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Lawson (TSE:2651) Dividend Yield % : 1.14% (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Lawson Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-29), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Lawson is 1.14%.

Warning Sign:

Lawson Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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

TSE:2651' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14   Med: 3   Max: 5.05
Current: 1.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Lawson was 5.05%. The lowest was 1.14%. And the median was 3.00%.

TSE:2651's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
84.39% of 205 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.57 vs TSE:2651: 1.14

Lawson's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Lawson was 0.69. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.58.

As of today (2024-04-29), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Lawson is 2.27%.

Lawson's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 円0.00.

During the past 12 months, Lawson's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -21.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -7.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -10.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -7.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Lawson was 21.10% per year. The lowest was -16.20% per year. And the median was 5.70% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Lawson Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lawson'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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Lawson Dividend Yield % Chart

Lawson Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.62 3.02 3.13 2.80 1.88

Lawson Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 2.80 2.47 2.52 2.63 1.88

Competitive Comparison of Lawson's Dividend Yield %

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Lawson'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.


Lawson's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lawson's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lawson Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Lawson Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
JPY 117.5002023-08-302023-08-312023-11-10Cash 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.

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

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=117.5/10330.00
=1.14 %

Current Share Price is 円10330.00.
Lawson's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is 円117.5.

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

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=235/10330.00
=2.27 %

Current Share Price is 円10330.00.
Lawson's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as 円117.5 * 2 = 円235.

* 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.


Lawson  (TSE:2651) 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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Lawson (TSE:2651) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
East Tower, Gate City Osaki, 11-2, Osaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 141-8643
Lawson is the third-largest convenience-store operator in Japan with more than 14,500 stores domestically, and more than 3,400 stores overseas with more than 90% of stores located in China. Convenience-store operations inclusive of franchise fees represent about 55% of group operating revenue and 75% of operating profits. Other activities include Seijo Ishii (an upscale food-store chain with 163 stores in Japan as of November 2020) and entertainment businesses comprising cinema operations with 43 theaters, the HMV music store chain, and Lawson HMV ticketing services.

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