Uni-Charm Dividend yield

Uni-Charm is part of Personal Goods business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Uni-Charm is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Uni-Charm stock dividend

Uni-Charm paid a total dividend of 23,091 million JPY last year, for a market value of 3,446,516 millions (Market Cap 2,240,870 millions). Uni-Charm dividend per share is 38.94 JPY, and his stock market price 5,812.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Uni-Charm 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 Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Uni-Charm stocks dividend with other Personal Goods companies or other of the best Japan dividend stocks list.

Uni-Charm Dividend Payout

About the ability of Uni-Charm to maintain his current dividend of JPY 38.94 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). Uni-Charm payout on ernings is currently 31.76%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Uni-Charmcan 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 Uni-Charm is JPY 155.40 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 38.94, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Uni-Charm, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Goods industry and Personal Goods sector companies.

Uni-Charm Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Uni-Charm'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%	38.94	31.76%	593
2022	0.75%	38.01	29.10%	596
2021	0.72%	35.99	37.87%	599
2020	0.65%	31.80	37.38%	597
2019	0.76%	28.12	25.69%	593
2018	0.67%	23.85	25.40%	595
2017	0.61%	17.87	23.79%	588
2016	0.63%	15.34	22.74%	601
2015	0.53%	13.76	17.54%	601

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Uni-Charm dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Personal Goods stocks.

Uni-Charm Stock performance

Finally, last moth Uni-Charm showed a return of 10.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 19.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Personal Goods firms.