As of today (2024-05-11), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Hokkaido Gas Co is 0.48%.
As of today (2024-05-11), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Hokkaido Gas Co is 2.12%.
TSE:9534's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 95.54% of 426
companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 4.055
vs TSE:9534: 0.48
During the past 12 months, Hokkaido Gas Co's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 25.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.10% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Hokkaido Gas Co was 26.80% per year. The lowest was -12.30% per year. And the median was 7.70% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Competitive Comparison of Hokkaido Gas Co's Forward Dividend Yield %
For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Hokkaido Gas Co's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward 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.
Hokkaido Gas Co's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Hokkaido Gas Co's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Hokkaido Gas Co's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Hokkaido Gas Co Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Hokkaido Gas Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
JPY 45.000000
2024-03-28
2024-03-31
2024-06-03
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
JPY:JPY 1.000000
JPY 35.000000
2023-09-28
2023-09-30
2023-12-01
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
JPY: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.
Hokkaido Gas Co's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
* 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.
Hokkaido Gas Co (TSE:9534) Forward 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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Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd is a Japan-based company operating in the utility sector. Its business activities included gas, heat supply, power supply, and sale of gas by-products. The company is also engaged in the production and sale of gas appliances and related construction work. Hokkaido serves to individual and corporate customers in areas throughout Japan including Sapporo, Otaru, Hakodate, Chitose, Ishikari, Kitahiroshima, Eniwa, Hokuto, and Kitami.
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