ESALF Eisai Co., Ltd. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Eisai Co., Ltd., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, develops and markets a wide array of medicinal products. Its offerings for neurological conditions include Aricept, prescribed for Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies; Methycobal, used to treat peripheral neuropathy; Fycompa, an antiepileptic drug that serves as an adjunctive therapy for specific partial-onset and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures; Lyrica, for various pain management needs; and Dayvigo, an anti-insomnia medication for adults. In the oncology field, Eisai provides Lenvima, a molecularly targeted anticancer agent for thyroid cancer, renal cell carcinoma (when used in combination with everolimus), and hepatocellular carcinoma. Another key cancer treatment is Halaven, a microtubule dynamics inhibitor for breast cancer and liposarcoma. The company's portfolio also features Pariet, a proton-pump inhibitor effective in treating gastric and duodenal ulcers, reflux esophagitis, and for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori infections. Additionally, Eisai markets Humira, a fully human anti-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody employed in managing autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Beyond prescription medicines, Eisai provides consumer health products like Chocola BB Plus, a vitamin B2 preparation addressing rough skin and stomatitis, alongside various third-class over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, designated quasi-drugs, and functional foods. The company was established in 1941, initially operating as Nihon Eisai Co., Ltd., before adopting its current name, Eisai Co., Ltd., in 1955.
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Research Scores
Scores describe this security's published financial data on a 0–100 scale using the formulas on our methodology pages. They are the same for every reader, are not a probability or a forecast, and are not a recommendation. Past dividend growth does not guarantee future increases. Report a data error.
Not Rated
How the Dividend Safety Score is built for ESALF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings payout ratio | Earnings payout ratio 107% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 17 | 20% |
| FCF payout ratio | FCF payout ratio 105% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 25 | 25% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | Net cash (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 100 | 15% |
| Interest coverage | Interest coverage 9.0x (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 87 | 10% |
| Dividend record | 39 years of uninterrupted regular payments; last cut Sep 29, 2022 (-22.7%), within 10 years: capped at 50 | 50 | 20% |
| Earnings stability | Net income positive in 5 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2021–FY2025) | 100 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
How the Dividend Growth Score is built for ESALF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-year dividend growth | 5-year dividend CAGR -6.4% (2020–2025) | 0 | 25% |
| Consecutive annual increases | 0 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) | 10 | 20% |
| Payout headroom | Headroom from the earnings payout ratio 107% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 0 | 20% |
| Earnings per share growth (3 years) | EPS CAGR -10.8% (FY2022–FY2025) | 0 | 15% |
| Revenue growth (3 years) | Revenue CAGR 3.7% (FY2022–FY2025) | 72 | 10% |
| 10-year dividend growth | 10-year dividend CAGR -1.5% (2015–2025) | 17 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
Key Metrics
Current Yield
3.38%
At the Oct 29, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$1.0116
Declared May 15, 2026
The latest declared regular dividend scaled to a full year by how often it's paid (for semi-annual payers, the latest two payments), adjusted for stock splits. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00. Special dividends are excluded.Frequency
S Semi-Annual
How often the dividend is paid, read from the dates of recent payments: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.RSI (14)
43
As of Oct 29, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$23.88 – $35.00
Closes through Oct 23, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
106.65%
12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q1 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
40
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
1.58
Price as of Oct 25, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
How often a record like this ends in a cut
ESALF has raised its annual dividend in 21 separate years since March 1987, which ranks 412 among the 2,430 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. In 1 year the annual total fell by more than a fifth.
Of the 878 companies we track with 10 to 24 years of increases, 661 — 75 per cent — also have at least one year in which the dividend fell by more than 20 per cent. Across every company with twenty years of comparable history, only 277 of 1078 (26 per cent) have never cut. A long record of increases is common; a record with no cut anywhere in it is not.
Measured from annual totals using split-adjusted amounts, comparing only consecutive years with the same number of payments — a stock split and a payment shifting across a year boundary both look like cuts otherwise. The current year is excluded as incomplete. How we measure a cut, and what the corrections change. Figures are for information only, not a view on any security.
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
ESALF's dividend yield fell from 3.67% to 3.38% over the past ~90 days (-0.30 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.30 pp from the share price ($27.54 on Aug 03, 2026 → $29.97 on Oct 29, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 272 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 23, 2026), ESALF's current yield is higher than approximately 26% of them. Our stored price history for ESALF covers the past 13 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.5087 S | Regular | May 15, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | N/A |
| $0.5085 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 29, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| $0.5029 S | Regular | May 15, 2025 | Mar 31, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jun 01, 2026 |
| $0.5407 S | Regular | May 15, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 |
| $0.5337 S | Regular | May 15, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | May 30, 2025 |
| $0.5584 S | Regular | May 15, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Nov 19, 2024 |
| $0.5286 S | Regular | May 15, 2023 | Mar 28, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | May 29, 2024 |
| $0.5354 S | Regular | May 15, 2023 | Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| $0.6028 S | Regular | May 13, 2022 | Mar 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | May 29, 2023 |
| $0.5550 S | Regular | May 13, 2022 | Sep 29, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Nov 18, 2022 |
| $0.6560 S | Regular | May 12, 2021 | Mar 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | May 25, 2022 |
| $0.7154 S | Regular | May 12, 2021 | Sep 29, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Nov 19, 2021 |
| $0.7260 S | Regular | May 13, 2020 | Mar 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | May 21, 2021 |
| $0.7570 S | Regular | May 13, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 |
| $0.7403 S | Regular | May 13, 2019 | Mar 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | May 22, 2020 |
| $0.7403 S | Regular | May 13, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Nov 19, 2019 |
| $0.7247 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | May 22, 2019 |
| $0.6198 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Nov 19, 2018 |
| $0.7526 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | May 24, 2018 |
| $0.6208 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 2017 | Sep 30, 2017 | Nov 17, 2017 |
| $0.7203 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 29, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | May 19, 2017 |
| $0.6960 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Nov 18, 2016 |
| $0.7058 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 29, 2016 | Mar 31, 2016 | May 23, 2016 |
| $0.5841 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | Nov 18, 2015 |
| $0.6714 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 | May 22, 2015 |
| $0.6403 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 | Nov 17, 2014 |
| $0.7834 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 | May 22, 2014 |
| $0.7074 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2013 | Sep 30, 2013 | Nov 15, 2013 |
| $0.8477 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2013 | Mar 31, 2013 | May 22, 2013 |
| $0.8999 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2012 | Sep 30, 2012 | Nov 16, 2012 |
| $0.9668 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2012 | Mar 31, 2012 | May 24, 2012 |
| $0.9149 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2011 | Sep 30, 2011 | Nov 17, 2011 |
| $0.9710 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 29, 2011 | Mar 31, 2011 | May 24, 2011 |
| $0.8351 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2010 | Sep 30, 2010 | Nov 17, 2010 |
| $0.8634 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 29, 2010 | Mar 31, 2010 | May 24, 2010 |
| $0.7792 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2009 | Sep 30, 2009 | Nov 18, 2009 |
| $0.7083 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2009 | Mar 31, 2009 | May 25, 2009 |
| $0.6583 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2008 | Sep 30, 2008 | Nov 19, 2008 |
| $0.6567 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2008 | Mar 31, 2008 | May 26, 2008 |
| $0.5668 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2007 | Sep 30, 2007 | Nov 20, 2007 |
| $0.5505 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2007 | Mar 31, 2007 | May 28, 2007 |
| $0.4713 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2006 | Sep 30, 2006 | Nov 22, 2006 |
| $0.4282 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2006 | Mar 31, 2006 | May 30, 2006 |
| $0.3539 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 2005 | Sep 30, 2005 | Dec 02, 2005 |
| $0.3272 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2005 | Mar 31, 2005 | Jun 01, 2005 |
| $0.1900 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 2004 | Sep 30, 2004 | Dec 03, 2004 |
| $0.1695 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2004 | Mar 31, 2004 | Jun 25, 2004 |
| $0.1616 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2003 | Sep 30, 2003 | Dec 05, 2003 |
| $0.1332 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2003 | Mar 31, 2003 | Jun 25, 2003 |
| $0.1297 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2002 | Sep 30, 2002 | Dec 06, 2002 |
| $0.1200 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2002 | Mar 31, 2002 | Jun 28, 2002 |
| $0.1106 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2001 | Sep 30, 2001 | Dec 07, 2001 |
| $0.1059 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2001 | Mar 31, 2001 | Jun 29, 2001 |
| $0.0929 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2000 | Sep 30, 2000 | Dec 08, 2000 |
| $0.1078 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2000 | Mar 31, 2000 | Jun 30, 2000 |
| $10.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 1999 | Sep 30, 1999 | Dec 07, 1999 |
| $11.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1999 | Mar 31, 1999 | Jun 30, 1999 |
| $10.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1998 | Sep 30, 1998 | Dec 08, 1998 |
| $11.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1998 | Mar 31, 1998 | Jun 29, 1998 |
| $10.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1997 | Sep 30, 1997 | Dec 05, 1997 |
| $9.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1997 | Mar 31, 1997 | Jun 30, 1997 |
| $9.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1996 | Sep 30, 1996 | Dec 06, 1996 |
| $8.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1996 | Mar 31, 1996 | Jun 28, 1996 |
| $7.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 1995 | Sep 30, 1995 | Dec 07, 1995 |
| $7.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 1995 | Mar 31, 1995 | Jun 30, 1995 |
| $6.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 1994 | Sep 30, 1994 | Dec 07, 1994 |
| $6.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 1994 | Mar 31, 1994 | Jun 30, 1994 |
| $6.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 1993 | Sep 30, 1993 | Dec 07, 1993 |
| $6.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1993 | Mar 31, 1993 | Jun 30, 1993 |
| $6.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1992 | Sep 30, 1992 | Dec 10, 1992 |
| $7.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1992 | Mar 31, 1992 | Jun 29, 1992 |
| $5.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1991 | Sep 30, 1991 | Dec 10, 1991 |
| $7.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1991 | Mar 31, 1991 | Jun 28, 1991 |
| $5.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1990 | Sep 30, 1990 | Dec 10, 1990 |
| $7.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 1990 | Mar 31, 1990 | Jun 29, 1990 |
| $5.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 1989 | Sep 30, 1989 | Jan 16, 1990 |
| $7.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 1989 | N/A | Jul 16, 1989 |
| $5.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 1988 | N/A | Jan 16, 1989 |
| $5.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 1988 | N/A | Jul 16, 1988 |
| $5.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 1987 | N/A | Jan 16, 1988 |
| $5.0000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 1987 | N/A | Jul 16, 1987 |
1 future payment listed by our data provider without a declaration is a projection, so it is not listed here or shown as a last or next dividend.
Peer Comparison
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| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGIOF | Shionogi & Co., Ltd. | 2.82% | 6.0% | 3 yrs | 78 |
| LVZPF | Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc. | 6.91% | 15.8% | 1 yr | 73 |
| NPNKF | Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. | 3.34% | -0.7% | 0 yrs | 72 |
| RDY | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited | 0.59% | 6.5% | 0 yrs | 68 |
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ESALF dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Eisai Co., Ltd. pay a dividend?
Yes. Eisai Co., Ltd. (ESALF) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $1.01 per share, a yield of approximately 3.38%.
What is Eisai Co., Ltd.'s dividend yield?
Eisai Co., Ltd.'s dividend yield is approximately 3.38%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Eisai Co., Ltd. pay dividends?
Eisai Co., Ltd. pays dividends semi-annually — 2 times per year.
How long has Eisai Co., Ltd. paid dividends?
Eisai Co., Ltd. has 40 years of dividend payments on record.
Data updated Oct 29, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.