ktk, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: Trading & Distributors
  • ISIN: JP3278700004
JPY
644.00
-4 (-0.62%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Why is ktk, Inc. ?

1
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 60.21
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 1.96% over the last 5 years
3
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • INTEREST(HY) At JPY 5.74 MM has Grown at 41%
4
With ROE of 7.50%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.83 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 7.69%, its profits have risen by 3.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 3.2
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 7.69% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 36.73%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to ktk, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Trading & Distributors should be less than 30%

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

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

Is ktk, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
ktk, Inc.
-100.0%
-0.06
26.69%
Japan Nikkei 225
38.94%
1.30
28.24%
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)
1.96%
EBIT Growth (5y)
5.60%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
60.73
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.33
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.35
Tax Ratio
36.93%
Dividend Payout Ratio
27.91%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
13.29%
ROE (avg)
8.20%
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
11
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.83
EV to EBIT
5.44
EV to EBITDA
4.00
EV to Capital Employed
0.75
EV to Sales
0.12
PEG Ratio
3.19
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
13.87%
ROE (Latest)
7.50%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

3What is working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -3.63% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 5,413.38 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -35.43 %

-8What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(HY)

At JPY 5.74 MM has Grown at 41%

Here's what is working for ktk, Inc.

Cash and Eqv
Highest at JPY 5,413.38 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -35.43 %
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 -3.63% (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 ktk, Inc.

Interest
At JPY 5.74 MM has Grown at 41%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)