Kaisha Shikiho New Year 2023

Kaisha Shikiho is a corporate data book offering compact coverage of all listed companies in Japan, including characteristics, performance, financial details, major shareholders, executives, and stock price trends. Since launching in Showa 11 (1936), it has been widely appreciated as the “equity investment bible”—the archetypal corporate dictionary, used for researching business partners—for marketing, and for information on job placements. Due to its established reputation for the neutrality, objectivity, and thoroughness of its reporters’ writing and forecasts, it is used not only in Japan, but worldwide.
With the JapanKnowledge edition, advanced search enables you to narrow down by industry type, in addition to searching by company name or securities code.

The featured articles in this 2023 spring quarter edition are “Total Payout Ratio,” “Number of Dividend Payout Increases/Decreases,” and “Quarterly Progress Rate.” Total Payout Ratio, calculated by dividing the sum of total dividends and share repurchases for the previous fiscal year by net income, is shown along with the average total payout ratio for the past three fiscal years in parentheses. In the Number of Dividend Increases/Decreases, we list the number of increases, decreases, deferments, and no payouts, for the past ten fiscal years. Quarterly Progress Rate shows the progress of the most recently announced quarter against the company’s full-year operating profit forecast.

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