Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Why is KVK Corp. ?
1
Company has very low debt and has enough cash to service the debt requirements
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.19% and Operating profit at -0.83% over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Mar 26
- ROCE(HY) Lowest at 7.41%
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 11.7% (YoY)
- INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 5.25 times
4
With ROE of 7.80%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.70 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 21.82%, its profits have risen by 5.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.7
- At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- The stock has generated a return of 21.82% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 85.83%
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to KVK Corp. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Building Products)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is KVK Corp. for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
KVK Corp.
25.48%
0.96
24.10%
Japan Nikkei 225
85.83%
3.09
27.80%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
4.19%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-0.83%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.19
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.08
Tax Ratio
31.24%
Dividend Payout Ratio
28.41%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
13.79%
ROE (avg)
7.89%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.70
EV to EBIT
6.07
EV to EBITDA
4.41
EV to Capital Employed
0.66
EV to Sales
0.57
PEG Ratio
1.68
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
10.83%
ROE (Latest)
7.80%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
Technical Movement
2What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Highest at 62.76%
NET SALES(Q)
Highest at JPY 8,009.96 MM
-6What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)
Lowest at 7.41%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Grown by 11.7% (YoY
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 5.25 times
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)
Lowest at 11.41 %
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at JPY 665.22 MM
Here's what is working for KVK Corp.
Net Sales
Highest at JPY 8,009.96 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive
Net Sales (JPY MM)
Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 62.76%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)
Depreciation
Highest at JPY 274.65 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation
Depreciation (JPY MM)
Here's what is not working for KVK Corp.
Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 11.41 %
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated
Operating Profit to Sales
Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at JPY 665.22 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative
Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.25 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Raw Material Cost
Grown by 11.7% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales






