LIKE, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Diversified Commercial Services
  • ISIN: JP3386120004
JPY
1,519.00
17 (1.13%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
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  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is LIKE, Inc. ?

1
The company has declared Negative results for the last 8 consecutive quarters
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 12.05% (YoY)
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 2,376.32 times
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 12.87 times
2
With ROE of 12.68%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.63 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 3.44%, its profits have fallen by -4.1%
3
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 3.44% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 61.01%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to LIKE, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Diversified Commercial Services should be less than 30%

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

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

Is LIKE, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
LIKE, Inc.
4.04%
-0.12
15.92%
Japan Nikkei 225
59.79%
2.06
29.57%
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)
4.66%
EBIT Growth (5y)
1.83%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
36.92
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.38
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.02
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.37
Tax Ratio
37.93%
Dividend Payout Ratio
54.90%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
19.95%
ROE (avg)
19.29%
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
13
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.63
EV to EBIT
10.57
EV to EBITDA
6.61
EV to Capital Employed
1.62
EV to Sales
0.44
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
15.36%
ROE (Latest)
12.68%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

0What is working for the Company
NO KEY POSITIVE TRIGGERS
-12What is not working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 12.05% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 2,376.32 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 12.87 times

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at JPY 40.59 MM

Here's what is working for LIKE, Inc.

Depreciation
At JPY 444.77 MM has Grown at 29.76%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Here's what is not working for LIKE, Inc.

Interest
Highest at JPY 40.59 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 5.08% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 2,376.32 times
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 12.87 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 12.05% (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