Sockets, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: Software Products
  • ISIN: JP3433300005
JPY
753.00
-8 (-1.05%)
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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

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Why is Sockets, Inc. ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 0%
  • The company has reported losses. Due to this company has reported negative ROE
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -3.27% and Operating profit at -229.31% over the last 5 years
3
With a growth in Net Sales of 11.2%, the company declared Outstanding results in Dec 25
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at -1.33%
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At JPY 14.54 MM has Grown at 169.23%
  • NET PROFIT(Q) At JPY 15.08 MM has Grown at 171.33%
4
Risky - Negative EBITDA
  • The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 30.28%, its profits have fallen by -6.1%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Sockets, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Software Products should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Sockets, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Sockets, Inc.
30.28%
-0.28
55.16%
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)
-3.27%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-229.31%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
-60.75
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.84
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.62
Tax Ratio
0.38%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
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
NA (Loss Making)
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.87
EV to EBIT
-14.58
EV to EBITDA
-14.60
EV to Capital Employed
12.81
EV to Sales
1.08
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
-87.86%
ROE (Latest)
-14.63%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

17What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at -1.33%

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At JPY 14.54 MM has Grown at 169.23%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At JPY 15.08 MM has Grown at 171.33%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.55% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -102.46 %

-1What is not working for the Company
CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at JPY 1,121.43 MM

Here's what is working for Sockets, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit
At JPY 14.54 MM has Grown at 169.23%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)

Net Profit
At JPY 15.08 MM has Grown at 171.33%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -102.46 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.55% (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

Depreciation
Highest at JPY 1.47 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Depreciation
At JPY 1.47 MM has Grown at 35.77%
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 Sockets, Inc.

Cash and Eqv
Lowest at JPY 1,121.43 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents