Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. (8174)

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Gas
  • ISIN: JP3695600001
JPY
3,038.00
77 (2.6%)
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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

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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TOHO GAS Co., Ltd.

Why is Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. (8174) ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 17.08%
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 8.59%
3
Flat results in Dec 25
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 53.88 %
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 7.89 times
  • INTEREST(Q) Highest at JPY 81 MM
4
With ROCE of 23.24%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 3.56 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 33.10%, its profits have fallen by -8.8%
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. (8174) should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Gas should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. (8174) for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. (8174)
33.1%
1.21
21.91%
Japan Nikkei 225
36.73%
1.30
28.24%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
8.59%
EBIT Growth (5y)
19.70%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
93.87
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.85
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.31
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.89
Tax Ratio
31.34%
Dividend Payout Ratio
88.55%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.29%
ROCE (avg)
16.63%
ROE (avg)
15.37%
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
26
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.35
EV to EBIT
15.31
EV to EBITDA
7.97
EV to Capital Employed
3.56
EV to Sales
1.57
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.02%
ROCE (Latest)
23.24%
ROE (Latest)
17.04%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

6What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at JPY 26,078 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 20.84%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 26.98 times

-13What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 53.88 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 7.89 times

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at JPY 81 MM

Here's what is working for Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. (8174)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at JPY 26,078 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (JPY MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 26.98 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Here's what is not working for Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. (8174)

Interest
At JPY 81 MM has Grown at 20.9%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Interest
Highest at JPY 81 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 20.9% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 53.88 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 7.89 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio