Nippon Shinyaku (TSE:4516) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of ¥62.00

The board of Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. (TSE:4516) has announced that it will pay a dividend on the 1st of July, with investors receiving ¥62.00 per share. Based on this payment, the dividend yield for the company will be 2.7%, which is fairly typical for the industry.

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Nippon Shinyaku's Payment Has Solid Earnings Coverage

Unless the payments are sustainable, the dividend yield doesn't mean too much. However, prior to this announcement, Nippon Shinyaku was quite comfortably covering its dividend with earnings and it was paying more than 75% of its free cash flow to shareholders. The business is returning a large chunk of its cash to shareholders, which means it is not being used to grow the business.

Looking forward, earnings per share is forecast to rise by 40.4% over the next year. If the dividend continues along recent trends, we estimate the payout ratio will be 29%, which is in the range that makes us comfortable with the sustainability of the dividend.

Nippon Shinyaku Has A Solid Track Record

The company has a sustained record of paying dividends with very little fluctuation. The dividend has gone from an annual total of ¥23.00 in 2014 to the most recent total annual payment of ¥124.00. This means that it has been growing its distributions at 18% per annum over that time. Rapidly growing dividends for a long time is a very valuable feature for an income stock.

The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow

Investors could be attracted to the stock based on the quality of its payment history. Nippon Shinyaku has seen EPS rising for the last five years, at 12% per annum. With a decent amount of growth and a low payout ratio, we think this bodes well for Nippon Shinyaku's prospects of growing its dividend payments in the future.

In Summary

In summary, it's great to see that the company can raise the dividend and keep it in a sustainable range. On the plus side, the dividend looks sustainable by most measures but it is let down by the lack of cash flows. The payment isn't stellar, but it could make a decent addition to a dividend portfolio.

Market movements attest to how highly valued a consistent dividend policy is compared to one which is more unpredictable. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. Companies that are growing earnings tend to be the best dividend stocks over the long term. See what the 7 analysts we track are forecasting for Nippon Shinyaku for free with public analyst estimates for the company. Is Nippon Shinyaku not quite the opportunity you were looking for? Why not check out our selection of top dividend stocks.

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