CEDAR Co., Ltd. (2435) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

Sell

Hold

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is CEDAR Co., Ltd. ?

High Debt company with Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -7.21% of over the last 5 years
The company is Net-Debt Free
The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 5.62% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)

With a growth in Net Profit of 68.18%, the company declared Very Positive results in Dec 25

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 462.65
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 0.94% (YoY)
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 663.5 %

With ROCE of 6.62%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.08 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -2.39%, its profits have fallen by -7.3%

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -2.39% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed Japan Nikkei 225 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to CEDAR Co., Ltd. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Hospital should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Hospital)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is CEDAR Co., Ltd. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

CEDAR Co., Ltd.

-100.0%

-0.13

39.73%

Japan Nikkei 225

75.22%

3.09

27.80%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

3.00%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-7.21%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

1.72

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

7.48

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

5.61

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.56

Tax Ratio

25.62%

Dividend Payout Ratio

25.27%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

5.62%

ROE (avg)

23.96%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.44

EV to EBIT

16.35

EV to EBITDA

7.43

EV to Capital Employed

1.08

EV to Sales

0.58

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

6.62%

ROE (Latest)

28.36%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

OBV

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 613.88 %

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -8.81% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 3,506 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 6.1 times

0What is not working for the Company

NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for CEDAR Co., Ltd.

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 613.88 % and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Cash and Eqv

Highest at JPY 3,506 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Highest at 6.1 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -8.81% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation

Highest at JPY 206 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (JPY MM)