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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co (Shin-Etsu Chemical Co) Dividend Yield %

: 1.73% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co is 1.73%.

Warning Sign:

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

SHECY' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.98   Med: 1.62   Max: 8.28
Current: 1.73

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co was 8.28%. The lowest was 0.98%. And the median was 1.62%.

SHECY's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
59.47% of 1051 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.06 vs SHECY: 1.73

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co'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 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd is 1.21, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co was 0.92. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 0.32.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co is 1.73%.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 242.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 93.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 50.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 24.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co was 93.70% per year. The lowest was 3.20% per year. And the median was 12.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shin-Etsu Chemical Co'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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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.80 1.98 1.23 1.70 2.12

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.78 2.12 0.95 2.40 1.72

Competitive Comparison

For the Chemicals subindustry, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co'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.


Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1692023-09-282023-09-292023-12-06Cash 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.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.169/20.43
=0.83 %

Current Share Price is $20.43.
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.169.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.338/20.43
=1.65 %

Current Share Price is $20.43.
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.169 * 2 = $0.338.

* 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.


Shin-Etsu Chemical Co  (OTCPK:SHECY) 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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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co (Shin-Etsu Chemical Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6-1, Ohtemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-0004
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd is a Japan-based company primarily engaged in chemical business. The company operates in six business segments namely Poly Vinyl Chloride, Specialty Chemicals, Silicon, Semiconductor Silicon, Electronic and Functional Materials and Diversified business. It derives majority of revenue through Poly Vinyl Chloride segment which manufactures and sells vinyl chloride, caustic soda products, chloromethane and methanol. The group is also involved in manufacturing and selling of various other chemical products such as Polyvinyl alcohol, Synthetic pheromones, Rare-earth magnets for electronics industry and general applications, Photoresists, Photomask blanks and others. Geographically, it operates from the market of Japan and its business is amplifying across the globe.

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