Dividends

8411Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

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+2.6% today · +59.9% over a year

2/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 42% of the instruments we score

Trend, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; Quality: among the weakest; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 1.88%.

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (8411) dividends: trailing yield 1.88%, Dividend Safety 81/100, raised 10 years in a row, 5-year growth 13.7% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.88%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.91%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
¥147.50
Payments per year
2
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
81 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

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Next payment

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+13.7%
Years of dividend growth
10
Years without a cut
14
Payout ratio (earnings)
32%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2017 ¥75.00, 2018 ¥75.00, 2019 ¥75.00, 2020 ¥75.00, 2021 ¥77.50, 2022 ¥82.50, 2023 ¥92.50, 2024 ¥120.00, 2025 ¥147.502017: ¥75.002018: ¥75.002019: ¥75.002020: ¥75.002021: ¥77.502022: ¥82.502023: ¥92.502024: ¥120.002025: ¥147.50

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
29 Sep 2026—¥75.00RegularSingle source1
30 Mar 2026—¥72.50RegularSingle source1
29 Sep 2025—¥72.50RegularSingle source1
28 Mar 2025—¥75.00RegularSingle source1

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What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

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