istyle, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Computers - Software & Consulting
  • ISIN: JP3102320003
JPY
437.00
-3 (-0.68%)
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Why is istyle, Inc. ?
1
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 33.10% of over the last 5 years
  • 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 8.42% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 15.38%
3
The company has declared Positive results for the last 9 consecutive quarters
  • NET SALES(9M) At JPY 53,730 MM has Grown at 23.13%
  • NET PROFIT(9M) At JPY 1,821.8 MM has Grown at 54.63%
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 16.13%
4
With ROE of 16.67%, it has a attractive valuation with a 3.31 Price to Book Value
  • 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 -2.00%, its profits have risen by 104.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2
5
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -2.00% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed Japan Nikkei 225 in each of the last 3 annual periods
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report
Verdict Report
How much should you hold?
  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to istyle, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Computers - Software & Consulting should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Computers - Software & Consulting)

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

Is istyle, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
istyle, Inc.
-2.46%
-0.12
44.71%
Japan Nikkei 225
28.54%
1.14
25.81%
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)
15.38%
EBIT Growth (5y)
33.10%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
13.02
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.08
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.11
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.61
Tax Ratio
22.54%
Dividend Payout Ratio
3.45%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
7.61%
ROE (avg)
8.42%
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
20
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.31
EV to EBIT
16.55
EV to EBITDA
9.86
EV to Capital Employed
3.08
EV to Sales
0.72
PEG Ratio
0.20
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
18.62%
ROE (Latest)
16.67%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
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

19What is working for the Company
NET SALES(9M)

At JPY 53,730 MM has Grown at 23.13%

NET PROFIT(9M)

At JPY 1,821.8 MM has Grown at 54.63%

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 16.13%

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at JPY 1,462 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 15.02%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 16,052 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 3.27 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 13.53%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at JPY 13.53

-11What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(Q)

At JPY 17 MM has Grown at 21.43%

Here's what is working for istyle, Inc.
Operating Profit
Highest at JPY 1,462 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is quite positive

Operating Profit (JPY MM)

Net Sales
Highest at JPY 18,883 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (JPY MM)

Net Sales
At JPY 18,883 MM has Grown at 16.22%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of JPY 16,247.5 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (JPY MM)

Net Profit
Highest at JPY 661.79 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at JPY 16,052 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 3.27 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 13.53%
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at JPY 13.53
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (JPY)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 15.02%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at JPY 643 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Depreciation
At JPY 643 MM has Grown at 29.64%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Here's what is not working for istyle, Inc.
Interest
At JPY 17 MM has Grown at 21.43%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Interest
Highest at JPY 17 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 21.43% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)