JFE Holdings, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Ferrous Metals
  • ISIN: JP3386030005
JPY
1,546.00
-13 (-0.83%)
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
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Why is JFE Holdings, Inc. ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 4.73%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 4.73% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
  • Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 31.80% 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 4.73% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 6.99%
4
The company has declared Negative results for the last 8 consecutive quarters
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At JPY 5,334 MM has Fallen at -75.86%
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 2.73%
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 1,133.02
5
With ROCE of 2.12%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.70 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 -5.15%, its profits have fallen by -43.5%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to JFE Holdings, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Ferrous Metals should be less than 30%

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

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

Is JFE Holdings, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
JFE Holdings, Inc.
-5.15%
474.76
25.39%
Japan Nikkei 225
85.83%
3.09
27.80%
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stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.99%
EBIT Growth (5y)
31.80%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.94
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
4.09
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.59
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.14
Tax Ratio
44.33%
Dividend Payout Ratio
69.24%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.07%
ROCE (avg)
4.73%
ROE (avg)
7.31%
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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
15
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.49
EV to EBIT
32.80
EV to EBITDA
8.34
EV to Capital Employed
0.70
EV to Sales
0.66
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
2.12%
ROE (Latest)
3.18%
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Technical key factors

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

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Financial Trend scale:

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

2What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 274.4%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -15.1% (YoY

-17What is not working for the Company
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At JPY 5,334 MM has Fallen at -75.86%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 2.73%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 1,133.02

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 68.39 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 3.32 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.36 times

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at JPY 8,204 MM

Here's what is working for JFE Holdings, Inc.

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 274.4%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -15.1% (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 71,993 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 JFE Holdings, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit
At JPY 5,334 MM has Fallen at -75.86%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 1,133.02
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Interest
Highest at JPY 8,204 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 5.91% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 68.39 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 3.32 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.36 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio