Why is KITZ Corp. ?
1
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 40.38
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 7.46% of over the last 5 years
3
The company has declared negative results in Mar'2025 after 2 consecutive positive quarters
- INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 3.31%
- INTEREST(Q) Highest at JPY 74 MM
4
With ROCE of 13.05%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.96 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 49.51%, its profits have risen by 17.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
- At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.1
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Market Beating Performance
- The stock has generated a return of 49.51% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 28.54%
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to KITZ Corp. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Industrial Manufacturing should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Industrial Manufacturing)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is KITZ Corp. for you?
Low Risk, High Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
KITZ Corp.
49.51%
1.72
27.35%
Japan Nikkei 225
28.54%
1.11
25.75%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
5.63%
EBIT Growth (5y)
7.46%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
40.38
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.65
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.07
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.21
Tax Ratio
27.96%
Dividend Payout Ratio
34.68%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
10.38%
ROE (avg)
8.96%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
8
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.96
EV to EBIT
7.39
EV to EBITDA
5.06
EV to Capital Employed
0.96
EV to Sales
0.63
PEG Ratio
0.40
Dividend Yield
0.09%
ROCE (Latest)
13.05%
ROE (Latest)
11.32%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
Technical Movement
7What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 11.34%
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at JPY 4.99
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -5.77% (YoY
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)
Highest at JPY 6,207 MM
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)
Highest at 13.9 %
-6What is not working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 3.31%
INTEREST(Q)
Highest at JPY 74 MM
Here's what is working for KITZ Corp.
Dividend per share
Highest at JPY 4.99 and Grown
In each year in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (JPY)
Operating Profit
Highest at JPY 6,207 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive
Operating Profit (JPY MM)
Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 13.9 %
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved
Operating Profit to Sales
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -5.77% (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
Here's what is not working for KITZ Corp.
Interest
At JPY 74 MM has Grown at 17.46%
period on period (QoQ)MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings
Interest Paid (JPY MM)
Interest
Highest at JPY 74 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 17.46% (QoQ)MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings
Interest Paid (JPY MM)
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 3.31%
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed
Inventory Turnover Ratio






