Yamaha Dividend yield

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

Yamaha stock dividend

Yamaha paid a total dividend of 11,244 million JPY last year, for a market value of 764,830 millions (Market Cap 679,784 millions). Yamaha dividend per share is 66.14 JPY, and his stock market price 4,499.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Yamaha has a dividend yield of 1.47%, 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 Yamaha stocks dividend with other Leisure Goods companies or other of the best Japan dividend stocks list.

Yamaha Dividend Payout

About the ability of Yamaha to maintain his current dividend of JPY 66.14 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.47%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Yamaha payout on ernings is currently 29.11%, 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 Yamahacan 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 is JPY -87.02 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 66.14, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Yamaha Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Yamaha'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	1.47%	66.14	29.11%	170
2022	1.34%	65.93	30.02%	172
2021	1.16%	65.77	42.11%	172
2020	1.09%	66.16	33.35%	176
2019	1.04%	63.23	25.79%	178
2018	1.24%	58.03	19.47%	182
2017	1.30%	54.08	21.71%	187
2016	1.49%	51.93	29.80%	187
2015	1.31%	40.61	28.30%	194

*In millions

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

Yamaha Stock performance

Finally, last moth Yamaha showed a return of -18.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -17.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Leisure Goods firms.