Shareholder Returns and Dividends

Shareholder Returns Policy

The Company’s fundamental policy on shareholder returns is to distribute a steady dividend that reflects the perspective of shareholders and simultaneously realizing appropriate capital allocation flexibly from the medium-to-long term perspective, while strengthening investments (including strategic investments, R&D, and capital expenditures) to ensure sustainable growth.

Dividend Information

For the year ended March 31, 2025, the year-end dividend was 25 yen per share, and the full- year dividend was 50 yen per share, including the interim dividend of 25 yen.
The full-year dividend for the year ending March 31, 2026 is forecast to be 50 yen per share (including the interim dividend of 25 yen per share), an increase of 5 yen over the current fiscal year.

  • 1.A year-end dividend: 25 yen per common share
  • 2.Date of commencement of Year-end dividend payment for the 161th period (the Year ended March 2025) : June 30, 2025

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Period Interim dividend per share Year-end dividend per share Dividend per share Dividend payout ratio (%)
162 (2026/3)* Forecast ¥25.00 (Forecast) ¥25.00 (Forecast) ¥50.00 (Forecast) 54.8 (Forecast)
161 (2025/3) ¥25.00 ¥25.00 ¥50.00 280.0
160 (2024/3) ¥25.00 ¥25.00 ¥50.00 53.2
159 (2023/3) ¥20.00 ¥25.00 ¥45.00 35.9
158 (2022/3) ¥20.00 ¥20.00 ¥40.00 34.4
157 (2021/3) ¥10.00 ¥10.00 ¥20.00
156 (2020/3) ¥30.00 ¥10.00 ¥40.00 200.7
155 (2019/3) ¥30.00 ¥30.00 ¥60.00 35.7
154 (2018/3) ¥14.00 ¥22.00 ¥36.00 41.0
153 (2017/3) ¥12.00 ¥4.00 ¥16.00 159.8
152 (2016/3) ¥8.00 ¥10.00 ¥18.00 23.8
  • *As of June 27, 2025