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UMC Electronics Co (TSE:6615) Dividend Yield % : 4.79% (As of Mar. 15, 2025)


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What is UMC Electronics Co Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-03-15), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of UMC Electronics Co is 4.79%.

Good Sign:

UMC Electronics Co Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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

TSE:6615' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 2.08   Max: 15.23
Current: 4.79

During the past 10 years, the highest Dividend Yield of UMC Electronics Co was 15.23%. The lowest was 0.68%. And the median was 2.08%.

TSE:6615's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
86.78% of 1331 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 2.02 vs TSE:6615: 4.79

UMC Electronics Co's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.00.

During the past 10 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of UMC Electronics Co was 0.28. The lowest was 0.20. And the median was 0.24.

As of today (2025-03-15), the Forward Dividend Yield % of UMC Electronics Co is 3.19%.

UMC Electronics Co's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 円5.00.

During the past 10 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of UMC Electronics Co was 10.40% per year. The lowest was 10.40% per year. And the median was 10.40% 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.


UMC Electronics Co Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for UMC Electronics 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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UMC Electronics Co Dividend Yield % Chart

UMC Electronics Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Dividend Yield %
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UMC Electronics Co Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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Competitive Comparison of UMC Electronics Co's Dividend Yield %

For the Electronic Components subindustry, UMC Electronics 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.


UMC Electronics Co's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where UMC Electronics Co's Dividend Yield % falls into.



UMC Electronics Co Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

UMC Electronics Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
JPY 5.0000002024-09-272024-09-302024-12-13Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyJPY:JPY 1.000000
JPY 10.0000002024-03-282024-03-312024-06-28Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyJPY:JPY 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.

UMC Electronics Co's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=15/312.00
=4.81 %

Current Share Price is 円312.00.
UMC Electronics Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is 円15.

UMC Electronics Co's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=10/312.00
=3.21 %

Current Share Price is 円312.00.
UMC Electronics Co's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as 円5 * 2 = 円10.

* 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.


UMC Electronics Co  (TSE:6615) 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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UMC Electronics Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
721 Kawarabuki, Ageo, Saitama, JPN, 362-0022
UMC Electronics Co Ltd manufactures electronics and electronic components. The company develops antennas, active tags and readers, devices for fingerprint authentication systems, IC card reader/writer-related devices contact and non-contact type, monitoring alarm for vehicle abnormalities, PHS terminals, pachinko amusement/pinball, game pachinko/pinball game control units, devices related to credit/debit cards, handy terminals, and original reader/writer core units.

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