Alfresa Holdings Dividend yield

Alfresa Holdings is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. Alfresa Holdings is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Alfresa Holdings stock dividend

Alfresa Holdings paid a total dividend of 11,536 million JPY last year, for a market value of 503,788 millions (Market Cap 413,993 millions). Alfresa Holdings dividend per share is 57.11 JPY, and his stock market price 2,494.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Alfresa Holdings has a dividend yield of 2.29%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Health Care industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Alfresa Holdings stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Alfresa Holdings Dividend Payout

About the ability of Alfresa Holdings to maintain his current dividend of JPY 57.11 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.29%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Alfresa Holdings payout on ernings is currently 44.88%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Alfresa Holdings can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

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 Alfresa Holdings is JPY 64.61 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 57.11, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Alfresa Holdings, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

Alfresa Holdings Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Alfresa Holdings'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	2.29%	57.11	44.88%	202
2022	3.28%	54.97	34.44%	202
2021	3.52%	53.96	46.46%	212
2020	2.70%	51.00	26.73%	212
2019	2.06%	45.90	23.28%	212
2018	1.46%	40.92	24.38%	212
2017	1.44%	38.12	26.79%	217
2016	1.87%	34.09	21.13%	217
2015	1.31%	31.96	29.73%	224

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Alfresa Holdings dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology stocks.

Alfresa Holdings Stock performance

Finally, last moth Alfresa Holdings showed a return of 9.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 49.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.