K&O Energy Group, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Gas
  • ISIN: JP3277020008
JPY
5,130.00
50 (0.98%)
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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K&O Energy Group, Inc.
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TOHO GAS Co., Ltd.

Why is K&O Energy Group, Inc. ?

1
Company has very low debt and has enough cash to service the debt requirements
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 7.79% and Operating profit at 25.65%
3
Flat results in Dec 25
  • INTEREST(HY) At JPY 7 MM has Grown at 40%
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 28.6 times
4
With ROE of 7.60%, it has a expensive valuation with a 0.84 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 56.64%, its profits have risen by 7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.6
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 56.64% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed Japan Nikkei 225 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to K&O Energy Group, Inc. 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 K&O Energy Group, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Medium Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
K&O Energy Group, Inc.
56.64%
0.91
38.43%
Japan Nikkei 225
36.73%
1.30
28.24%
stock-recommendationQuality
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.79%
EBIT Growth (5y)
25.65%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.32
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.00
Tax Ratio
29.01%
Dividend Payout Ratio
18.15%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
11.24%
ROE (avg)
6.05%
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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
11
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.84
EV to EBIT
5.27
EV to EBITDA
3.28
EV to Capital Employed
0.76
EV to Sales
0.55
PEG Ratio
1.58
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
14.45%
ROE (Latest)
7.60%
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Technical key factors

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

7What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 8.3%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at JPY 8.81

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -23.62% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 75,799 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -36.06 %

-10What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(HY)

At JPY 7 MM has Grown at 40%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 28.6 times

Here's what is working for K&O Energy Group, Inc.

Dividend per share
Highest at JPY 8.81 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (JPY)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at JPY 75,799 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -36.06 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -23.62% (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 1,643 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Here's what is not working for K&O Energy Group, Inc.

Interest
At JPY 7 MM has Grown at 40%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 28.6 times and Fallen
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio