Yakult Honsha Dividend yield

Yakult Honsha is part of Food Producers business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Yakult Honsha is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Yakult Honsha stock dividend

Yakult Honsha paid a total dividend of 14,052 million JPY last year, for a market value of 1,190,904 millions (Market Cap 988,574 millions). Yakult Honsha dividend per share is 90.08 JPY, and his stock market price 7,634.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Yakult Honsha has a dividend yield of 1.18%, 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 Yakult Honsha stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the best Japan dividend stocks list.

Yakult Honsha Dividend Payout

About the ability of Yakult Honsha to maintain his current dividend of JPY 90.08 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.18%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Yakult Honsha payout on ernings is currently 27.73%, 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 Yakult Honshacan 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 Yakult Honsha is JPY 553.19 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 90.08, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Yakult Honsha, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Goods industry and Food Producers sector companies.

Yakult Honsha Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Yakult Honsha'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	1.18%	90.08	27.73%	156
2022	0.95%	81.32	28.21%	156
2021	1.03%	61.80	25.23%	161
2020	0.94%	48.88	19.74%	160
2019	0.78%	47.03	21.60%	160
2018	0.48%	37.06	17.47%	161
2017	0.39%	33.15	18.17%	165
2016	0.62%	31.12	17.85%	165
2015	0.45%	27.36	18.05%	165

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Yakult Honsha dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Food Producers stocks.

Yakult Honsha Stock performance

Finally, last moth Yakult Honsha showed a return of -3.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -7.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Food Producers firms.