First Baking Co., Ltd.

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: FMCG
  • ISIN: JP3479400008
JPY
616.00
5 (0.82%)
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is First Baking Co., Ltd. ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 4.37%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 4.37% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
Low ability to service debt as the company has a high Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.01 times
  • Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.74% and Operating profit at 25.74% over the last 5 years
  • Low ability to service debt as the company has a high Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.01 times
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 7.77% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.74% and Operating profit at 25.74% over the last 5 years
4
With a growth in Net Profit of 389.47%, the company declared Very Positive results in Mar 26
  • NET PROFIT(Q) At JPY 186 MM has Grown at 389.47%
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 11,150
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -3.94% (YoY)
5
With ROE of 5.36%, it has a fair valuation with a 0.47 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 14.21%, its profits have fallen by -76.1%
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.2
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to First Baking Co., Ltd. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%

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

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

Is First Baking Co., Ltd. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
First Baking Co., Ltd.
14.93%
-0.31
18.85%
Japan Nikkei 225
60.14%
2.04
29.37%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
4.74%
EBIT Growth (5y)
25.74%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.34
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
254.62
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.45
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.23
Tax Ratio
29.73%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
6.63%
ROE (avg)
7.77%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

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

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.47
EV to EBIT
2.13
EV to EBITDA
1.16
EV to Capital Employed
0.24
EV to Sales
0.05
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.17%
ROCE (Latest)
11.30%
ROE (Latest)
5.36%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
Bearish
Bearish
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

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

13What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(Q)

At JPY 186 MM has Grown at 389.47%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 11,150

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -3.94% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at JPY 446 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 5.99 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at JPY 292 MM

-3What is not working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 38.62 times

Here's what is working for First Baking Co., Ltd.

Pre-Tax Profit
At JPY 292 MM has Grown at 305.56%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)

Net Profit
At JPY 186 MM has Grown at 389.47%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 11,150
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit
Highest at JPY 446 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (JPY MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 5.99 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at JPY 292 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -3.94% (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 151 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Here's what is not working for First Baking Co., Ltd.

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 38.62 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio