Central Automotive Products (VD7) Stock Overview

Engages in the development, import and export, and sale of automotive parts and related services. More details

VD7 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 42.2% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 4.09% per year

Earnings grew by 11.1% over the past year

Pays a reliable dividend of 2.94%

Risk Analysis

No risks detected for VD7 from our risk checks.

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Central Automotive Products
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	JP¥11.50
52 Week High	JP¥12.20
52 Week Low	JP¥9.50
Beta	0.58
1 Month Change	2.68%
3 Month Change	17.35%
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	18.86%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	VD7	DE Retail Distributors	DE Market
7D	7.5%	1.5%	1.9%
1Y	n/a	19.9%	4.1%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how VD7 performed against the German Retail Distributors industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how VD7 performed against the German Market.

Price Volatility

Is VD7's price volatile compared to industry and market?
VD7 volatility
VD7 Average Weekly Movement	4.2%
Retail Distributors Industry Average Movement	4.3%
Market Average Movement	5.3%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.9%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.7%

Stable Share Price: VD7 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: VD7's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1943	348	Shinichiro Sakata	www.central-auto.co.jp

Central Automotive Products Ltd. engages in the development, import and export, and sale of automotive parts and related services. The company operates in two segments, Automobile Parts/Supplies Sales Business and Automobile Disposal Business. It offers engine parts, filter, and cooling parts, such as air filter, belt tensioner, chain tensioner, chain guide, cylinder liner, engine gasket, engine metal and bush, engine valve, fan belt, fuel and oil filter and pump, oil seal, piston and piston ring, radiator, thermostat, water pump, and timing belt, chain, and kit; and chassis parts, brake, and clutch parts, including air compressor, dryer, brake disc, Brake hose and power steering hose, brake lining and pad, bushing, cable, CV joints, clutches, disc pad, hydraulic brake and brake parts, shock absorber, steering and suspension parts, and brake chamber, as well as alcohol detectors.

Central Automotive Products Ltd. Fundamentals Summary

How do Central Automotive Products's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
VD7 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€650.34m
Earnings (TTM)	€52.94m
Revenue (TTM)	€256.28m

12.3x

P/E Ratio

2.5x

P/S Ratio

Is VD7 overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
VD7 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	JP¥46.69b
Cost of Revenue	JP¥27.08b
Gross Profit	JP¥19.61b
Other Expenses	JP¥9.96b
Earnings	JP¥9.65b

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2026

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	174.52
Gross Margin	42.00%
Net Profit Margin	20.66%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did VD7 perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.9%

Current Dividend Yield

35%

Payout Ratio

Does VD7 pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy VD7 by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Central Automotive Products dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Sep 29 2026
Dividend Pay Date	Dec 07 2026
Days until Ex dividend	53 days
Days until Dividend pay date	122 days

Does VD7 pay a reliable dividends?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/08/05 18:38
End of Day Share Price	2026/08/05 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2026/03/31

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Central Automotive Products Ltd. is covered by 1 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Yumiko Kai	Ichiyoshi Research Institute Inc.

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