Murata Manufacturing Dividend yield

Murata Manufacturing is part of Electronic and Electrical Equipment business, which is part of Industrials industry. Murata Manufacturing is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Murata Manufacturing stock dividend

Murata Manufacturing paid a total dividend of 94,368 million JPY last year, for a market value of 5,156,550 millions (Market Cap 4,584,740 millions). Murata Manufacturing dividend per share is 149.79 JPY, and his stock market price 8,185.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Murata Manufacturing has a dividend yield of 1.83%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Murata Manufacturing stocks dividend with other Electronic and Electrical Equipment companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Murata Manufacturing Dividend Payout

About the ability of Murata Manufacturing to maintain his current dividend of JPY 149.79 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.83%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Murata Manufacturing payout on ernings is currently 35.69%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Murata Manufacturingcan 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 Murata Manufacturing is JPY 437.70 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 149.79, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Murata Manufacturing, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Industrials industry and Electronic and Electrical Equipment sector companies.

Murata Manufacturing Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Murata Manufacturing'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	1.83%	149.79	35.69%	630
2022	2.20%	144.94	27.94%	630
2021	1.31%	119.96	30.79%	640
2020	1.13%	105.32	34.13%	640
2019	2.77%	186.86	54.01%	640
2018	1.81%	270.69	36.02%	213
2017	1.59%	240.41	30.37%	213
2016	1.43%	220.58	21.74%	213
2015	1.05%	200.55	23.52%	212

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Murata Manufacturing dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Electronic and Electrical Equipment stocks.

Murata Manufacturing Stock performance

Finally, last moth Murata Manufacturing showed a return of -1.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 8.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Electronic and Electrical Equipment firms.