Japan Post Bank Dividend yield

Japan Post Bank is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Japan Post Bank is a company from Japan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Japan Post Bank stock dividend

Japan Post Bank paid a total dividend of 181,009 million JPY last year, for a market value of 4,229,442 millions (Market Cap 1,687,427 millions). Japan Post Bank dividend per share is 50.03 JPY, and his stock market price 1,169.00 JPY.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Japan Post Bank has a dividend yield of 4.28%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Japan. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Japan Post Bank stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the high Japan dividend stocks list.

Japan Post Bank Dividend Payout

About the ability of Japan Post Bank to maintain his current dividend of JPY 50.03 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.28%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Japan Post Bank payout on ernings is currently 55.64%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Japan Post Bank 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 Japan Post Bank is JPY 26.75 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of JPY 50.03, 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 Japan Post Bank, compared againt world market average, Japan companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Japan Post Bank Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Japan Post Bank'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	4.28%	50.03	55.64%	3,618
2022	4.43%	49.97	52.72%	3,749
2021	4.74%	50.01	66.84%	3,749
2020	2.95%	24.99	34.22%	3,749
2019	4.76%	49.98	70.44%	3,749
2018	4.13%	49.97	53.27%	3,749
2017	3.41%	50.02	57.28%	3,749
2016	3.71%	50.05	57.88%	3,750
2015	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	3,750

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Japan Post Bank dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Japan stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Japan Post Bank Stock performance

Finally, last moth Japan Post Bank showed a return of -1.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 15.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Japan and Banks firms.