Unicafé, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: FMCG
  • ISIN: JP3950820005
JPY
1,069.00
4 (0.38%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Unicafé, Inc.
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Why is Unicafé, Inc. ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 4.38%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 4.38% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Low Debt Company with Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength
4
With a growth in Net Profit of 49.04%, the company declared Very Positive results in Dec 25
  • The company has declared positive results for the last 2 consecutive quarters
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 9.9%
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at -38.51 %
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at JPY 4.23
5
With ROE of 8.26%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.94 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 18.65%, its profits have risen by 40.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.6
6
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 18.65% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 36.73%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Unicafé, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Unicafé, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Unicafé, Inc.
18.65%
1.23
13.53%
Japan Nikkei 225
38.94%
1.30
28.24%
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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)
-5.90%
EBIT Growth (5y)
60.19%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
11.24
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.14
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.16
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.55
Tax Ratio
15.85%
Dividend Payout Ratio
23.38%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
4.64%
ROE (avg)
4.38%
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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
23
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.94
EV to EBIT
17.67
EV to EBITDA
10.48
EV to Capital Employed
2.12
EV to Sales
0.86
PEG Ratio
0.58
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
11.99%
ROE (Latest)
8.26%
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Technical key factors

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

12What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 9.9%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -38.51 %

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at JPY 4.23

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at JPY 4,563.49 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at JPY 281.99 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at JPY 21.07

-2What is not working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 22.04% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 10.14 times

Here's what is working for Unicafé, Inc.

Net Sales
Highest at JPY 4,563.49 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (JPY MM)

Net Sales
At JPY 4,563.49 MM has Grown at 27.53%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (JPY MM)

Net Profit
Highest at JPY 281.99 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (JPY MM)

EPS
Highest at JPY 21.07
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (JPY)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -38.51 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at JPY 4.23
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (JPY)

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

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 10.14 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 22.04% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales