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WJRYF West Japan Railway Company — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates

Other OTC· Semi-Annual dividend· Common Stock · Industrials / Railroads

$17.95 ▲ $0.00(0.00%) as of Oct 30, 2026 06:20 UTC
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Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, and established in 1987, West Japan Railway Company (WJRYF) serves as a pivotal provider of passenger rail transportation across the country. The company’s operations are strategically divided into several core business segments: Transportation Operations, Retail Business, Real Estate Business, and a broader category of Other Businesses. Its extensive railway network covers a substantial 4,903.1 kilometers, comprising 812.6 kilometers of its renowned Shinkansen (bullet train) lines and 4,090.5 kilometers dedicated to conventional rail routes, collectively facilitating travel through 1,174 stations. Complementing its rail services, WJRYF also manages bus and ferry transport. Beyond its primary transport activities, the company maintains a robust presence in the retail sector. This involves general merchandising, food service provision, wholesale distribution, and the direct operation of a variety of commercial establishments such as department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, souvenir outlets, and expansive shopping centers. Through its Real Estate Business, WJRYF engages in both the sale and leasing of properties. Finally, the "Other Businesses" segment encompasses a wide array of ventures, ranging from hotel management, credit card issuance, and electronic money services to travel agency operations, provision of rolling stock and associated equipment, electrical contracting, specialized electrical equipment, construction projects, information technology services, and advertising.

Dividend Snapshot

StatusRecently Increased
Last Dividend$0.3084
Forward Annual$0.64From the $0.3084 dividend declared Apr 30, 2026
FrequencySemi-Annual
Last Ex-DateSep 30, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
1-Yr Growth15.5%Annual totals, 2024–2025
10-Yr Growth1.3%Annual totals, 2015–2025

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.

Dividend Safety Score

76/100

Strong indicators

Complete data

Dividend Growth Score

63/100

Strong growth record

Complete data

Dividend Value Score

Not Rated

only 40% of the inputs available (60% needed)

DividendRank

65/100

Upper middle of the scale

Partial data

How the Dividend Safety Score is built for WJRYF
InputValuePointsWeight
Earnings payout ratioEarnings payout ratio 34% (FY2026) 100 20%
FCF payout ratioFCF payout ratio 55% (FY2026) 94 25%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / EBITDA 3.5x (FY2026) 48 15%
Interest coverageInterest coverage 9.1x (FY2026) 87 10%
Dividend record29 years of uninterrupted regular payments; last cut Sep 29, 2022 (-22.6%), within 10 years: capped at 50 50 20%
Earnings stabilityNet 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 WJRYF
InputValuePointsWeight
5-year dividend growth5-year dividend CAGR -0.6% (2020–2025) 22 25%
Consecutive annual increases3 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) 45 20%
Payout headroomHeadroom from the earnings payout ratio 34% (FY2026) 100 20%
Earnings per share growth (3 years)EPS CAGR 15.5% (FY2023–FY2026) 100 15%
Revenue growth (3 years)Revenue CAGR 10.0% (FY2023–FY2026) 100 10%
10-year dividend growth10-year dividend CAGR 1.3% (2015–2025) 38 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

3.56%

At the Oct 30, 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

$0.6384

Declared Apr 30, 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)

21

As of Oct 30, 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

$15.46 – $25.03

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

-

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

30

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)

1.16

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

S.A.F.E. is a set of four checks on a dividend's record and the company's data, the same test used across the screener and our ranked lists. Solid: a Dividend Safety Score of 70+ and a yield of 2%+. Accelerating: at least three consecutive completed calendar years of higher total regular dividends. Flawless: since 1990, no calendar year whose total regular dividend fell more than 20% below the year before, and no suspension. Enduring: at least 20 years between the first and latest dividend in our records. All four met earns the S.A.F.E. flag.
S Solid
Below the Solid check (Dividend Safety Score 70+ and yield 2%+): Dividend Safety Score 76/100, yield 3.56%.
A Accelerating
3 consecutive years of dividend increases.
F Flawless
A calendar year's regular dividend total fell more than 20% below the year before.
E Enduring
30 years of dividend payments on record.

Quote & Key Data

ExchangeOther OTCThe stock exchange where the shares trade, such as NYSE or Nasdaq.
Volume6Oct 23, 2026 sessionHow many shares changed hands in the trading session dated beside this figure, a rough read on trading activity. Daily bars are refreshed on a slower cycle than the quoted price, so this session can be older than the price above.
Open$18.23Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe price at the start of the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Day Range$18.23 – $18.23Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe lowest and highest price during the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Prev Close$18.23Close of Oct 22, 2026The closing price from the session before the one dated beside these figures.
Market Cap$8.17BAs of Oct 30, 2026The company's total market value (share price times shares outstanding) on the date shown.
Shares Out455.08MImplied by market cap, Oct 30, 2026Shares outstanding implied by the market cap and share price on the date shown.
EPS (TTM)JPY 258.6412 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q1 FY2027); reported in JPYEarnings per share over the trailing twelve months (TTM), labeled with the end date of the latest reported quarter and shown in the company's reporting currency. Dividends are paid out of these earnings.
P/E (TTM)12.0Price as of Oct 25, 2026; earnings to Jun 30, 2026Price-to-earnings ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by trailing-twelve-month earnings per share. A rough gauge of how richly the stock is valued.
Last Ex-DateSep 30, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
Next Ex-DateN/ANone declared yetThe ex-dividend date of the next payment the company has declared, or that is scheduled when no declaration is on file. Future dates our data provider only projects are not shown.

Dividend Growth

3-Yr Growth (CAGR)18.0%Annual totals, 2022–2025The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded.
5-Yr Growth (CAGR)-0.6%Annual totals, 2020–2025The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded.
Consecutive Increases3 yrsAnnual totals through 2025The number of consecutive years the dividend has increased.

How often a record like this ends in a cut

Years the payout rose14Since Mar 1997
Rank among payers787of 2,430 with a record
Years it fell over 20%5in 28 comparable years
Of peers with 10 to 24 up years75%also cut at some point

WJRYF has raised its annual dividend in 14 separate years since March 1997, which ranks 787 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)

WJRYF's dividend yield rose from 3.20% to 3.56% over the past ~90 days (+0.36 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and +0.36 pp from the share price ($19.98 on Aug 03, 2026 → $17.95 on Oct 30, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.

Yield vs Its Own History

Current3.56%
1-Yr Average3.34%
Low / High2.53% – 4.13%
Percentile79%

Across 272 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 23, 2026), WJRYF's current yield is higher than approximately 79% of them. Our stored price history for WJRYF 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
$0.3084 S Regular Apr 30, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 N/A
$0.3053 S Regular N/A Sep 29, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 Sep 29, 2026
$0.3300 S Regular May 02, 2025 Mar 31, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Jun 19, 2026
$0.3041 S Regular May 02, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Nov 28, 2025
$0.3169 S Regular Apr 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Jun 19, 2025
$0.2583 S Regular Apr 30, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Nov 28, 2024
$0.5583 S Regular Apr 28, 2023 Mar 28, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Jun 20, 2024
$0.3848 S Regular Apr 28, 2023 Sep 28, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Dec 04, 2023
$0.5651 S Regular Apr 28, 2022 Mar 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Jun 26, 2023
$0.3461 S Regular Apr 28, 2022 Sep 29, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Dec 02, 2022
$0.4100 S Regular Apr 30, 2021 Mar 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Jun 24, 2022
$0.4471 S Regular Apr 30, 2021 Sep 29, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Dec 02, 2021
$0.4538 S Regular Apr 30, 2020 Mar 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Jun 24, 2021
$0.4731 S Regular Apr 30, 2020 Sep 29, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Dec 02, 2020
$0.8097 S Regular Apr 26, 2019 Mar 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Jun 24, 2020
$0.8791 S Regular Apr 26, 2019 Sep 27, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Dec 04, 2019
$0.7927 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Jun 21, 2019
$0.7748 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Dec 03, 2018
$0.7526 S Regular N/A Mar 28, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Jun 22, 2018
$0.7095 S Regular N/A Sep 27, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Dec 01, 2017
$0.6303 S Regular N/A Mar 29, 2017 Mar 31, 2017 Jun 23, 2017
$0.6960 S Regular N/A Sep 28, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 Dec 01, 2016
$0.6176 S Regular N/A Mar 29, 2016 Mar 31, 2016 Jun 23, 2016
$0.5424 S Regular N/A Sep 28, 2015 Sep 30, 2015 Dec 01, 2015
$0.5455 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2015 Mar 31, 2015 Jun 24, 2015
$0.5489 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2014 Sep 30, 2014 Dec 02, 2014
$0.5875 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2014 Mar 31, 2014 Jun 25, 2014
$0.5558 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2013 Sep 30, 2013 Nov 29, 2013
$0.5828 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2013 Mar 31, 2013 Jun 24, 2013
$0.7071 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2012 Sep 30, 2012 Nov 30, 2012
$0.6043 S Regular N/A Mar 28, 2012 Mar 31, 2012 Jun 25, 2012
$0.5228 S Regular N/A Sep 28, 2011 Sep 30, 2011 Nov 30, 2011
$48.5492 S Regular N/A Mar 29, 2011 Mar 31, 2011 Jun 24, 2011
$47.7184 S Regular N/A Sep 28, 2010 Sep 30, 2010 Nov 30, 2010
$37.7744 S Regular N/A Mar 29, 2010 Mar 31, 2010 Jun 24, 2010
$38.9582 S Regular N/A Sep 25, 2009 Sep 30, 2009 Nov 27, 2009
$35.4162 S Regular N/A Mar 26, 2009 Mar 31, 2009 Jun 24, 2009
$32.9164 S Regular N/A Sep 25, 2008 Sep 30, 2008 Nov 28, 2008
$30.3093 S Regular N/A Mar 26, 2008 Mar 31, 2008 Jun 25, 2008
$26.1586 S Regular N/A Sep 25, 2007 Sep 30, 2007 Nov 30, 2007
$25.4076 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2007 Mar 31, 2007 Jun 25, 2007
$25.7050 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2006 Sep 30, 2006 Dec 08, 2006
$25.6904 S Regular N/A Mar 28, 2006 Mar 31, 2006 Jun 26, 2006
$26.5427 S Regular N/A Sep 27, 2005 Sep 30, 2005 Dec 09, 2005
$32.7193 S Regular N/A Mar 28, 2005 Mar 31, 2005 Jun 24, 2005
$22.6150 S Regular N/A Sep 27, 2004 Sep 30, 2004 Dec 10, 2004
$37.6720 S Regular N/A Mar 26, 2004 Mar 31, 2004 Jun 24, 2004
$22.4375 S Regular N/A Sep 25, 2003 Sep 30, 2003 Dec 10, 2003
$20.8100 S Regular N/A Mar 26, 2003 Mar 31, 2003 Jun 26, 2003
$20.2700 S Regular N/A Sep 25, 2002 Sep 30, 2002 Dec 10, 2002
$18.7450 S Regular N/A Mar 26, 2002 Mar 31, 2002 Jun 27, 2002
$21.2650 S Regular N/A Sep 25, 2001 Sep 30, 2001 Dec 11, 2001
$20.3725 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2001 Mar 31, 2001 Jun 28, 2001
$23.2175 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2000 Sep 30, 2000 Dec 12, 2000
$23.4275 S Regular N/A Mar 28, 2000 Mar 31, 2000 Jun 29, 2000
$2,500.0000 S Regular N/A Sep 27, 1999 Sep 30, 1999 Dec 10, 1999
$2,500.0000 S Regular N/A Mar 26, 1999 Mar 31, 1999 Jun 28, 1999
$2,500.0000 S Regular N/A Sep 25, 1998 Sep 30, 1998 Dec 10, 1998
$2,500.0000 S Regular N/A Mar 26, 1998 Mar 31, 1998 Jun 29, 1998
$2,500.0000 S Regular N/A Sep 25, 1997 Sep 30, 1997 Dec 10, 1997
$3,500.0000 S Regular N/A Mar 26, 1997 Mar 31, 1997 Jun 30, 1997

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

Selected Railroads dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.

TickerNameYield5-Yr GrowthStreakRank
CNR.TO Canadian National Railway Company 2.11% 9.1% 28 yrs 79
CNI Canadian National Railway Company 2.14% 8.1% 29 yrs 75
TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. 4.38% 9.6% 15 yrs 74
UNP Union Pacific Corporation 1.88% 7.0% 19 yrs 73

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WJRYF dividend — frequently asked questions

Does West Japan Railway Company pay a dividend?

Yes. West Japan Railway Company (WJRYF) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.64 per share, a yield of approximately 3.56%.

What is West Japan Railway Company's dividend yield?

West Japan Railway Company's dividend yield is approximately 3.56%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.

How often does West Japan Railway Company pay dividends?

West Japan Railway Company pays dividends semi-annually — 2 times per year.

How long has West Japan Railway Company paid dividends?

West Japan Railway Company has 30 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Data updated Oct 30, 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.