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Sundrug Co Ltd (SDGCF) is a Japanese-based company engaged in the operation and management of drugstores. Its activities are divided into three business divisions including the Drugstore business, the Dispensing pharmacy business, and the Discount store business. 

The company also offers necessities such as foods, cosmetics, household appliances, clothing items, car goods, sports and leisure goods, alcoholic beverages, and kerosene through its discount store Direx.

The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Fuchu, Japan.

Three key data points gauge Sundrug Co Ltd 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.

SDGCF Price

Share price increased 13.4% in the past year from $24.40 to $28.18, as of Tuesday’s market close.

In the past 3 years, the company’s share price has ranged from $21.34 to $28.18. (Its all-time high of $51.64 was reached April 25, 2018.

The company may repeat its past year's performance and its price could grow 13%, which would amount to $3.78 by next year.

SDGCF Dividend

Sundrug Co Ltd has paid variable semi-annual dividends since December 14, 2009. The company’s most recent SA dividend of $0.43 was declared May 15th for shareholders of record prior to March  28, 2025, and the payout is likely due May 15th. A forward-looking annual dividend of $0.88 yields 3.12% per Tuesday’s closing price.

SDGCF Returns

Putting it all together, an $4.66 estimated gross gain per share shows up by adding SDGCF’s annual $0.88 dividend to the estimated $3.78 annual price gain, totaling that $4.66 gross amount.

A little over $1000 buys 35 shares at Tuesday’s $28.18 share price.

A $10 broker fee (if charged), collected half at purchase and half at sale, might take about $0.285 per share out of the $4.66 gross gain to give us a net gain of $4.375 X 35 shares = $153.13 for about a 15.3% estimated net gain on the year.

Furthermore, the $31.20 annual dividend income from $1k invested in SDGCF is nearly $3.00 more than the single-share price. By these numbers, SDGCF is an ideal dividend dog.

Therefore, you may choose to pounce on Sundrug Co Ltd as a 68-year-old semi-annual dividend-paying drug dispensary and discount store company with a 15 year dividend record.

The exact track of Sundrug Co Ltd'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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