Why is ZEON Corp. ?
1
Company has very low debt and has enough cash to service the debt requirements
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 4.65% of over the last 5 years
3
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
- INTEREST(9M) At JPY 130 MM has Grown at 19.27%
- PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At JPY 10,572 MM has Fallen at -27.48%
- NET PROFIT(Q) Lowest at JPY 7,727.82 MM
4
With ROE of 11.38%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.10 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 40.04%, its profits have risen by 6.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7
- 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 40.04% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 69.82%
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to ZEON Corp. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Industrial Products should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Other Industrial Products)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is ZEON Corp. for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
ZEON Corp.
40.04%
1.64
22.86%
Japan Nikkei 225
66.43%
2.73
25.54%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.01%
EBIT Growth (5y)
4.65%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.05
Tax Ratio
19.93%
Dividend Payout Ratio
54.93%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.01%
ROCE (avg)
10.01%
ROE (avg)
9.71%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.10
EV to EBIT
11.50
EV to EBITDA
7.43
EV to Capital Employed
1.10
EV to Sales
0.89
PEG Ratio
0.71
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
9.61%
ROE (Latest)
11.38%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
Technical Movement
7What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)
At JPY 24,209.47 MM has Grown at 60.8%
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 9.69%
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)
Highest at 35,370.59
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at -5.7 %
-6What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(9M)
At JPY 130 MM has Grown at 19.27%
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)
At JPY 10,572 MM has Fallen at -27.48%
NET PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at JPY 7,727.82 MM
Here's what is working for ZEON Corp.
Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 35,370.59
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving
Operating Profit to Interest
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -5.7 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Here's what is not working for ZEON Corp.
Interest
At JPY 130 MM has Grown at 19.27%
over previous Semi-Annual periodMOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings
Interest Paid (JPY MM)
Pre-Tax Profit
At JPY 10,572 MM has Fallen at -27.48%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of JPY 14,579 MMMOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative
Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)
Net Profit
Lowest at JPY 7,727.82 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (JPY MM)
Net Profit
At JPY 7,727.82 MM has Fallen at -29.11%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of JPY 10,900.82 MMMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (JPY MM)






