 1,222,170 millions). M3 dividend per share is 18.88 JPY, and his stock market price 2,904.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, M3 has a dividend yield of 0.65%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Consumer Services industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare M3 stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

M3 Dividend Payout

About the ability of M3 to maintain his current dividend of JPY 18.88 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.65%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). M3 payout on ernings is currently 24.71%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that M3can 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 M3 is JPY 84.17 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 18.88, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of M3, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Services industry and Media sector companies.

M3 Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of M3'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	0.65%	18.88	24.71%	679
2022	0.45%	16.10	16.51%	679
2021	0.21%	12.17	0.00%	679
2020	0.09%	8.77	0.00%	679
2019	0.21%	6.94	0.00%	678
2018	0.37%	5.45	17.30%	648
2017	0.25%	9.91	19.62%	324
2016	0.58%	17.13	43.16%	324
2015	0.30%	8.12	26.12%	324

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of M3 dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Media stocks.

M3 Stock performance

Finally, last moth M3 showed a return of -11.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -35.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Media firms.