Fast Retailing Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Fast Retailing has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 25%, while the Specialty Retail industry saw earnings growing at 11.5% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 8.1% per year. Fast Retailing's return on equity is 19%, and it has net margins of 12%.

Key information

25.0%

Earnings growth rate

25.0%

EPS growth rate

Specialty Retail Industry Growth4.1%
Revenue growth rate8.1%
Return on equity19.0%
Net Margin12.0%
Next Earnings Update09 Jan 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Fast Retailing makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

DB:FR7 Revenue, expenses and earnings (JPY Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Aug 243,103,836371,999984,8150
31 May 242,989,554370,5481,160,0600
29 Feb 242,898,206338,7491,124,2310
30 Nov 232,860,997318,9551,090,7350
31 Aug 232,766,557296,2291,054,3680
31 May 232,679,520274,0181,024,7980
28 Feb 232,549,495279,883985,0990
30 Nov 222,390,124264,817942,7360
31 Aug 222,301,122273,335900,1540
31 May 222,200,016256,332858,2330
28 Feb 222,149,105210,823836,9420
30 Nov 212,140,586193,058827,6330
31 Aug 212,132,992169,847818,4270
31 May 212,162,004151,068813,5220
28 Feb 212,003,19895,766787,7730
30 Nov 202,005,15989,831794,9680
31 Aug 202,008,84690,357805,8210
31 May 202,012,59594,550820,3270
29 Feb 202,231,363149,008859,7290
30 Nov 192,269,566160,009856,9770
31 Aug 192,290,548162,578854,3940
31 May 192,248,788165,144841,5550
28 Feb 192,210,992164,690827,3010
30 Nov 182,157,500149,747814,7650
31 Aug 182,130,060154,811797,4760
31 May 182,088,108147,502777,0700
28 Feb 182,031,174126,197763,3670
30 Nov 171,950,096128,125745,2480
31 Aug 171,861,917119,280725,2150
31 May 171,829,81597,155708,6390
28 Feb 171,792,32898,242697,7130
30 Nov 161,795,01769,723696,4690
31 Aug 161,786,47348,052702,9560
31 May 161,768,28348,673709,5370
29 Feb 161,743,75052,317706,2590
30 Nov 151,722,54189,225694,5340
31 Aug 151,681,781110,027671,8630
31 May 151,643,017119,566640,3940
28 Feb 151,568,242112,220613,0180
30 Nov 141,473,426101,377581,7570
31 Aug 141,382,93574,546549,1950
31 May 141,345,189103,518517,8760
28 Feb 141,292,507106,225504,0730

Quality Earnings: FR7 has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: FR7's current net profit margins (12%) are higher than last year (10.7%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: FR7's earnings have grown significantly by 25% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: FR7's earnings growth over the past year (25.6%) exceeds its 5-year average (25% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: FR7 earnings growth over the past year (25.6%) did not outperform the Specialty Retail industry 71.5%.


Return on Equity

High ROE: FR7's Return on Equity (19%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 04:55
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/08/31
Annual Earnings2024/08/31

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Analyst Sources

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. is covered by 42 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Maki ShinozakiBarclays
James MoonBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Arashi NishizawaBofA Global Research