Special Benefits for Shareholders

Recently, many companies are carrying out characteristic treatment for shareholders besides a dividend.

It is one of the attractive points for stockholders of Japanese companies.

Improvement in brand recognition and stock price stability is expected of the company.

In many cases companies send related products to shareholders.

For example, the food service industry gives meal tickets, or a paper company sends sanitary paper and so on.

Among these benefits are QUO cards which are especially popular.

QUO cards are gift cards which can be used in the convenience stores, major bookstores, chain restaurants and so on.

 Many individual investors in Japan enjoy the shareholder special benefits.


Major Shareholder Special Benefit conduct company

The following table shows companies which conduct shareholder special benefits and are popular among Japanese private investors.

Code no

Company name

content

Required investment amount

Dividend yield

PER

PBR

EX mouth

1873

NIHON HOUSE HOLDINGS

Curry

¥446,000

4.48%

6.20

1.03

Oct

2590

DYDO DRINCO

Beverrages

¥508,000

1.18%

34.86

0.90

Jan/July

3028

ALPEN

Shopping tickets

¥175,200

2.28%

-

0.68

Jun/Dec

3099

ISETAN MITSUKOSHI HD

Discount cards

¥111,400

1.08%

33.40

0.75

Mar

3197

SKYLARK

Meal tickets

¥177,100

1.07%

31.73

2.68

Jun/Dec

3548

BAROQUE JAPAN

Shopping tickets

¥87,400

4.35%

-

1.78

Feb/Aug

3863

Nippon Paper Industries

Own products

¥231,300

1.30%

-

0.69

Mar

4636

T&K TOKA

QUO cards

¥93,600

3.63%

17.46

0.50

Mar

5807

TOTOKU ELECTRIC

QUO cards

¥206,900

2.90%

7.72

1.15

Mar

5819

CANARE ELECTRIC

QUO cards

¥193,500

2.48%

12.32

0.99

Jun/Dec

5959

OKABE

QUO cards

¥102,500

2.73%

11.88

0.91

Mar/Sep

6412

Heiwa Corp

golf playing fee

¥223,800

3.57%

12.69

0.98

Mar/Sep

7215

FALTEC

QUO cards

¥92,200

3.15%

9.61

0.52

Mar

7472

TOBA.,INC

QUO cards

¥288,300

4.16%

9.96

0.75

Mar

8032

JAPAN PALP AND PAPER

Own products

¥441,000

2.49%

10.90

0.72

Mar

8081

KANADEN

QUO cards

¥121,000

3.22%

11.04

0.84

Mar

8119

SANYEI CORPORATION

Catalog gifts

¥325,000

4.92%

19.21

0.62

Mar

8267

AEON

Discount cards

¥234,100

1.45%

56.22

1.81

Feb/Aug

8425

IBJ LEASING

Library cards

¥270,500

2.81%

6.99

0.74

Mar

8591

ORIX CORPORATION

Catalog gifts

¥158,700

4.79%

-

0.72

Mar/Sep

8904

SANYO HOUSING NAGOYA

QUO cards

¥90,100

4.22%

11.35

0.56

Aug

9769

GAKKUSHA

QUO cards

¥135,500

4.43%

14.43

3.56

Mar

9831

YAMADA DENKI

Shopping tickets

¥55,700

2.33%

29.35

0.77

Mar/Sep

9861

YOSHINOYA HD

Meal tickets

¥175,600

1.14%

-

2.10

Feb/Aug

9873

KFC Holdings Japan

Meal tickets

¥201,000

2.49%

64.18

2.16

Mar/Sep

9945

PLENUS

Meal tickets

¥175,000

3.43%

-

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                                                                                                                As of 2019 Mar.20th the last closing price

Note 1: Depending on the company, holding a certain number of shares or a holding period may be the condition of      acquiring rights. Please confirm with Yahoo! Finance, etc.

Note 2: The stocks which conduct preferences tended to climb to their highest level before acquire a right then plunged immediately after ex right.

Note 3: Sometimes the contents of preference are subject to change or be abolished.