Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$33.20
-7.68% today
1Y Change
+39.98%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026
Coverage: 248 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (AJINF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $4.68T and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $33.20 and up 40.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +6.3%, EPS growth of -58.3%, a dividend yield of 1.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +6.3%, EPS -58.3%, free cash flow +19.5% with operating margin 10.4% and ROIC 8.5%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.0%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 61.1 and price/sales 3.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines AJINF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
AJINF is 21.13 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
AJINF had 23.70 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
AJINF beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
AJINF
+39.98%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.85%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+21.13 pts
Relative to SPY
AJINF Max Drawdown
-32.83%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for AJINF and SPY.
| Year | AJINF | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +67.26% | +6.71% | +60.55 pts | AJINF |
| 2025 | -7.24% | +11.19% | -18.43 pts | SPY |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
0.98%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.33
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | — | $0.17 | $0.17 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Irregular |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Jun 23, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.13 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Dec 3, 2024 | $0.56 | $0.14 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.49 | $0.12 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Dec 4, 2023 | $0.50 | $0.12 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Jun 28, 2023 | $0.56 | $0.14 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Dec 2, 2022 | $0.43 | $0.11 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Jun 24, 2022 | $0.46 | $0.11 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 | $0.43 | $0.11 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Jun 24, 2021 | $0.47 | $0.12 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Dec 4, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.08 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Jun 25, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.07 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Dec 4, 2019 | $0.30 | $0.07 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Jun 26, 2019 | $0.29 | $0.07 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 26, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Dec 5, 2018 | $0.28 | $0.07 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 28, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | Jun 27, 2018 | $0.64 | $0.16 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 27, 2017 | Sep 30, 2017 | Dec 5, 2017 | $0.53 | $0.13 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 29, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | Jun 28, 2017 | $0.54 | $0.14 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 28, 2016 | — | — | $0.20 | $0.05 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 29, 2016 | — | — | $0.46 | $0.12 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 28, 2015 | — | — | $0.43 | $0.11 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 2015 | — | — | $0.20 | $0.05 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 26, 2014 | — | — | $0.18 | $0.05 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 2014 | — | — | $0.20 | $0.05 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 26, 2013 | — | — | $0.27 | $0.07 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 2013 | — | — | $0.13 | $0.03 | Semi-Annual |
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