Astellas Pharma (Astellas Pharma) Dividend Yield % : 4.75% (As of Apr. 25, 2024)

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What is Astellas Pharma Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Astellas Pharma is 4.75%.

Good Sign:

Astellas Pharma Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Astellas Pharma's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

ALPMY' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38 Med: 2.3 Max: 4.84
Current: 4.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Astellas Pharma was 4.84%. The lowest was 1.38%. And the median was 2.30%.

ALPMY's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
89.18% of 499 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 1.79 vs ALPMY: 4.75

Astellas Pharma's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Astellas Pharma Inc is 180.56, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Astellas Pharma was 1.11. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.47.

As of today (2024-04-25), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Astellas Pharma is 4.75%.

Astellas Pharma's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, Astellas Pharma's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 18.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Astellas Pharma was 52.50% per year. The lowest was 1.30% per year. And the median was 6.30% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Astellas Pharma Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Astellas Pharma's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

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* 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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Astellas Pharma Dividend Yield % Chart

Astellas Pharma Annual Data

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2.21

2.36

2.51

2.65

2.91

Astellas Pharma Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Dividend Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.70	2.91	2.94	3.15	3.80

Competitive Comparison of Astellas Pharma's Dividend Yield %

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Astellas Pharma'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.

Astellas Pharma's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Astellas Pharma's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Astellas Pharma Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Astellas Pharma Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount	Ex-date	Record Date	Pay Date	Type	Frequency	Forex Rate
USD 0.236	2023-09-28	2023-09-29	2023-12-18	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.

Astellas Pharma's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield	=	Most Recent Full Year Dividend	/	Current Share Price
	=	0.236	/	9.55
	=	2.47 %

Current Share Price is $9.55.
Astellas Pharma's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.236.

Astellas Pharma's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield	=	Forward Full Year Dividend	/	Current Share Price
	=	0.472	/	9.55
	=	4.94 %

Current Share Price is $9.55.
Astellas Pharma's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.236 * 2 = $0.472.

Astellas Pharma (OTCPK:ALPMY) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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ALPMF:USA 4503:Mexico 4503:Japan YPHA:Germany

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2-5-1, Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 103-8411

Website

http://www.astellas.com

Astellas Pharma Inc is a drug manufacturing company that sells pharmaceutical products across the globe. The vast majority of the company's revenue is derived from Japanese markets, followed by the Americas. Royalty income makes up a small percentage of Astellas' overall sales. Its largest therapeutic area by sales composition is oncology, followed by urology and transplantation. The company uses mergers and acquisitions as part of its long-term growth strategy. Astellas enters into strategic partnerships and licensing agreements to strengthen its commercialization platforms.