Sumco Dividend yield

Sumco is part of Technology Hardware and Equip. business, which is part of Technology industry. Sumco is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Sumco stock dividend

Sumco paid a total dividend of 30,461 million JPY last year, for a market value of 681,450 millions (Market Cap 651,766 millions). Sumco dividend per share is 87.03 JPY, and his stock market price 1,947.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sumco has a dividend yield of 4.47%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also bigger than average of Technology industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Sumco stocks dividend with other Technology Hardware and Equip. companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Sumco Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sumco to maintain his current dividend of JPY 87.03 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.47%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sumco payout on ernings is currently 43.36%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures show that Sumco can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

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 Sumco is JPY 512.37 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 87.03, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Sumco, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Technology industry and Technology Hardware and Equip. sector companies.

Sumco Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Sumco'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	4.47%	87.03	43.36%	350
2022	4.44%	78.01	66.60%	350
2021	1.53%	35.94	49.42%	350
2020	1.19%	26.93	23.68%	291
2019	1.92%	35.06	17.47%	293
2018	4.89%	60.00	65.03%	293
2017	0.90%	25.99	0.00%	293
2016	1.20%	15.04	22.21%	292
2015	1.07%	13.97	24.17%	292

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Sumco dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Technology Hardware and Equip. stocks.

Sumco Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sumco showed a return of -5.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 1.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Technology Hardware and Equip. firms.