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East Japan Railway Co (East Japan Railway Co) Dividend Yield % : 1.29% (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is East Japan Railway Co Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of East Japan Railway Co is 1.29%.

Good Sign:

East Japan Railway Co stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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

EJPRY' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.97   Med: 1.38   Max: 2.72
Current: 1.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of East Japan Railway Co was 2.72%. The lowest was 0.97%. And the median was 1.38%.

EJPRY's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
76% of 625 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 3.02 vs EJPRY: 1.29

East Japan Railway Co's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of East Japan Railway Co was 0.46. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.21.

As of today (2024-04-25), the Forward Dividend Yield % of East Japan Railway Co is 1.33%.

East Japan Railway Co's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, East Japan Railway Co's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -15.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -9.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -1.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of East Japan Railway Co was 17.00% per year. The lowest was -15.40% per year. And the median was 4.90% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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East Japan Railway Co Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for East Japan Railway 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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East Japan Railway Co Dividend Yield % Chart

East Japan Railway Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.66 1.93 1.76 1.54 1.33

East Japan Railway 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 % 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 1.31 1.33 1.29 1.25 1.25

Competitive Comparison of East Japan Railway Co's Dividend Yield %

For the Railroads subindustry, East Japan Railway 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.


East Japan Railway Co's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, East Japan Railway Co's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



East Japan Railway Co Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

East Japan Railway Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.0622023-09-282023-09-292023-12-15Cash 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.

East Japan Railway Co's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.062/9.35
=0.66 %

Current Share Price is $9.35.
East Japan Railway Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.062.

East Japan Railway Co's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.124/9.35
=1.33 %

Current Share Price is $9.35.
East Japan Railway Co's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.062 * 2 = $0.124.

* 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.


East Japan Railway Co  (OTCPK:EJPRY) 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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East Japan Railway Co (East Japan Railway Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2-2, Yoyogi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 151-8578
East Japan Railway Company, or JR East, is the largest railway operator in Japan. It was originally established when the government-owned nationwide railway operator underwent a six-way territorial split in 1987, though it wasn't fully privatized until 2002. It runs both long distance bullet trains, known as Shinkansen, and shorter municipal train routes around and from Tokyo. Its 7,400 kilometers of rail track covers half of Japan's population and a third of the country's land area. Two thirds of revenue is from transportation, with most of the rest from retail operations and real estate investments.