MBGCF Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. is a prominent Japanese enterprise primarily engaged in the production and distribution of a wide range of chemical products, encompassing foundational and specialized chemicals, as well as advanced functional materials. Its operations are organized into several key divisions: The Natural Gas Chemicals division is responsible for manufacturing methanol, various organic compounds, and products for the life sciences sector. This segment also plays a role in the exploration and extraction of natural gas and oil, alongside the development of geothermal energy resources. The Aromatic Chemicals unit focuses on supplying aromatic compounds and different types of foamed plastics. Through its Specialty Chemicals sector, the company provides inorganic chemicals, high-performance engineering plastics, and optical-grade materials. The Information and Advanced Materials segment concentrates on developing and providing electronic components and oxygen-absorbing products. Beyond its core chemical business, the company maintains diverse interests. These extend to real estate activities, including sales, leasing, property management, and brokerage. It also operates in logistics, offering shipping, freight transportation, and warehousing services, in addition to tourism operations. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical is involved in civil engineering and other construction projects. Furthermore, it conducts research and development, sales, and consulting for various technologies relevant to the chemical industries. The company also designs, manufactures, sells, operates, supervises, and offers consultation on machinery utilized in chemical manufacturing processes and for environmental preservation. Completing its broad portfolio, it provides comprehensive testing, analysis, and consulting services related to environmental measurements and ensuring the safety of chemical products. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. was established in 1918 and its main office is located in Tokyo, Japan.
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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 MBGCF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings payout ratio | Net loss to common shareholders (FY2026): dividends not covered by earnings | 0 | 20% |
| FCF payout ratio | Free cash flow negative (FY2026) | 0 | 25% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x (FY2026) | 88 | 15% |
| Interest coverage | Interest coverage 16.8x (FY2026) | 100 | 10% |
| Dividend record | 39 years of uninterrupted regular payments; last cut Sep 26, 2018 (-27.2%), within 10 years: capped at 50 | 50 | 20% |
| Earnings stability | Net income positive in 4 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2022–FY2026) | 70 | 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 MBGCF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-year dividend growth | 5-year dividend CAGR 0.5% (2020–2025) | 30 | 25% |
| Consecutive annual increases | 3 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) | 45 | 20% |
| Payout headroom | Net loss to common shareholders (FY2026): no headroom | 0 | 20% |
| Earnings per share growth (3 years) | EPS -207.71 (FY2026) from 239.08 (FY2023): negative at the end of the 3 years | 0 | 15% |
| Revenue growth (3 years) | Revenue CAGR -1.7% (FY2023–FY2026) | 30 | 10% |
| 10-year dividend growth | 10-year dividend CAGR 3.0% (2015–2025) | 54 | 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
2.61%
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
$0.6641
Declared May 13, 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)
82
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
$16.86 – $25.43
Closes through Oct 22, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio
-
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)
1.04
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
MBGCF has raised its annual dividend in 19 separate years since March 1987, which ranks 503 among the 2,430 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. In 5 years 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)
MBGCF's dividend yield fell from 2.61% to 2.61% over the past ~90 days (-0.00 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.00 pp from the share price ($25.43 on Jul 31, 2026 → $25.43 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 22, 2026), MBGCF's current yield is higher than approximately 17% of them. Our stored price history for MBGCF 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.3498 S | Regular | May 13, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | N/A |
| $0.3462 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 29, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| $0.3143 I | Regular | May 12, 2025 | Mar 31, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jun 09, 2026 |
| $0.3129 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jun 09, 2026 |
| $0.3379 S | Regular | May 12, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Dec 05, 2025 |
| $0.3335 S | Regular | May 10, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Jun 06, 2025 |
| $0.3141 S | Regular | May 10, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Dec 05, 2024 |
| $0.2643 S | Regular | May 12, 2023 | Mar 28, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Jun 06, 2024 |
| $0.2677 S | Regular | May 12, 2023 | Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Dec 06, 2023 |
| $0.3014 S | Regular | May 12, 2022 | Mar 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Jun 08, 2023 |
| $0.2769 S | Regular | May 12, 2022 | Sep 29, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Dec 06, 2022 |
| $0.2870 A | Regular | May 11, 2021 | Mar 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Jun 09, 2022 |
| $0.4024 S | Regular | Aug 06, 2021 | Sep 29, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Dec 06, 2021 |
| $0.3176 S | Regular | May 12, 2020 | Mar 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Jun 07, 2021 |
| $0.3312 S | Regular | May 12, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Dec 04, 2020 |
| $0.3239 S | Regular | May 13, 2019 | Mar 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Jun 08, 2020 |
| $0.3239 S | Regular | May 13, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Dec 05, 2019 |
| $0.3171 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Jun 06, 2019 |
| $0.3099 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Dec 06, 2018 |
| $0.3293 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | Jun 07, 2018 |
| $0.2128 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 2017 | Sep 30, 2017 | Dec 06, 2017 |
| $0.1981 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 29, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | Jun 08, 2017 |
| $0.0795 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Dec 06, 2016 |
| $0.0706 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 29, 2016 | Mar 31, 2016 | Jun 09, 2016 |
| $0.0668 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | Dec 04, 2015 |
| $0.0587 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 | Jun 08, 2015 |
| $0.0640 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 | Dec 05, 2014 |
| $0.0588 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 | Jun 06, 2014 |
| $0.0606 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2013 | Sep 30, 2013 | Dec 05, 2013 |
| $0.0636 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2013 | Mar 31, 2013 | Jun 06, 2013 |
| $0.0771 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2012 | Sep 30, 2012 | Dec 05, 2012 |
| $0.0725 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2012 | Mar 31, 2012 | Jun 07, 2012 |
| $0.0784 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2011 | Sep 30, 2011 | Dec 05, 2011 |
| $0.0485 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 29, 2011 | Mar 31, 2011 | Jun 09, 2011 |
| $0.0477 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2010 | Sep 30, 2010 | Dec 03, 2010 |
| $0.0432 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 29, 2010 | Mar 31, 2010 | Jun 07, 2010 |
| $0.0445 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2009 | Sep 30, 2009 | Dec 04, 2009 |
| $0.0810 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2009 | Mar 31, 2009 | Jun 08, 2009 |
| $0.0752 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2008 | Sep 30, 2008 | Dec 05, 2008 |
| $0.0808 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2008 | Mar 31, 2008 | Jun 09, 2008 |
| $0.0698 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2007 | Sep 30, 2007 | Dec 07, 2007 |
| $0.0678 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2007 | Mar 31, 2007 | Jun 11, 2007 |
| $0.0514 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2006 | Sep 30, 2006 | Dec 07, 2006 |
| $0.0514 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2006 | Mar 31, 2006 | Jun 30, 2006 |
| $0.0354 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 2005 | Sep 30, 2005 | Dec 07, 2005 |
| $0.0327 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2005 | Mar 31, 2005 | Jun 30, 2005 |
| $0.0377 A | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2004 | Mar 31, 2004 | Jun 30, 2004 |
| $0.0250 A | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2003 | Mar 31, 2003 | Jun 30, 2003 |
| $0.0112 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 2002 | Mar 31, 2002 | Jun 28, 2002 |
| $0.0128 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2001 | Sep 30, 2001 | Dec 10, 2001 |
| $0.0204 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 2001 | Mar 31, 2001 | Jun 29, 2001 |
| $0.0139 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2000 | Sep 30, 2000 | Dec 08, 2000 |
| $0.0234 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 2000 | Mar 31, 2000 | Jun 30, 2000 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 1999 | Sep 30, 1999 | Dec 10, 1999 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1999 | Mar 31, 1999 | Jun 30, 1999 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1998 | Sep 30, 1998 | Dec 10, 1998 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1998 | Mar 31, 1998 | Jun 29, 1998 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1997 | Sep 30, 1997 | Dec 15, 1997 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1997 | Mar 31, 1997 | Jun 30, 1997 |
| $5.0000 A | Special | N/A | Mar 26, 1996 | Mar 31, 1996 | Jun 28, 1996 |
| $2.5000 A | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 1995 | Mar 31, 1995 | Jun 30, 1995 |
| $2.5000 A | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 1994 | Mar 31, 1994 | Jun 30, 1994 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1993 | Mar 31, 1993 | Jun 30, 1993 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1992 | Sep 30, 1992 | Dec 15, 1992 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1992 | Mar 31, 1992 | Jun 29, 1992 |
| $3.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1991 | Sep 30, 1991 | Dec 13, 1991 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 26, 1991 | Mar 31, 1991 | Jun 28, 1991 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 1990 | Sep 30, 1990 | Dec 14, 1990 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 27, 1990 | Mar 31, 1990 | Jun 29, 1990 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 1989 | Sep 30, 1989 | Jan 16, 1990 |
| $3.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 1989 | N/A | Jul 16, 1989 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 1988 | N/A | Jan 16, 1989 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 28, 1988 | N/A | Jul 16, 1988 |
| $2.5000 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 1987 | N/A | Jan 16, 1988 |
| $2.5000 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | 2.50% | 5.8% | 41 yrs | 90 |
| RPM | RPM International Inc. | 2.30% | 7.2% | 29 yrs | 88 |
| CBT | Cabot Corp. | 2.56% | 4.9% | 14 yrs | 83 |
| FUL | H.B. Fuller Company | 1.99% | 7.5% | 38 yrs | 82 |
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MBGCF dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MBGCF) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.66 per share, a yield of approximately 2.61%.
What is Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.'s dividend yield?
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.'s dividend yield is approximately 2.61%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. pay dividends?
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. pays dividends semi-annually — 2 times per year.
How long has Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. paid dividends?
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. has 40 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
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.