UBE Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: JP3158800007
JPY
2,493.50
-15.5 (-0.62%)
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Comparison
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Why is UBE Corp. ?
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High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -6.13% and Operating profit at -11.92% over the last 5 years
  • High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 5.17% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -6.13% and Operating profit at -11.92% over the last 5 years
3
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 1,074.28
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 68.47 %
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 2.76%
4
With ROCE of 2.98%, it has a risky valuation with a 0.74 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 4.77%, its profits have fallen by -30.7%
  • 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 4.77% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 28.54%
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How much should you hold?
  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to UBE Corp. 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

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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-6.13%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-11.92%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
25.95
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
3.44
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.53
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.76
Tax Ratio
15.38%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.00%
ROCE (avg)
4.66%
ROE (avg)
5.17%
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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
12
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.60
EV to EBIT
24.71
EV to EBITDA
9.81
EV to Capital Employed
0.74
EV to Sales
0.92
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.02%
ROCE (Latest)
2.98%
ROE (Latest)
5.04%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
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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 55,058 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -25.78% (YoY

NET PROFIT(9M)

Higher at JPY 31,995 MM

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 158,391 MM

-23What is not working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 1,074.28

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 68.47 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 2.76%

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at JPY 100,459 MM

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at JPY 832 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at JPY 8,938 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

At JPY 4,361 MM has Fallen at -37.68%

Here's what is working for UBE Corp.
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at JPY 55,058 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)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at JPY 158,391 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -25.78% (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

Here's what is not working for UBE Corp.
Net Sales
At JPY 100,459 MM has Fallen at -17.45%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of JPY 121,700.5 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is extremely negative

Net Sales (JPY MM)

Interest
At JPY 832 MM has Grown at 32.48%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 1,074.28
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Net Sales
Lowest at JPY 100,459 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (JPY MM)

Interest
Highest at JPY 832 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 32.48% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at JPY 8,938 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (JPY MM)

Net Profit
At JPY 4,361 MM has Fallen at -37.68%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of JPY 6,997.25 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 68.47 %
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

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 2.76%
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio