Life Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: JP3966600003
JPY
2,515.00
50 (2.03%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Life Corp. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 14.53%
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 3.54% over the last 5 years
3
Negative results in Nov 25
  • INTEREST(HY) At JPY 189 MM has Grown at 94.85%
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 18.66 times
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 15.92 times
4
With ROCE of 12.69%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.35 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 31.54%, its profits have fallen by -1.5%
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Life Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Life Corp. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Life Corp.
31.54%
0.92
23.12%
Japan Nikkei 225
36.73%
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)
3.54%
EBIT Growth (5y)
12.73%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.05
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.44
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
4.64
Tax Ratio
30.72%
Dividend Payout Ratio
28.19%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
14.52%
ROE (avg)
14.81%
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
1.50
EV to EBIT
10.60
EV to EBITDA
6.42
EV to Capital Employed
1.35
EV to Sales
0.32
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.02%
ROCE (Latest)
12.69%
ROE (Latest)
13.15%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

4What is working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 0.94 %

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -0.88% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 66,573 MM

-13What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(HY)

At JPY 189 MM has Grown at 94.85%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 18.66 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 15.92 times

EPS(Q)

Lowest at JPY 41.44

Here's what is working for Life Corp.

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 0.94 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Cash and Eqv
Highest at JPY 66,573 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -0.88% (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 Life Corp.

Interest
At JPY 189 MM has Grown at 94.85%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 18.66 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

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 15.92 times and Fallen
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

EPS
Lowest at JPY 41.44
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (JPY)