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JAPAY (Japan Tobacco) Dividend Yield % : 4.84% (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Japan Tobacco Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-13), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Japan Tobacco is 4.84%.

Warning Sign:

Japan Tobacco Inc stock dividend yield is close to 5-year low.

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

JAPAY' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.08   Med: 5.3   Max: 8.5
Current: 4.84

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Japan Tobacco was 8.50%. The lowest was 1.08%. And the median was 5.30%.

JAPAY's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
63.33% of 30 companies
in the Tobacco Products industry
Industry Median: 6.745 vs JAPAY: 4.84

Japan Tobacco's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was 1.30.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Japan Tobacco Inc is 0.72, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Japan Tobacco was 0.88. The lowest was 0.43. And the median was 0.71.

As of today (2024-12-13), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Japan Tobacco is 4.84%.

Japan Tobacco's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was $0.34.

During the past 12 months, Japan Tobacco's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -4.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Japan Tobacco was 41.30% per year. The lowest was -2.30% per year. And the median was 14.50% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Japan Tobacco Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Japan Tobacco's Dividend Yield % 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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Japan Tobacco Dividend Yield % Chart

Japan Tobacco Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.38 7.02 5.96 6.96 5.06

Japan Tobacco Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.54 5.06 4.91 4.92 4.58

Competitive Comparison of Japan Tobacco's Dividend Yield %

For the Tobacco subindustry, Japan Tobacco'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.


Japan Tobacco's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Japan Tobacco's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Japan Tobacco Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Japan Tobacco Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3363902024-06-282024-06-282024-09-19Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3298092023-12-282023-12-292024-04-09Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD: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.

Japan Tobacco's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.666199/13.76
=4.84 %

Current Share Price is $13.76.
Japan Tobacco's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.666199.

Japan Tobacco's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.67278/13.76
=4.89 %

Current Share Price is $13.76.
Japan Tobacco's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.33639 * 2 = $0.67278.

* 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.


Japan Tobacco  (OTCPK:JAPAY) 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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Japan Tobacco Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2-1, Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 105-8422
Japan Tobacco primarily sells cigarettes and reduced-risk products, organized in three clusters consisting of Asia (which includes its home market and countries in Asia Pacific), Western Europe, and EMA (which includes Eastern Europe, the Middle East North Africa, Turkey, Americas, and duty-free). Its leading cigarette brands include Winston (non-US), Camel (non-US), Mevius, and LD. Its reduced-risk brands include Logic in vaping and Ploom in heated tobacco, though this category generates less than 5% of tobacco sales.