The Board of Directors of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), the parent of the biggest Japanese Forex broker GMO Click Securities, earlier today announced the approval of a dividend of ¥6.38 ($0.0537) per share.
The dividend is for the first quarter of the fiscal year to March 31, 2016, that is – it refers to the period from April 1, 2015 to June 30, 2015. The size of the dividend matches the forecast GMO Click published on July 24, 2015. It is equal to 40.1% of the company’s consolidated net income for the three-month period.
The dividend will be payable from September 24, 2015.
GMO Click reported a set of solid financial metrics for the quarter to June 30, 2015. Operating revenues for Q1 2016 totaled ¥7.84 billion, marking a rise of 63.6% from the equivalent period a year earlier, when operating revenues stood at ¥4.79 billion. Net income attributable to shareholders surged by nearly 95% year-on-year to ¥1.82 billion.
To view the dividend notice, click here.