M3, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Computers - Software & Consulting
  • ISIN: JP3435750009
  • TKS: 2413
JPY
1,773.00
-24.5 (-1.36%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

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Why is M3, Inc. ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 16.61%
  • Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 16.76% and Operating profit at 5.66%
  • Company has very low debt and has enough cash to service the debt requirements
2
Flat results in Jun 26
  • INTEREST(Q) At JPY 298 MM has Grown at 15.06%
3
With ROE of 12.97%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.59 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 -23.94%, its profits have risen by 19.6% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1
4
Majority shareholders : Non Institution
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • Even though the market (Japan Nikkei 225) has generated returns of 43.52% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -23.94% returns
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to M3, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Computers - Software & Consulting should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Computers - Software & Consulting)

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

Is M3, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
M3, Inc.
-23.94%
152.95
49.42%
Japan Nikkei 225
43.52%
1.48
29.43%
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stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
16.76%
EBIT Growth (5y)
5.66%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.36
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.71
Tax Ratio
30.12%
Dividend Payout Ratio
30.33%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.00%
ROCE (avg)
37.27%
ROE (avg)
16.61%
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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
20
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.59
EV to EBIT
14.25
EV to EBITDA
11.48
EV to Capital Employed
3.09
EV to Sales
2.84
PEG Ratio
1.02
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
21.71%
ROE (Latest)
12.97%
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Technical key factors

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

2What is working for the Company
CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 349,175 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 5.18 times

-2What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(Q)

At JPY 298 MM has Grown at 15.06%

Here's what is working for M3, Inc.

Cash and Eqv
Highest at JPY 349,175 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 5.18 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Here's what is not working for M3, Inc.

Interest
At JPY 298 MM has Grown at 15.06%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

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