Shochiku Dividend yield




   JPY/share 
 Price  11,030.00
 Dividend  29.78
 Earnings  399.64
 Cash-flow  238.74
 Book value  6,127.78
 Equity  6,055.15

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

Shochiku stock dividend

Shochiku paid a total dividend of 417 million JPY last year, for a market value of 154,420 millions (Market Cap 109,527 millions). Shochiku dividend per share is 29.78 JPY, and his stock market price 11,030.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Shochiku has a dividend yield of 0.27%, 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 Shochiku stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Shochiku

Shochiku Dividend Payout

About the ability of Shochiku to maintain his current dividend of JPY 29.78 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.27%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Shochiku payout on ernings is currently 7.45%, 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 Shochikucan 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 Shochiku is JPY 238.74 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 29.78, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Shochiku payout

Shochiku Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Shochiku'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* 
Present0.27%29.787.45%14
20220.00%0.000.00%14
20210.00%0.000.00%14
20200.21%29.6916.86%14
20190.18%29.6615.69%14
20180.28%29.7910.92%14
20170.31%59.6122.07%14
20160.49%6.0621.38%138
20150.26%3.039.97%138

*In millions

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

Shochiku stock dividend history

Shochiku Stock performance

Finally, last moth Shochiku showed a return of 1.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -10.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Media firms.

Shochiku stock and market return