YASKAWA Electric Corporation

DB:YEC Stock Report

Market Cap: €6.4b

YASKAWA Electric Valuation

Is YEC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of YEC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€18.03
Fair Value
32.4% overvalued intrinsic discount
16
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: YEC (€23.87) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€18.03)

Significantly Below Fair Value: YEC is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for YEC?

Key metric: As YEC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for YEC. This is calculated by dividing YEC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is YEC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.7x
EarningsJP¥61.38b
Market CapJP¥1.03t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does YEC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for YEC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.9x
G1A GEA Group
23.7x10.1%€9.5b
KRN Krones
16.9x13.8%€4.1b
GIL DMG MORI
22.5xn/a€3.6b
RAA RATIONAL
40.4x7.0%€9.5b
YEC YASKAWA Electric
16.7x1.4%€1.0t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: YEC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x) compared to the peer average (25.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does YEC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Machinery Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
YEC 16.7xIndustry Avg. 16.6xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: YEC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x) compared to the German Machinery industry average (16.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is YEC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

YEC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.7x
Fair PE Ratio15.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: YEC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst YEC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€24.48
€30.85
+26.0%
12.6%€38.05€25.58n/a16
Mar ’26€25.21
€31.55
+25.2%
12.6%€38.93€26.17n/a16
Feb ’26€27.70
€31.07
+12.2%
12.6%€37.95€26.75n/a15
Jan ’26€24.24
€31.06
+28.1%
14.1%€39.77€26.31n/a16
Dec ’25€24.24
€32.87
+35.6%
11.6%€39.71€26.88n/a15
Nov ’25€27.40
€32.71
+19.4%
11.9%€39.18€26.52n/a15
Oct ’25€30.72
€36.81
+19.8%
16.4%€48.16€26.24n/a15
Sep ’25€30.01
€37.84
+26.1%
13.9%€47.72€25.99n/a15
Aug ’25€31.08
€37.08
+19.3%
13.6%€46.26€25.20n/a15
Jul ’25€32.98
€37.94
+15.0%
15.8%€46.52€21.72n/a15
Jun ’25€34.34
€37.94
+10.5%
15.8%€46.52€21.72n/a15
May ’25€38.20
€37.94
-0.7%
15.8%€46.52€21.72n/a15
Apr ’25€38.34
€36.64
-4.4%
14.5%€45.17€21.97n/a14
Mar ’25€37.80
€37.20
-1.6%
18.3%€51.99€20.18€25.2115
Feb ’25€33.66
€37.60
+11.7%
18.4%€52.82€20.51€27.7014
Jan ’25€36.78
€38.74
+5.3%
19.5%€58.04€20.64€24.2414
Dec ’24€33.66
€37.62
+11.8%
18.9%€55.68€19.80€24.2415
Nov ’24€30.50
€37.85
+24.1%
18.9%€57.25€20.35€27.4017
Oct ’24€33.42
€38.83
+16.2%
21.7%€63.45€20.30€30.7217
Sep ’24€35.80
€38.59
+7.8%
22.8%€62.99€20.16€30.0117
Aug ’24€38.22
€39.56
+3.5%
23.5%€64.29€20.57€31.0816
Jul ’24€41.02
€38.62
-5.8%
23.6%€63.90€18.53€32.9817
Jun ’24€38.36
€36.79
-4.1%
17.1%€46.69€19.34€34.3418
May ’24€36.00
€37.16
+3.2%
16.6%€46.23€19.71€38.2018
Apr ’24€38.81
€36.91
-4.9%
17.2%€47.71€21.05€38.3418
Mar ’24€37.72
€35.20
-6.7%
15.3%€45.17€20.85€37.8018
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 16 Analysts
€29.80
Fair Value
19.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
16
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/03/13 21:32
End of Day Share Price 2025/03/13 00:00
Earnings2024/11/30
Annual Earnings2024/02/29

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

YASKAWA Electric Corporation is covered by 40 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Tomohiko SanoBarclays
Joy ZhangBNP Paribas Exane
Christopher CintaveyBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)