Share of the Tokyo parent’s profit paid out to shareholders over the nine years to February 2026

What this is

Share of the Tokyo parent’s profit paid out to shareholders over the nine years to February 2026: about 3%.

How it’s built

1. Add up the parent’s net profit for the years to February 2018–2026: ¥399.6bn.
2. Retained earnings rose ¥387.6bn over the same period (from ¥26.3bn to ¥413.9bn), per the gazette notices.
3. The ¥12.0bn difference is taken as distributions: ¥12.0bn ÷ ¥399.6bn ≈ 3%.

What we assumed

• Everything that left retained earnings apart from losses was paid to shareholders.Supported for 2018: the legal reserve rose by an amount that requires a dividend of at least ¥850m. Other years are not individually confirmed.
• Profit for the year to February 2020 is ¥15,367m.From a site republishing gazette data; it rolls forward to the yen. The rounded press figure of ¥15.3bn changes the result by ¥67m.

Sanity check

Nintendo’s accounts imply about ¥2.4bn received from affiliates in the year to March 2024, consistent with a dividend that year to within about ¥0.5bn.

Where it comes from

Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:

• ReportedNet profit, year to February 2020¥15.4bn
• ReportedNet profit, year to February 2020 (22nd)¥15.3bn
• EstimateImplied cumulative dividends paid, year to February 2018–year to February 2026 (9 years)¥11.9bn
• EstimateImplied payout ratio, year to February 2018–year to February 20263%

Where it’s used

• StoryThe Pokémon Company
• Chart · The Pokémon CompanyPeers pay out 30–60% of profit; The Pokémon Company has paid out 3%
• ProfileThe Pokémon Company

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• EstimateHow much of its profit The Pokémon Company paid out over the nine years to February 2026, compared with listed peers30%