Nagase & Co Dividend yield

Nagase & Co is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Nagase & Co is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Nagase & Co paid a total dividend of 5,462 million JPY last year, for a market value of 171,244 millions (Market Cap 149,373 millions). Dividend per share of Nagase & Co is 44.05 JPY, and his stock market price 1,381.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Nagase & Co has a dividend yield of 3.19%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Nagase & Co dividend yield with other Chemicals companies or firms from Japan.

Nagase & Co Dividend Payout

About the ability of Nagase & Co to maintain his current dividend of JPY 44.05 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.19%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Nagase & Co payout on ernings is currently 36.04%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 37.66% and 45.45% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Nagase & Cocan 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 Nagase & Co is JPY 265.58 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 44.05, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Nagase & Co, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Nagase & Co Stock performance

Finally, last moth Nagase & Co showed a return of 13.90% compared to a worldwide 4.36% average, and a 6.04% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -4.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 2.14%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Chemicals firms.