Yamaha Motor Dividend yield




   JPY/share 
 Price  3,779.00
 Dividend  139.82
 Earnings  517.67
 Cash-flow  209.94
 Book value  2,906.92
 Equity  2,768.29

Yamaha Motor is part of Automobiles and Parts business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Yamaha Motor is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Yamaha Motor stock dividend

Yamaha Motor paid a total dividend of 47,259 million JPY last year, for a market value of 1,277,302 millions (Market Cap 1,147,781 millions). Yamaha Motor dividend per share is 139.82 JPY, and his stock market price 3,779.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Yamaha Motor has a dividend yield of 3.70%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Yamaha Motor stocks dividend with other Automobiles and Parts companies or other of the best Japan dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Yamaha Motor

Yamaha Motor Dividend Payout

About the ability of Yamaha Motor to maintain his current dividend of JPY 139.82 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.70%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Yamaha Motor payout on ernings is currently 27.01%, 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 Yamaha Motorcan 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 Yamaha Motor is JPY 209.94 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 139.82, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Yamaha Motor, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Consumer Goods industry and Automobiles and Parts sector companies.

Yamaha Motor payout

Yamaha Motor Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Yamaha Motor'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* 
Present3.70%139.8227.01%338
20223.82%114.9824.83%338
20213.62%99.8865.89%350
20202.14%45.0320.76%349
20194.09%90.1033.54%349
20184.17%90.0330.86%349
20172.22%82.0345.29%349
20161.98%52.0930.29%350
20151.58%47.4824.33%350

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Yamaha Motor dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Automobiles and Parts stocks.

Yamaha Motor stock dividend history

Yamaha Motor Stock performance

Finally, last moth Yamaha Motor showed a return of -9.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 30.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Automobiles and Parts firms.

Yamaha Motor stock and market return