SoftBank Group Dividend yield

SoftBank Group is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. SoftBank Group is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

SoftBank Group stock dividend

SoftBank Group paid a total dividend of 64,153 million JPY last year, for a market value of 9,575,335 millions (Market Cap 6,331,515 millions). SoftBank Group dividend per share is 43.85 JPY, and his stock market price 6,545.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, SoftBank Group has a dividend yield of 0.67%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Telecommunications industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare SoftBank Group stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

SoftBank Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of SoftBank Group to maintain his current dividend of JPY 43.85 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.67%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). SoftBank Group payout on ernings is currently -9.45%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that SoftBank Groupcan 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 SoftBank Group is JPY 507.36 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 43.85, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of SoftBank Group, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

SoftBank Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of SoftBank Group'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	0.67%	43.85	-9.45%	1,463
2022	0.78%	44.02	-4.45%	1,462
2021	0.81%	44.02	1.46%	1,713
2020	0.55%	44.32	-15.35%	1,859
2019	0.69%	32.82	3.80%	2,071
2018	0.60%	43.83	3.30%	1,090
2017	0.49%	43.71	2.60%	1,089
2016	0.64%	42.96	5.12%	1,089
2015	0.61%	39.88	7.02%	1,174

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of SoftBank Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Mobile Telecommunications stocks.

SoftBank Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth SoftBank Group showed a return of -9.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 17.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Mobile Telecommunications firms.