Osaka Gas Dividend yield

Osaka Gas is part of Gas Water and Multiutilities business, which is part of Utilities industry. Osaka Gas is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Osaka Gas stock dividend

Osaka Gas paid a total dividend of 25,006 million JPY last year, for a market value of 969,280 millions (Market Cap 917,111 millions). Osaka Gas dividend per share is 60.11 JPY, and his stock market price 2,330.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Osaka Gas has a dividend yield of 2.58%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Utilities industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Osaka Gas stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the best Japan dividend stocks list.

Osaka Gas Dividend Payout

About the ability of Osaka Gas to maintain his current dividend of JPY 60.11 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.58%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Osaka Gas payout on ernings is currently 43.86%, which is higher than the market average, but lower than companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Osaka Gas should not have problems to continue paying his 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 Osaka Gas is JPY 80.90 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 60.11, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Osaka Gas, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Utilities industry and Gas Water and Multiutilities sector companies.

Osaka Gas Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Osaka Gas'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	2.58%	60.11	43.86%	416
2022	2.82%	60.07	19.46%	416
2021	2.89%	54.94	28.32%	416
2020	2.37%	50.05	49.77%	416
2019	2.39%	49.97	61.90%	416
2018	2.49%	50.02	55.03%	416
2017	2.30%	49.91	33.81%	416
2016	2.20%	9.53	23.55%	2,083
2015	1.97%	9.00	24.42%	2,083

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Osaka Gas dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Gas Water and Multiutilities stocks.

Osaka Gas Stock performance

Finally, last moth Osaka Gas showed a return of 4.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -0.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.