Nifco, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: JP3756200006
JPY
5,073.00
38 (0.75%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp.
NOF Corp.
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Tosoh Corp.
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
Nifco, Inc.
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UBE Corp.
Resonac Holdings Corp.
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
Air Water, Inc.

Why is Nifco, Inc. ?

1
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 16.10% CAGR growth in Operating Profits over the last 5 years
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 6.83% and Operating profit at 16.10% over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Jun 26
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At JPY 14,844.06 MM has Grown at -42.98%
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 6.23 times
4
With ROE of 16.27%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.58 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 30.75%, its profits have risen by 7.6% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.3
  • 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 30.75% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 59.79%
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How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Nifco, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Nifco, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Nifco, Inc.
30.75%
1.24
26.41%
Japan Nikkei 225
59.79%
2.03
29.50%
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)
6.83%
EBIT Growth (5y)
16.10%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.40
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.18
Tax Ratio
31.51%
Dividend Payout Ratio
30.43%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.05%
ROCE (avg)
25.77%
ROE (avg)
13.15%
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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
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.58
EV to EBIT
6.91
EV to EBITDA
5.48
EV to Capital Employed
1.94
EV to Sales
0.97
PEG Ratio
1.28
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
28.03%
ROE (Latest)
16.27%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

7What is working for the Company
NET SALES(Q)

Highest at JPY 90,888 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 31,690.2

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 294,764 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 5.88 times

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at JPY 16,162 MM

-5What is not working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)

At JPY 14,844.06 MM has Grown at -42.98%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 6.23 times

Here's what is working for Nifco, Inc.

Net Sales
Highest at JPY 90,888 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (JPY MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 31,690.2
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit
Highest at JPY 16,162 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (JPY MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at JPY 294,764 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 5.88 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Depreciation
Highest at JPY 3,376 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (JPY MM)

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

Net Profit
At JPY 14,844.06 MM has Grown at -42.98%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 6.23 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio