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Sankyo Co Ltd (SKXJF) manufactures and sells pachinko and pachislot machines to the gambling industry.

Pachinko is a gambling device with pinball-like characteristics, sold to pachinko parlors throughout Japan. The parlors allow users to purchase small steel balls, which are utilized in pachinko machines under the objective of winning more balls that can then be exchanged for prizes.

Pachislot machines, which are a similar gambling device as pachinko and slot machines, are also sold to gambling parlors throughout Japan. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Japan.

A Supply Equipment segment produces and sells pachinko and pachislot replenishment devices, card system equipment, and hall equipment peripherals.

The Other Businesses segment engages in real estate rental and sale of general molded parts.

The company also offers mobile content services and operates a golf club. It sells its products under the SANKYO, Bisty, and JB brands.

The company was incorporated in 1960 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Three key data points gauge Sankyo or any dividend-paying firm.

The key three are:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three keys also best tell whether any company has made, is making, and will make money.

SKXJF Price

Sankyo’s share price fell about 1% in the past year from $12.36 to $12.23 as of Wednesday’s market close.

In the past 3 years, the company’s share price has ranged from $5.25 to $15.60 which was Sankyo’s all-time high price reached September 20, 2024.

Should the company conform to the average one-year price gains estimated over the past five years, the price could grow from $0.77 to $13.00 in the next year.

SKXJF Dividend

Sankyo has paid variable semi-annual dividends since June 30, 2014. The company’s most recent SA dividend of $0.39 was declared on May 9th for shareholders of record prior to March 28, 2025, and the payout is due in June. A forward-looking annual dividend of $0.67 yields 5.48% per Wednesday’s closing price.

SKXJF Returns

Putting it all together, a $1.44 estimated gross gain per share shows up by adding Sankyo’s annual $0.67 dividend to the estimated $0.77 annual price gain, totaling that $1.44 gross amount.

A little over $1000 buys 82 shares at Wednesday’s $12.23 share price.

A $10 broker fee (if charged), collected half at purchase and half at sale, might take about $0.12 per share out of the $1.44 gross gain to give us a net $1.32 amount per share to multiply by 82 shares, to equal $108.24 for about a 10.75% estimated net gain on the year.

Furthermore, the $54.80 annual dividend income from $1k invested in SKXJF is nearly 4.5 times greater than the single-share price. By these numbers, Sankyo Co. Ltd may be an ideal dividend dog.

Therefore, you may choose to pounce on SKXJF as a 65-year-old semi-annual dividend-paying pachinko manufacturer with a 10-year dividend record.

The exact track of Sankyo’s future price and dividend will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.

Remember the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.

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