Kewpie Corp. (2809) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

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Why is Kewpie Corp. ?

Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 93.48

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -2.33% and Operating profit at 0.44% over the last 5 years

The company declared positive results in Feb'25 after negative results in Nov'24

ROCE(HY) Highest at 9.74%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -0.56% (YoY)
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at JPY 7.05

With ROE of 10.40%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.51 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 38.23%, its profits have risen by 51.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.3
At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Kewpie Corp. should be less than 10%
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 Kewpie Corp. for you?

Low Risk, Medium Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Kewpie Corp.

40.1%

1.22

25.98%

Japan Nikkei 225

38.94%

1.30

28.24%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-2.33%

EBIT Growth (5y)

0.44%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

97.25

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.24

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.52

Tax Ratio

27.87%

Dividend Payout Ratio

29.01%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

12.31%

ROE (avg)

7.83%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

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

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.51

EV to EBIT

12.51

EV to EBITDA

8.02

EV to Capital Employed

1.67

EV to Sales

0.81

PEG Ratio

0.28

Dividend Yield

0.04%

ROCE (Latest)

13.36%

ROE (Latest)

10.40%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

OBV

No Trend

Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

4What is working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 9.74%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -0.56% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at JPY 7.05

-4What is not working for the Company

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 97.76%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 7.05 times

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At JPY 7,890 MM has Fallen at -29.2%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At JPY 4,796.34 MM has Fallen at -34.56%

Here's what is working for Kewpie Corp.

Dividend per share

Highest at JPY 7.05

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (JPY)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -0.56% (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 4,740 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 Kewpie Corp.

Pre-Tax Profit

At JPY 7,890 MM has Fallen at -29.2%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of JPY 11,144.25 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)

Net Profit

At JPY 4,796.34 MM has Fallen at -34.56%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of JPY 7,329.37 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 7.05 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio

Lowest at 97.76%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)