Yahoo Japan Dividend yield

Yahoo Japan is part of Software and Computer Services business, which is part of Technology industry. Yahoo Japan is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Yahoo Japan stock dividend

Yahoo Japan paid a total dividend of 41,683 million JPY last year, for a market value of 3,283,686 millions (Market Cap 1,140,123 millions). Yahoo Japan dividend per share is 5.56 JPY, and his stock market price 438.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Yahoo Japan has a dividend yield of 1.27%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also lower than average of Technology industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Yahoo Japan stocks dividend with other Software and Computer Services companies or other of the best Japan dividend stocks list.

Yahoo Japan Dividend Payout

About the ability of Yahoo Japan to maintain his current dividend of JPY 5.56 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.27%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Yahoo Japan payout on ernings is currently 16.76%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Yahoo Japancan 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 Yahoo Japan is JPY 12.41 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 5.56, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Yahoo Japan, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Technology industry and Software and Computer Services sector companies.

Yahoo Japan Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Yahoo Japan'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	1.27%	5.56	16.76%	7,497
2022	1.67%	5.54	29.53%	7,493
2021	0.83%	5.54	36.54%	7,595
2020	1.42%	8.86	36.49%	4,762
2019	1.92%	8.85	40.50%	4,762
2018	3.23%	8.85	29.39%	5,083
2017	1.71%	8.84	32.66%	5,693
2016	4.26%	17.72	54.52%	5,692
2015	1.75%	8.87	37.97%	5,692

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Yahoo Japan dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Software and Computer Services stocks.

Yahoo Japan Stock performance

Finally, last moth Yahoo Japan showed a return of 10.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 5.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Software and Computer Services firms.