Canon (CAJPY) Dividends per Share

: $0.94 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Canon's dividends per share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.45. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.94. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.80. As of today, Canon's Dividend Yield % is 3.25%.

Warning Sign:

Canon Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

During the past 12 months, Canon's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 16.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.60% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Canon was 49.40% per year. The lowest was -18.90% per year. And the median was 7.70% per year.

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Canon Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canon's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Canon Annual Data

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Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Dividends per Share

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1.49

0.75

0.85

0.88

0.93

Canon Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Dividends per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.44	-	0.49	-	0.45

Competitive Comparison

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Canon's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Canon Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Canon's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canon's Dividend Yield % falls into.

Canon Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.

Canon (OTCPK:CAJPY) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Canon's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	0.452	/	0.566
	=	0.80

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Canon was 1.37. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 0.67.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Canon Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount	Ex-date	Record Date	Pay Date	Type	Frequency	Forex Rate
USD 0.462	2023-12-28	2023-12-29	2024-04-05	Cash Dividend	semi-annually	USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.478	2023-06-28	2023-06-29	2023-09-01	Cash Dividend	semi-annually	USD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Canon's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %	=	Most Recent Full Year Dividend	/	Current Share Price
	=	0.94	/	28.73
	=	3.27 %

Current Share Price is $28.73.
Canon's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.94.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Canon was 7.55%. The lowest was 2.97%. And the median was 3.98%.

Warning Sign:

Canon Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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https://www.global.canon

Canon Inc designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive range of consumer and electronic products, including copiers, cameras, lenses, and inkjet printers. The company operates four major business segments: printing, imaging, medical, industrial, and others. It generates maximum revenue from the printing segment. Printing Business Unit includes Office multifunction devices (MFDs), Document solutions, Laser multifunction printers (MFPs), Laser printers, Inkjet printers, Image scanners, Calculators, Digital continuous feed presses, Digital sheet-fed presses, and Large format printers.