Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Gas
  • ISIN: JP3796200008
JPY
370.00
17 (4.82%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

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Why is Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. ?

1
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 4.94% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
High Debt company with Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength
3
The company has declared positive results in Mar'2025 after 6 consecutive negative quarters
  • NET PROFIT(HY) Higher at JPY 2,531.15 MM
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 32.69 %
4
With ROCE of 1.37%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.52 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 3.35%, its profits have fallen by -28.6%
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.1
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 3.35% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 38.88%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Gas should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd.
-100.0%
-0.22
15.45%
Japan Nikkei 225
38.88%
1.46
26.59%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
2.17%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-15.86%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
18.93
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.13
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.34
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.81
Tax Ratio
23.32%
Dividend Payout Ratio
48.77%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
4.17%
ROE (avg)
4.94%
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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
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.35
EV to EBIT
37.96
EV to EBITDA
5.40
EV to Capital Employed
0.52
EV to Sales
0.52
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.14%
ROCE (Latest)
1.37%
ROE (Latest)
2.52%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Sideways
Sideways
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
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

4What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)

Higher at JPY 2,531.15 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 32.69 %

0What is not working for the Company
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NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd.

Net Profit
Higher at JPY 2,531.15 MM
than preceding 12 month period ended Jun 2025
MOJO Watch
In the half year the company has already crossed Net Profit of the previous twelve months

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 32.69 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio