Rakuten Dividend yield

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

Rakuten stock dividend

Rakuten paid a total dividend of 9,254 million JPY last year, for a market value of 1,170,648 millions (Market Cap 600,647 millions). Rakuten dividend per share is 4.49 JPY, and his stock market price 568.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Rakuten has a dividend yield of 0.79%, 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 Rakuten stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the best Japan dividend stocks list.

Rakuten Dividend Payout

About the ability of Rakuten to maintain his current dividend of JPY 4.49 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.79%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Rakuten payout on ernings is currently -3.40%, 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 Rakutencan 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 Rakuten is JPY -126.22 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 4.49, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Rakuten Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Rakuten'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	0.79%	4.49	-3.40%	2,061
2022	0.76%	4.53	-14.29%	1,584
2021	0.39%	4.50	-17.00%	1,576
2020	0.45%	4.47	22.44%	1,356
2019	0.48%	4.49	3.17%	1,352
2018	0.61%	4.49	4.15%	1,347
2017	0.44%	4.55	2.25%	1,353
2016	0.40%	4.51	2.72%	1,424
2015	0.29%	4.50	9.08%	1,424

*In millions

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

Rakuten Stock performance

Finally, last moth Rakuten showed a return of 2.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -15.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and General Retailers firms.